Selling your house
It’s that time of year when a lot of people are thinking
about putting their houses on the market. September is coming and the new
schools are around the corner. Some people think it’s the best time of year to
sell. As the garden may look it’s best and people are happier in summer than
winter. So, how to make your house have that attraction appeal? Well I have read
a lot on this subject and this is what I have either learned or knew already by
past experience.
Most people know that when you are selling your house,
people first see the outside. So, make sure your garden and drive are both
tidy. Make your drive look as big as possible by removing everything but your
car. Keep your grass short and the edges neat. People think if your garden is
tidy your house will be too but if you have a messy garden, then a lot of
people will drive off. Now in my experience, I have known two people who had
the most perfect gardens, but their houses were seriously lacking paint and a
duster. But still they say that people will look further if the outside looks
nice. This includes your front door. If the paint is coming off or looking old,
then think about repainting it. And think of the colour you are putting on it…
a bright blue, green or yellow may not look as classy as boring white or a dark
red for example.
Give your door new dresswear like a handle, letter box or
door bell.
If your garage door and windows are all white then you can
put a contrast colour on your doors. But if your windows are white, your garage
door is another colour, personally I would match the door with the garage door.
Overflowing gutters check them out and your roof. Keep it
clean.
Your drive is important. Keep the weeds down and if there
are any parts that need tidying, then try to do so.
If you don’t have a drive but a small pathway leading to
your front door, try fitting different coloured outdoor tiles to make a
statement.
If you live in a Victorian property, you can look for
designs that were around in that era, such as black and white geometric tiles
laid in a diamond formation. If you are on a budget, then coloured gravel or slate
is nice. Remember though to edge the pathway with wood to keep it in place also
an underlay sheet to prevent most weeds from coming through the gravel/slate.
And if you have a gate, same as the door and garage door. Keep
it nice. You can get rust treatment if you have a metal gate too. Just by doing
this you would feel happy too when you come home. You can add lights so that
when it’s getting dark, there is a lovely welcoming pathway of lights to your
door and remember that important tidy doormat, so, if your door mat is looking
like it’s had too many feet trampling over it, then time for a change.
And then inside. Tidy cushions on your chairs and sofas. Don’t
leave newspapers laying around. From your kitchen remember to empty the bin and
any old take away boxes from the night before. Don’t have a load of dishes in
the sink and as for your bedroom, make sure your bed is made. I know you may
think what? but I do know people who have shown me around their house when I
was looking to buy and they hadn’t made their bed not only that, but they had
dirty clothes laying around. And on radiators. Socks and worse… so, it does happen.
Try to have your ornaments and pictures put away in boxes in
your garage or storage just this makes the house look less personal, to you. Some
people just don’t have any imagination so they can’t think of your house the
way it is, empty or with their stuff in it.
Don’t have the TV blasting, fine for quiet background sound
but again, I have been in someone’s house where the wife has shown me around
and the Husband has been laying on the sofa with the football blasting out of
the TV.
I have also been in a house where they had coffee going on. Well
that smell is meant to be homely and it is lovely, but not everyone likes the
smell and when I went to a house like that, I did smile thinking you have been
reading how to sell your house…. I have also been into a house where the smell
of freshly baked bread has come from the kitchen, again another tip, but again,
a little obvious. I also hate freshly sprayed air freshener. I immediately think.
What smell are they trying to hide?
And if you are looking to buy. Visit the property you ar
interested in, at night time as that is
when you will learn if you go early in the evening especially if its light
nights, if children are playing near your house and what kind of children they
are but if you live not too far away, and you visit later, you will see what undesirables are hanging around too.
When I picked this house where we live now, I just felt at
peace. And I felt the friendliness of our street. And I haven’t been wrong when
it comes to the friendliness, and it is peaceful out the front, but oh, boy the
back? It was raining so I didn’t stay out the back long. But if I had come back,
I would have seen it was very noisy.
Happy house hunting and selling.
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