How do you get the biggest bang for your buck once you have decided to sell your home?
Given the competitive real estate market, buyers want to get the best value for the money that they spend on a home. As such, a fancy advertisement alone will not work do trick alone to get you the best deal for your home.
Most buyers will view a home several times before they make their buying decision. It is for this reason that you should know what to do to increase the value of your home and give buyers the best impression so that they can give you the best money for your home.
1. Improve the exterior
The external of a home is always the first thing that potential buyers see when they view a home that they want to buy. Therefore, make sure that your home looks great from the outside. If your home looks old, ugly or dilapidated, it will not get you the best money that you want. It is advisable that you consult a reputable home designer to guide you in repairing the exterior of your home. You can also preview painting programs on the internet to get ideas on how to go about the process of repairing and painting the external walls of your home. Additionally, examine your home carefully for visible damage signs on the external wall. If there are panels which require replacing, have them replaced before you advertise your home. If there are small gaps on a brick home, have them filled with a fresh mortar. Gaps in rendered walls can be filled with fresh concrete. With small improvement, your home will look like it is new without making a major renovation.
2. Paint the interior walls
How the interior walls look will tell buyers whether your home is worth the money that you are asking for it. There are several trends for interior designs that you should consider when painting the interior walls. For instance, a white-walled home can be interpreted as boring and lacking character. Therefore, be careful when making paint choices for your interior walls. Outlandish colours can hinder the ability of potential buyers to picture themselves in the property. Make sure that the colours that you choose have mass appeal and match and blend together with all design aspects in the best way possible.
3. Upgrade windows and doors
New windows and doors look stylish and they make a home energy efficient. This can increase the cost of your home. Therefore, upgrade windows and doors to give potential buyers the impression that their running costs will be low when they live in the home that you are selling. Make your home attractive by making it environmental friendly.
4. Enhance yard lighting and landscaping
Most home buyers in Australia love a properly landscaped yard. How the landscape looks will tell potential buyers about the effort that you have put in maintaining the property. Messy gardens, dead plants or simply a boring yard will turn off most potential buyers. Therefore, invest in new rocks, soil, ground cover, shrubs and trees to transform the yard before you advertise your home. Enhance yard lighting too because some potential buyers will get home when it is already dark. Good landscape lighting will give your garden a chic, modern look. Making your yard look fresh and attractive should be at the top of the list of what you can do to get the best money when selling your home.
5. Fix interior flooring flaws
Most home buyers start by looking at the floor when they enter a property. Everybody wants the floor of their home to be clean, contemporary, stylish and clean. A home with musty, old carpeting will put off most potential buyers. Hardwood floors might be easy to take care of and are usually perennially popular. However, quality carpeting creates a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Therefore, repair flooring flaws and replace old carpets before you advertise your home.
