How to maximise your sale price
How can I maximise my property’s sale price? This is a question we’re asked all the time by our clients.
Given your home is likely to be your most valuable asset, when it comes time to sell, ensuring you make the most amount of money possible is undoubtedly a key priority for you.
Obviously, that’s a key focus for us agents too and we play a big role in helping you achieve this…..but there are some things that you can do as the homeowner to help you attract more buyers, generate excitement around your property and to help ensure the best result is achieved.
Here are our top tips to help you sell your property for the most amount of money possible.
Tidy up the garden and ramp up your street appeal. Many buyers do a drive by a property before they decide whether they want to come in for an inspection. So, spending time weeding the front garden, painting the fence, ensuring the number is clearly visible, the garbage bins are away, the mailbox is cleaned out and the lights work, oh and turned are on at night-time, can help here.
Clear away excess clutter from every room and benchtop throughout the property. You want to create the feeling of space and flow through the property. Buyers like larger flowing living areas and clutter can make spaces feel smaller. Plus, you don’t want potential buyers being ambushed by all your personal knick knacks – you want them to be able to envisage themselves in your home.
Get your tool box out and fix those little jobs that are long overdue – walk around the property and fix that leaking tap, or loose tile that has been bugging you for a while. Make sure the light bulbs are all working, the blinds can open and repair anything that is chipped or damaged. You might need to get in trades people to help you here.
Give your property a fresh coat of paint- This can help make a big difference to the overall freshness and feel of the property and is one of the most cost effective ways to add value to a home when selling.
Make sure your property is sparkling clean – that’s every room, cupboard, shower corner, benchtop you name it – so get out the cleaning gear and go crazy.
Consider giving your kitchen & bathrooms an inexpensive makeover – these are two rooms that can make or break a sale so spending some time here, without over capitalising, can make a big difference. We can help guide you here too.
Consider paying for a stylist to help pull it all together. We’ve seen professional stylists add between 10-20% to a sale price simply by coming in and zhooshing the property up. Again, we can help point you in the right direction here.
A final word
Making the most money from your property’s sale is really important for the next phase of your life, whether that’s upsizing, downsizing, investing or anything in between. Having helped countless clients enhance their property we’d love to help guide you too. To talk to one of our team about your property click here. Kore Property Group – Kore Property Group
