These 10 tips to help you sell your property better
How to enhance your property to sell it faster and at the best price? Here are a list of some tips to help you out
Property valuation, Home Staging or simple staging … Call it what you want. But the trend which aims to depersonalize a place while presenting it in its best light, in order to sell it quickly and at the best price, has been popular for almost 10 years. People are often not ready to add 4,000 or 5,000 euros for small jobs. Even if it can help them sell. ” A few small arrangements, even simple arrangements can, however, help you sell better. Here is a list of clever tips that we don’t always think about…
Shades and colors: aim for neutrality
A recent study by the real estate portal Zillow, in the United States, certifies that certain colors can increase the price of a house by almost 6,000 dollars. At a rate of 30 dollars per square meter of façade repainted by a professional, the trick is tempting … But it is difficult to generalize such added value. Above all, it is complicated to know the tastes and colors of your future buyers . Stay sober, in order to attract as many people as possible. White, gray and taupe are neutral colors to favor. “Also aim for the colors of the times, Black or Classic Blue (2020 Pantone) are coming back a lot right now, for example.
Add value to space
When you buy a home, you buy space. It’s even the most important factor in determining the selling price, along with the location. Unclog your rooms, in order to preserve the volumes. Take furniture down to the cellar, if you have one. Do not leave too many personal belongings lying around, at the risk of giving the impression that the accommodation lacks storage space.
Sobriety does not mean empty. Quite the contrary. If the buyers of a property buy space above all, you must allow them to plan for their future accommodation. More and more people are buying a decoration, it, therefore, becomes essential. Some sales professionals have understood this and are now offering turnkey solutions to their customers to enhance their goods by staging them. The visual has an extremely strong influence. A housing visit lasts on average 30 minutes. Your buyers must therefore quickly take possession of the premises and say to themselves “I could see myself living there”. Details therefore matter.
Play on the warmth of your home
As you know, brightness is one of the major assets of a property. So do not hesitate to accentuate it and play on the warmth of your home. For example, adding curtains to windows and frames to walls increases the warmth of rooms. Also, add mirrors to the walls and arrange them to reflect light into possible darker areas of your property.
Carpets and wallpaper: don’t throw away everything!
Many of the older units have carpeted floors and wallpaper on the walls. Should you get rid of it in order to give your home a facelift? As long as the accommodation is healthy, you don’t have to carry out major work. Even old-fashioned carpet and wallpaper can be kept. You just have to harmonize the decoration around it. If a shampoo is enough to restore prestige to your carpet, keep it!
Small works: neutralize the marks of the past
In order to show your accommodation in its best light, be sure to neutralize the marks of the past. Occupying a home poses two major problems. First there is the alteration of space, with the accumulation of furniture and objects, and wear and tear. We must neutralize the marks of the past. Over time, your accommodation may have deteriorated in part. Change the doors, the handles, the switches, the baseboards … If necessary, redo the piping. In summary, show that your property has been maintained throughout your occupation and that you have not allowed it to deteriorate.
Revamp your kitchen and your bathroom
The buyers are very attentive to the kitchen and the bathroom. These are pieces not to be overlooked. Starting work in the kitchen can quickly add unwanted costs. Fortunately, simple small adjustments can be enough to give it a facelift. Change closet doors, or even replace storage modules and furniture. Renovate the worktop and paint the walls. Regarding the bathroom, pay attention to the tiles. It can be useful to replace it or, failing that, to repaint it too. A little paint on tiles represents a modest investment, which will immediately have its effect.
Do not underestimate the olfactory factor
We never think about it enough, but a property put up for sale and no longer inhabited dries up. After a few weeks without occupation, hello smells. If you have not used the accommodation for 1 month, circulate air in the rooms and run the water for a few minutes. This will significantly reduce bad odors.
Highlight the energy class of your accommodation
In addition to the usual purchasing factors such as safety, location or comfort, be aware that your concern for the environment could facilitate the sale of your property. More and more buyers are paying attention to ecological and environmental issues. So make sure that your accommodation does not consume too much energy. Whether your future buyers are interested in ecology or not. Housing that uses less energy costs the owner less. Think for example of double glazing (or glazing with reinforced insulation) for your windows, to redo the insulation of your walls and roof spaces. Obviously, these works will often be financially heavy, even if a certain number of aids make it possible to reduce the bill (zero rate loan, tax credit, etc.). However, there are economical solutions, such as installing thermostats on your radiators. Significant savings to the key since you will better control your heating. An argument that will not escape your future buyers.
Security
If you live on the ground floor, it could be tempting to improve the security of the premises by putting bars on the windows. But beware of the double effect. Adding bars does not give the image of a secure place. In could in fact worry your buyers. Alarm systems can be expensive. An expense that does not guarantee a return on investment.
