Tips on selling your property...

Having sold property a couple of times here are some simple tips:

First of all, ensure that you do up the house a little before putting on the market.

Make sure all the fixtures and fittings are clean and working.

If you have unusual colour tastes then make everything light and neutral before selling: this will be more attractive to most buyers and also the light colour and particularly white or cream can make spaces look bigger.

Remove clutter from the centre of rooms as again this can make them look bigger and lighter.

Ensure that if you have a cat or dog that it is out of the house before and around viewings and use some smellies to make the house smell nice: no-one wants to smell nasty cat or dog smells that you are used to when viewing a house as it will put them off!

Re : Tips on selling your property

Thanks Geoff

This is a useful list and it's a great idea to have a forum like this where people can discuss information related to property.

Whilst there are obviously many experts out there I think a lot of people like me are quite unsure when it comes to property and get quite daunted by the big decisions to do with money and property.

Properties are such a big part of our lives financially in being such a massive cost that it can be quite frightening working out when to buy and sell and so on!

Therefore having places like this to discuss property, mortgages and so on is a great idea

Re : Tips on selling your property

These are good tips.

I would add that if you are showing someone around yourself then you need to give them time to have a wander around by themselves once you have shown them around, to give them a time to look more leisurely rather than with your watchful eye on them where they may feel a little less comfortable to do important things like open cupboards to get an idea of how much space there is hidden behind those cupboard doors etc.....

Re : Tips on selling your property

Make sure that you are dealing with the genuine person and taking from them at a high stage .