Is time running out to sell your home before the end of this year?
If you've been thinking of selling your home and were hoping to be sold by the end of the year, time is running out! Read this article to find out how to sell your home before the year's end.
Selling a property can be a long process, and homeowners often underestimate the time it takes. If you want to sell by the end of 2024, time is running out, and you need to think about getting your home marketed sooner rather than later.
While presenting your property in the best way possible is important, you shouldn't let this become a form of procrastination. It is super easy to think you will declutter every room and every cupboard, then fully redecorate. Then perhaps the tiles need updating in the downstairs loo, and the garden could do with landscaping. Before you know it, you've renovated the whole house. A house that you fully intend to move out of.
Unnecessary renovations can be a waste of time and money. There's no guarantee that your redecoration or renewed tiles will actually increase the potential sale price. What if the buyers don't like them and decide to rip it all out and start again? You've done that work for nothing. So, it's best to focus on presenting the property in its current state, clean and decluttered, and getting it on the market.
It is a much better option to present the property in the best light as it is now. Clean, yes. Declutter, certainly. But don't refurbish. For the most part, this will not be necessary. Instead, stage the property nicely to show the rooms off in the best possible way and get cracking with marketing the property for sale.
Remember, a cluttered home will seem smaller than a minimalist one, but you don't need to embark on a complete Marie Kondo-style mission. Instead, focus on removing things from surfaces that are visible when someone comes into your home. Keeping it clear and tidy is all that matters at this stage. It's not important that you have countless boxes in the loft that you've been meaning to get rid of. Keep it simple and manageable.
Of course, a clean home is going to be more appealing to a buyer than a dirty home. Try to keep on top of your housework while the property is on the market. One big deep clean should be sufficient before you go on the market, making the ongoing maintenance easier while you are having viewings.
If you are house-proud, it is understandable that you want your home to be the best it can be before you invite strangers to come around and judge it. But be careful not to cross over into procrastination. You need to strike while the iron is hot if you hope to sell your property this year. It makes sense to get the property on the market during these summer months while buyers are looking, and homes and gardens look lovely in the summer sunshine.
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