Tips for Selling your Home – Part 7
If I were buying this house…
After you’re satisfied that the professional inspectors did their job correctly, act like one. Take one, long last look.
Put on your eagle eyes, and ask yourself: if I were buying this house, what would I want done or repaired?
It’s the law, sir.
Fix any house problems that the law requires you to. Get a Sustainability Report done on your property – in Queensland it is now mandatory to disclose certain efficiency related features of your house and the requirements for reporting are only going to get tougher over time. Agents AND sellers can be fined if these mandatory disclousres are not provided. See http://www.dip.qld.gov.au/sustainable-housing/sustainability-declaration.html for more details.
You and I are different.
Little things that make a difference are those tasks or jobs that you’ve somehow delayed or never got around to doing.
Remember that what may be petty to you may not be petty at all to your prospective buyer. No two people think the same way. Selling and buying a house are two different perspectives, two different people, and two different mindsets.
Did you inherit these doorknobs from your grandmother?
Try not to overlook old doorknobs and plates on light switches. If they look lifeless and worn, replace them to liven up the living areas. Try to go for neutral designs.
If your buyers are young, upward mobile professionals, you could go for bolder designs. Make sure that whatever you put on, the buyers can take them off easily should they decide to do so.
Is this door going to fall on me?
Does your house have doors that sag, don’t close properly, squeak or have a knob missing?
There are beautiful ready-made and custom-made doors in your local home centre, so why don’t you pay them a visit; get an idea of what kind of doors would breathe life into your house?
More tips soon!
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