10 Tips For Property Presentation When Selling Your Home
10 tips for property presentation
Presentation is one of the most important keys to achieving a top sale price for your home. A great presentation showcases the space and light available and puts buyers at ease. Buyers will stay longer at your inspections if the property is presented beautifully.
- Please de-clutter as much as possible. Minimally furnished rooms with appropriate hints of colour will help showcase the space and light. Too much furniture, especially ornaments, can make a room small. Please ask for our advice!
- Power Wash! Who doesn't find the process and more so the results of a good power wash, the results are amazing versus the outlay. We highly recommend having driveways, side access, and even entire homes professionally hosed down; this hugely positively impacts the presentation of a home.
- We recommend removing personal photos, as we want buyers to imagine themselves living in your home rather than you and your family.
- Please consider professional styling if we deem it necessary. Styling does not have to be expensive. A few colourful cushions and a bright rug can transform an otherwise dull room.
- Invest in professional photography. When we talk about presentation, we're talking not only about how your property looks in the real world but also how it presents in the digital world. Professional photos can make the difference between a buyer dismissing your home or putting it at the top of their list, they are essential to a successful campaign. Smyth RE has its own in house photographer, please see the sold section of our site for examples of recent shoots.
- Cleanliness is very important. Buyers won't stay in messy or dirty homes - they will leave the inspection as soon as possible. Preparing for sale can be physically and emotionally draining, so if you ask our advice, it would be to bring in the professionals. We can help you organise for your home to be professionally cleaned.
- If you have animals, remove them during inspections, remove food bowls and kitty litter and deodorise all rooms. Bad smells can be very off-putting to buyers.
- Fresh flowers always look great, especially on large dining tables or the kitchen bench. Flowers are inexpensive and can add a vital pop of colour to neutral rooms.
- Your garden is a critical part of the presentation. If it needs a make-over, prune dead leaves and branches, remove overgrown or unattractive plants, lay some mulch and add a few green shrubs for an easy, inexpensive 'wow factor'.
- New paint and carpet is the oldest trick in the book, and there's a reason for it! It's a quick and easy way to transform a tired old property into a bright, attractive home.
Please understand our styling and presentation recommendations do not represent any criticism of your personal style. Our recommendations are based on what will appeal to the likely buyer demographic for your property.
If you have any questions regarding these presentation tips, please call me on 0451 125 809.
