How To Sell Your Property For The Highest Possible Price

If you’re thinking of selling your property at some point in the future, you will find this article helpful and interesting.

As an owner-occupier, you can help your agent sell your property as quickest time frame at a maximum price possible, by contributing and enhancing the presentation of your property. Good presentation of the property will mean the difference between a mediocre price and a top result. It need not be expensive or difficult. By adhering to few simple principles, you can set your home apart from other properties in the market.

Improve curb appeal , spruce up the exterior of your home. A good place to start is the front of your house. Look at the front of your house and garden through the eyes of the buyer. Would you inspect a house that looks like this? Looks are everything. First impression is very important and is based on buyer’s view of the house from the real estate agent’s car. Check the fence for repairs, veranda for clearing of cobwebs, windows and glass for cleaning, lawn for mowing and trimmings, and the garden to add colours and give your house some life. A few inexpensive touch ups can work wonders in the making your house attractive to your prospective buyer.

Entrance and doors: Make sure that the entrance of your house is clean and free from clutter. Doors should open and close without creaking, doorknobs clean and polished and should be able to turn easily.

Decor: Light coloured décor is always good. It can lighten dark rooms and enlarge small-seeming rooms. If you do however decide to repaint the house before a sale, make sure you keep a constant theme throughout the property. This creates continuity and adds to the overall “flow” effect of the house.

Rooms: De-clutter rooms by removing items of furniture. A common fault in property presentation is room overcrowding. A room full of furniture can greatly reduce the perceived size of the room and make it appear smaller and therefore of lesser value that what it really is. Remember, less is better
The hallways should be completely clear and inviting. Remove clutters on counter tops, drawers, closets, garages, attics and basement.

Kitchen/Bathrooms/Laundry: As any other room, these must be clean and free
of unwanted “stuff’. Make the kitchen appears bigger by removing and putting away toaster and other appliances from the bench top. These appliances should be kept away clear in the cabinets, making sure they don’t seem crammed if the buyer wishes to look inside. Most buyers tend to look through everything so be prepared for them to rummage through your cabinets. You want to impress them by keeping things tidy and everything in its own place. Make sure that the kitchen or “ The Heart of The House” always kept clean, neat and healthy looking.

Storage: This seems to be a common problem amongst homeowner because there just never seems to be enough space no matter how big a house is. If this is applicable to you, then you may want to consider a garage sale and possible a big spring cleaning of your house. The money raised can of course go towards the moving out expenses.

Unpleasant views: These can be screened off by trellis or creeping vines or extending of your fence. You may also want to consider installing a slimline Venetian blind to block these view, such as if your house was outside a busy road. Remember, you want to block the view but not all the light, so get something that will do both.

Pets: Although pets are lovely and often liven up a home, they should not be present during a house inspection. A good idea would be to take them out for a few hours or ask a friend to mind them for a while.

Bad Odours: Nowadays there are endless amounts of products , aromas, pot pouris, scented candles and oils that can assist you in maintaining a good smell around the house. Because you have probably lived in your house for sometimes, it is often that you do not detect the bad odours so just to be on the safe side, spray a little freshener and keep a light scented candle burning for awhile. If you cant think of any fragrances which will please buyers, then coffee and chocolate cake combinations is always usually a winner. Another inexpensive way to enhance the scent of your home is to buy some dried petals or pot- pouris or the popular method of dried flower arrangements with eucalyptus leaves. Make a nice arrangement for your centrepiece on the dining room table. This will surely give a pleasant smell and look pleasing to a buyer.

Light: This is a major factor and you cannot have enough of it in your house. If you have a dark room or area, consider installing a skylight to bring sunlight into the room. The money spent for the installation is definitely money well spent.

The important thing is to remember that you are not the one buying the property you are working hard to present, so keep it simple and attractive to majority of buyers.


If you have any concerns it is best to contact your selling agent for more tips.