Why spring is an ideal time to sell
Spring is an excellent time to sell your property for a variety of reasons. As the seller, you will want to prepare your home the right way. This will give you the best chance of attracting great buyers, achieving a higher sales price, and, ultimately, locking in a successful sale.
Even though sales outcomes tend to be stronger in spring, more sellers and a larger number of properties mean more competition for your home.
Follow these recommended tips to maximise your property’s charm:
Strategies for readying your home to sell in spring
1. Spring clean
Start with a complete spring clean to get your house ready for the sale. Here are six spring cleaning tips to get you started:
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Have a cleaning plan
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Go room by room to avoid pressure
- Not forget to dust high and low
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Organize and clear all the clutter
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Create a home for everything
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Get the whole household involved
2. Increase front yard appeal
First impressions count when it comes to buyers’ opinions, so increase property appeal and make your exteriors stand out. Tidy up your front and back garden by clearing away any clutter from your yard. Rake away dead leaves, prune dead winter growth, and do a thorough weeding. Remove any large bushes and trim away tree branches to clear the exterior view for prospective buyers.
For a pop of colour, add flowers and green shrubbery to your front garden, and don’t forget to fertilise your lawn and garden beds for vibrant springtime growth.
3. Remove personal items
Take the opportunity to declutter your house by throwing away or donating anything you are no longer using. Decluttering makes your interiors and storage spaces look more spacious, and depersonalising your home, provides potential buyers with a blank canvas to imagine the house as theirs.
4. Accessorise the interior
Staging a property allows for the targeting of specific demographics and possibly achieving a better price. An experienced real estate agent is your best adviser when it comes to staging as they can pinpoint the special features and guide you on how these can be highlighted with staging. You can also add basic touches yourself, such as updating old towels, rugs, and linen with new ones, or even just adding a fresh bouquets of flowers.
5. Do any necessary repairs and maintenance
Take an objective look at your interiors and note any flaws or damages, such as leaky taps, loose doorknobs, and faulty light switches. You could also give damaged walls a fresh coat of paint, or consider having carpet stains removed by professionals.
An experienced real estate agent should work closely with you through every step of your sale, ensuring that you are staging and preparing your property correctly. Spring is a busy time for both buyers and sellers, so the right agent should be able to help you make your property stand out and successfully market it to the right buyers.
In addition, you could have the full confidence that it’s truly the right time to sell if you have the help of a real estate expert who knows your local market.
