Selling Gold Coast Homes

Posted on: 06.06.2016

Selling Gold Coast Homes

When it comes time to sell, there are a few things you can do to potentially shorten the time it takes to sell and sometimes even improve the sale price.

Quite often, seller’s have an emotional history or attachment to the property. It is very important as a seller to try and disconnect yourself from that. Try to focus on your property from a buyer’s perspective.

Think about the things you focused on when you purchased. Price and comparable nearby sales, number of bedrooms/bathrooms, covered parking and how much maintenance is needed if any? Combined with the first impression, these are just some of the things that run through buyer’s minds over a 20-30min inspection.

What can a Seller do to assist the sale?

Aesthetics are VERY important.

As a quick example, in every day life when grocery shopping, bruised fruit and vegetables may be perfectly fine to eat but are often never purchased and discarded or sold for a discounted price. Selling these goods is no different to selling a property, if aesthetics are compromised it might not sell for a long time, if at all.

As a minimum, try to do the following in preparation:

• Paint – re-coating existing surfaces can make a huge difference in appearance. (try stick to neutral colours eg: white’s etc.)
• De-clutter – buyer’s generally like to imagine themselves ‘moving in’ or how their family would occupy a space or room. Removing books and personal items such as shoes, clothing, excessive photo’s and general items from lying around will really help open up the space of rooms.
• Interior/exterior Maintenance – If buyer’s spot cracks in plaster or minor damage to anything, they’ll generally search for further problems with the property instead of warm to the idea of living their. Fix the little things, from grout cracks between tiles through to a quick ute-load of fresh mulch for gardens and basic landscaping (mowing and edge trim).

We hope this helps a little bit with your preperation and if you have any questions regarding how to optimize savings on your home loan/s please don’t hesitate to request a call from us for a friendly chat.

Best Wishes,

The Uprosper Team