“House for sale” You read it in somewhere and you’re very interested in selling your own but you’re wondering how to go about finding the right buyer for your home. Here are a couple of important guidelines you must follow so that you go about the process in the right manner. To begin with, when you’re getting your home ready to sell, you need to look at your house in a new way. Think of your house as a product about to go on the market where it is probably competing with brand new housing. It needs to show well – which means clutter-free and well kept.
Today’s homebuyers lead busy lives and may not be interested in taking on major repairs or improvements upon moving in. You need to make your house a “10”. To begin with you need to spot what is right and what is not so good about your "product". It will give you the opportunity to take corrective action to ensure your house looks fresh, clean and well maintained when the “House for Sale” sign goes up.
It takes careful planning and knowing how to professionally spruce up your home to sell a house well. There are a few elements that you need to take into consideration once you’ve planned to sell. Disassociating yourself with your home and de-personalizing it to begin with. Pack up those personal photographs and family heirlooms. Rearrange bedrooms, closets and kitchen cabinets and make sure you remove or replace favorite items so that possible buyers don’t have the option of getting attached to them. Also, make sure to make minor repairs, replace burned-out light bulbs and make the house sparkle before the buyers start to come in.
Now you need to decide whether you want to find a buyer yourself or use an estate agent. Before making this decision you should consider how much each method would cost and how much time you have available. If you use an estate agent, it will be more expensive but the estate agent will take responsibility for advertising, showing potential buyers round, and negotiating a price for the house. If you wish to find a buyer yourself, it will be cheaper but you will need the time to make all these arrangements and deal with any problems. Next the price you want to ask for the property comes in. Many estate agents do free valuations or you could find out about the cost of houses locally by looking at local papers, estate agents’ windows and similar houses in the area.
Advertising you property is essential to making a good sale. You should find out how much the local papers charge for house advertisements and then draft the advertisement on the basis of how much you want to spend. Keep details to give potential buyers ready, either before they call, or at the time they view. You could also consider advertising the property on the internet.
Whether you have arranged to sell the house yourself or you have used an estate agent you may find that you receive more than one offer for the house. When you finally accept an offer though, you, or your agent need to decide who is doing the legal work. You can do it yourself or you could use a solicitor. Make sure you put as much time into the procedure of selling your house as possible so that it is a smooth process.
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