If you’re selling your home and moving on to pastures new, then you’re in for an exciting time. With everything going on in the world at the minute you might think that it’s completely the wrong time to think about moving home. However, if you have had this in the pipeline for so long now and you know there is no stopping your plans, you can utilize this situation to your advantage. You might find that you have more time at home than ever before which gives you the chance to get your home ready for a sale. Even if you know that you’re not going to be able to actually put your home on the market for another month or so, now is the time to get it ready so that you can make the most money that you possibly can do from it. A house can make a considerable amount more if the homeowner puts in the effort to make it ready for a sale. The people who come to value the home will price it that little bit higher, which makes your budget for your next home higher. So, keep on reading, and we’ll show you how you can get your home ready for a sale, and a sale that gives you more money!

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Focus On Exterior Appearances

The exterior of your home is going to be the first impression that anyone valuing, and viewing your home will take in. If the front of your home is a little bit untamed, it can lead to the devaluing of your home. But the best thing is, it’s not hard to sort it out and make it look good. Generally, there are three things that need doing. The first can be a landscape into a proper tarmacked driveway. These look so professional and modern, and it’s one of the most common sorts of the driveway for people to have. Some go for the brick option which looks just as good. Either way, if you don’t have a drive and a bit of greenery outside your home, it’s pretty easy to grow so. Around that, you can place some lovely flowers that you’d be able to plant. Planting them in pots can help to add a bit of character and life to the front of your home. Then you need to go to the back of the home, which plays an equally big part in the success of your home. A good garden is what a lot of families, in particular, are looking for. Families love outside space for their children to grow up in. Synthetic grass can be used to create that grass look, without the hassle of having to maintain it more. Again, this would definitely appeal to families whose children are going to be racing around on it all of the time.

Update Some Of The Interior Features

Then, obviously, the interior of the home is going to be just as important. It’s where the main value of the home is found, and it’s easy enough to make small changes that can really boost the curb appeal of your home. For example, one room you could update is the spare room. If it’s used as a bit of a storage room rather than a bedroom, turn it into a dressing room. A dressing table, storage space, and a floor lamp isn’t going to cost much at all. But with a freshen up on the decor, this can turn a room from looking said to look good. The more modern it looks, the more the home will value for. Space obviously increases the value so perhaps you might like to consider creating an open plan kitchen/diner if your home doesn’t have one already. It makes a home look so much more spacious on modern. Often the job needed is only small. You might also like to install home automation systems that will definitely boost the value. Home automation allows the homeowner to control bills, control when things turn off and on when they’re not there, and to make the home generally much easier to run. If you can be fancy and have it wired up to speakers in every room, you’ll definitely appeal to a lot of people. There are smaller changes that you can make, such as fixing anything that might be faulty within the home.

Make Sure It Looks Clean & Tidy

If you want your home to sell quickly, it’s going to do so far quicker if you don’t have all of your clutter lying around. It makes buyers able to visualise their new life far more if they’re able to see a clean and tidy home. Plus, it can just be so off-putting to walk into a home that you’re excited to look at, to get there and find out that it’s small and cluttered. That’s another reason why it’s good to have it tidy, it makes it look far spacious. We know that when you have a family it’s hard to keep a home clear, however, when you know you have a viewing coming along you should definitely focus on how clean and tidy it is. It’s good for your own personal feeling as well. Most of us like to be house proud and if we’re going to have people walking around our home, we want them to like the look of it! You wouldn’t believe the number of people selling their home who don’t go through and do a deep clean and keep it clear.

Have Someone Check Over The Inner Workings

Some people don’t have the chance to check over the inner workings of their home, but when buying a home this is one of the things that people like to know about. They like to know whether the home has any faults, and that’s why they pay for a surveyor. It might be far cheaper for them to pay for a surveyor than buying a home and realising there are so many things wrong with it that it’s going to cost a fortune. All you have to do is get one to do the same to your home beforehand. You need to make sure that your home is good and ready to sell, and not only that, you want it for peace of mind as well. It might be a long while until your home sells, and if something goes wrong in the meantime it could mess up your whole selling plan.

Clear Out The Clutter

This is more one for you so that you know you have everything in order. You need to clear out the clutter and make sure that you’re not taking anything with you to your new home that you’re not going to need. Plus, you never know, you might be able to make some money from this. The clutter could be sold on Ebay or other selling websites. It could pay for new accessories when you get to that home. Not only that, but it just makes the whole selling process so much easier. You don’t have to rush to clear everything out when it comes to moving because you will have already done it. All it takes is a weekend or two dedicated to it so that you can clear everything out. You might even find a few hidden gems that you’d forgotten about!

So, we hope we have gave you some great ideas about how you can get your home ready for a sale. We know how stressful it can be trying to get a house sold!

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