Advice for vendors

Advice for vendors

Below are a number of tips that can help you increase your chances of selling your home quickly and at a price you're happy with.

Preparing your home for sale

You must have a contract of sale prepared by your solicitor before your property can go on the market
Complete any half-finished jobs
Touch up chipped paintwork – painting woodwork can be a laborious task and may put people off
Tidy up front and back gardens and plant some colourful flowers – a bit of colour works wonders
Turn rooms back into their intended functions – if you are using the spare bedroom as a study, get a bed in there instead, or if your dining room has become a playroom, clear away the toys
Many viewers prefer a blank canvass – consider redecorating rooms using whites and creams
Bathrooms and kitchens sell houses – it may be worth investing in a new bathroom suite or replacing kitchen unit doors or repainting them

Clean windows inside and out – they need to sparkle!
Eliminate odours – open windows for a couple of hours prior to a viewing, have fresh flowers and spray scent
Clean house from top to bottom – there’s nothing nicer than a clean smell
Remove all clutter from the floor and surfaces - to maximise feeling of space
Make the most of features – light a fire (in winter), open curtains/blinds wide to maximise light
Use discrete lighting to brighten up dark corners
Make your home look loved – have fresh-cut flowers and some nice cushions or throws

Go out while the open for inspection is on, leave all the negotiation to us, your agent, that’s what we’re good at
bentons will sell the special/unique features of your home – we talk glowingly about the amount of light if a room is sunny, or talk about how cosy a room is in the winter with the big open fire
bentons sell a lifestyle – if your patio has the sun in the evening, we tell viewers how you enjoy sitting on the patio for an early evening drink in the summer
We let viewers go into rooms first – this will give them a better feeling of space
Keep all internal doors closed - so they cannot see all rooms at once
We turn negatives into positives – if you have no off-street parking, we talk about how parking isn’t a problem
We don’t try the hard sell – if you appear too keen to sell, viewers may wonder why and you are unlikely to get the price you want
We ensure we do not make any negative comments such as ‘they wouldn’t accept a penny less than the asking price’ or ‘they will only move if they find the right house’

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