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More examples on How To Sell Your House Quick - general rules and guides on how to promote your home to look its best and appeal to all your potential buyers.

1. Kerb Appeal

All potential buyers will examine your property initially from the exterior. Whether that be actually travelling to the property, or loooking at it on a website. Buyers aren’t just looking at how nice it looks - they’re looking to see how well maintained the property is, and if there are any potential danger signs, for water damage, roof tiles falling off, cracks in the walls etc. It’s the first and most important picture people see of your home. If your exterior is looking a little tired, paintwork needing fixed or cracks in the walls, have them fixed before marketing your property.

Tidy the garden if you need to, and look for all those weeds you’ve been putting off for months. You can also plant some beautiful flowers, and put in some window boxes if you have the space. Bright colour will illuminate your property.

2.  Keep Interiors Bright

Once you’ve managed to get potential buyers in through the door, you’ll need to impress them with the freshness and cleanliness of your home. Use light paint, neutrals etc to keep the property bright and appealing. The light colours makes the home look bigger. You can also touch up any scratches or scrapes that you can find. Your aim here is to create a blank space for the potential buyer, so they can imagine living here - you can also try and minimise the amount of personal pictures and items that you usually have around the home - and helps to avoid buyers feeling like they are invading your personal space.

3. Remove All Your Clutter

Apart from the obvious reasons - it will help people move around the property more easily - you should remove clutter as well from the property. It’s all more personal stuff that should be kept out of sight, clothes, books, dvds etc. These are all things that say ‘this is my home’, yours, not theirs. Keep all decorations minimal, and in good taste. The buyers may not like your personal taste, and this can have a heavy influence on your buyer’s decisions.

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1. Install Central Heating

There are still many older houses on the market (and your may be one of them) that still has old fashioned heating systems. By installing more fuel efficient central heating, you’ll increase the value of your house, and make it more saleable. When choosing heating systems, make sure to do some research into the most fuel efficient available.

2. Double Glazing

Keeping with energy efficiency, double glazing is a must. Many houses still have old fashioned single pane windows, and sliding sash windows. These are not energy efficient, and in the winter will let all your heating escape out the glass. They also create condensation and damp in your rooms. If you have an old fashioned period property, there may be certain rules and regulations that need to be followed in line with planning permission - you can’t implement new windows if they look completely different to the original windows, you may be in trouble. Another alternative to putting in double glazing is to put in secondary glazing, which is a pane of glass that sits behind the original glass window, avoiding any need to replace old frames, and keeping the originals intact.

3. Planning Permission

A house with planning permission always commands a higher selling price than one without. Even if you do not intend to actually use the planning permission that you have acquired from the local governing body, it’s great to have it so that potential buyers know that it is available for the property.

4. Get Your Timing Right

Spring and summer are the peak times to sell your property. No one wants to move in the winter! This also coincides with properties looking their best, in bright sunlight. Late summer and christmas are usually the slowest times, so get planning and time your sale right!

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There are no guarantees in the property business (as the last 2 years illustrated) so these ideas should add value to your property, and help you sell your house fast!

1. Convert the Loft Space

A loft conversion can increase the value of your property by up to 20%. We recently saw a loft conversion that was absolutely sensational. What was 2 dusty rooms at the top of a seaside semi-detached, converted into one, large bright modern bedroom with velux windows and sea views! Fabulous, and no doubt added significant value to the house. Loft conversions can often be completed without planning permission too - as this one was. Steeply pitched roofs are ideal, and in this case the owners were able to lift the original roof by almost a foot, and pushed back the walls to create more space. Ideal.

2. Converting Cellers

As the city becomes more and more expensive to live in, with more pressure everyday on accommodation space, people are increasingly converting cellars into living space.

3. Extensions

When creating extensions on your property, make sure they are well proportioned and in keeping with the rest of the style of the property. Extensions will almost certainly be easier than digging out basement space in a metropolitan area - as they can be built without planning permission if they under a certain height etc - check with local council body.

4. Garage Space

Where space is hard to find, particularly built up residential areas, garages will almost certainly add value to your property. If your adding a double, that will add even more.

5. Extra Bathroom

Creating an extra bathroom may be advantageous to you, if you’re short on bathroom space. Have a 5 bedroom house with only one bathroom? It would be a great idea for you to turn one of those bedrooms into a bathroom. One bathroom houses are a real drag for most people - having to hang around for someone else is a real pain!

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Following on from our extensive collection over the last few weeks with our extensive guide on home-selling tips, here’s some more great ideas to help you sell your house quick. The ideas came to us from sellers who successfully sold their properties in the current market.

Disclosure Reports / Surveys

Depending on your country, usually you will be either required to supply a disclosure report, or have a survey completed. In the UK, a buyer will usually organise a survey, for their piece of mind, or in the U.S., a disclosure report is made by the seller. If you are not familiar with disclosure laws in the U.S., you should speak with a real estate lawyer who is familiar with laws in your state. In the U.K., the buyer will almost always arrange for a surveyor to do an extensive survey on the house, checking for damp, structural issues etc. If you’re in the U.K., why not organise a survey before you put it on the market? That way, you can provide all the information to the buyer, and they won’t have to pay for it.

In the current climate, every little offer goes a long way. If you’re selling in the U.S., make sure you are honest with your disclosure - if you avoid mentioning any problems, you are at risk of losing the sale of the property. At worst, you could be taken to court if it can be proven that you have not mentioned some problems that you had known about before the sale, and did not disclose.

Staging Your Home

In the U.S., your will not be able to get a home loan until you have had an appraisal completed on the property. You should stage your home for this as you would for viewing, so you can achieve the best appraisal that you can. The better the appraisal, ( and the higher your house is valued for) the more likely the borrower will be able to get the loan amount that they are needing to purchase your house. Similarly, in the U.K., you should have your property looking as good as possible, so the valuer see the property in the best light, and you achieve the valuation figure that you were hoping for.

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Following on from our recent articles, here’s some more great ideas to help you stand out from the crowd.

Be Prepared For Item Requests

In the current buyer’s market, more and more potential buyers are looking to leverage more out of each purchase of a property. Often you will be requested to include things in the sale of the house, specific items of extra additions. Your ability to deal positively with these request can often make or break a potential sale, so be open to suggestions and negotiations. Before marketing your home, you should be aware of all the items in the property that you are willing to make a part of the sale, and what you are willing to include, and what items you are wanting to take with you.

Selling with Warranties

You may want to consider selling your properties with certain warranties included. Home warranties can be bought by sellers for a minimal fee. Selling your home with a warranty can increase your saleability value, and this is also a good idea for any of your older appliances, cookers, boiler units and so forth. It gives the buyers some peace of mind, and allows them to go into the sale with a positive outlook, and good expectations. It also creates good will between you and the buyer.

Be Willing to Negotiate

In the current climate, the offers you receive may be well below your asking price, or expectations. You don’t need to respond to a low offer in a negative way. If it is low, you can see it as an opportunity to open negotiations. You can drop your asking price by a small percent, and you can take it from there - your reduction is an offer to engage in negotiations.

Alternatives to Help the Buyer

If you don’t want to lower your asking price, what else can you do? Well, you can offer to pay for the closing costs, or legal fees for the purchase of the house. This can be the difference between a sale of no sale - all helping you to make a difference when dealing with potential buyers.

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Top tips on how to sell your house quickly - direct this week from a seller based in Sydenham, London.

I was talking yesterday to a friend who had recently sold his two bedroom flat in Sydenham, london. Once the estate agent had advertised his property on their website, there were 7 or 8 couples who were interested in coming to see the property. He wisely chose to have something of an open house (as recommended in other top tips on our site) over the weekend, and there were overlaps with people coming and going.

Create a Buzz

He even commented that this created a bit of a buzz, and other buyers saw that there were other people interested in the property, and he felt like he was in demand! A nice feeling, and let people know that is was an interesting place, was a good price, and represented good value to a number of people.

Sell it Yourself

Before anyone arrived, he had painted the hallway, and a couple of the rooms, as they were looking a bit tired and scuffed. He also painted the front door, so it looked bright and fresh. My friend actually showed all the potential buyers round - and the estate agent never bothered to show up! So he put in all the work to sell the house himself - showing the potential buyers around, chatting and building rapport with the potential buyers.

Over that weekend, he met the couple who were going to turn out to be the eventual buyers. He showed them around the flat, let them see all the great features, and let them wander around and have a look for themselves. It was a simple, easy going experience, and he found himself enjoying trying to sell the property. What did the estate agents do? Not very much..in fact, all they did was advertise the property on their website!

Save Yourself Thousands!

The house eventually sold for £200,000 - and the agent received their fee of 1.5% - £3000. Not bad for uploading some files to a site. Why not save yourself the cash, and advertise yourself, on www.sell-my-house-quick.com? It’s easier than you think - upload your files and find out!

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Continuing our series of top tips on how to sell your property quickly in the current market, here’s more ideas on how you can make your property stand out from the crowd and make an impact!

Curb Appeal

You want to make as good a first impression as possible - known as ‘Curb Appeal’ - people seeing your home from the outside, for the first time. How to do it? Make sure it’s looking great! If you have a lawn, make sure it’s mowed, and looking green and fresh. Get rid of any moss thats there, on any weeds growing on your grass. Clean up the area around your front door, and paint any woodwork that’s looking old and tired. You can also paint your front door for the ultimate in first impressions! Letter-box red has been proven to be a real turn-on for potential buyers. Will people be coming to see your property in the evenings, when it’s dark? It would be a great idea to install some attractive lighting to your property, and turn the darkness into something positive, and inspiring.

Special Selling Points

Are there special features that you may not have considered when trying to sell your property? Perhaps the house is energy efficient, and your monthly bills are surprisingly low? Do you have great insulation? Is there the potential for you to be expanding and creating extra space?

A Professional Photographer

It may be worth considering hiring a professional photographer. As so many people look for property online, it may be worth your while to get someone in who can make your property look sensational, and can capture all the magic of your home.

Open House Days

Consider having open house days - the traditiional way of selling a property. You can have numerous people in on one day, create and buzz and a great atmosphere - it’s always good to let everyone know that your house is for sale, and good to let all the buyers out there that people are wanting to come and see your property. Having multiple buyers on the same day could create competition and drive up your asking price. Remember that it is preferable, if possible, for you to not be at the viewings. People may feel like they are intruding on your personal space. As a result, they may be tempted to leave early, and not give the property the chance it deserves.

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In the current climate, it’s tough to sell your property. Here are some top tips to help you stand out from the crowd.

Tidy up

You should be having a look at tidying up your extensions and all areas where people may take time to relax. Porches, patios and garden areas etc. When people come round to have a look at your home, the areas where they would like to sit and relax should be clutter free - hide away trash cans, magazines and anything else that may be cluttering up your space. Make it easy on the eye and let people wander around without having to visualise how much work they’ll have to spend tidying up the house when they move in!

Landscaping

You can also make a big impression for a small effort in the garden. How can you make your garden nicer than the competition? What can you do to make your home stand out? Adding inexpensive plants, flowers and bushes can make a huge difference. Does your lawn look tired and old? Maybe the kids have worn away a patch on their favourite spot. You could consider laying some new lawn. Perhaps it’s looking a little faded? You could consider getting some grass treatment to liven it up, and make it look more healthy and green.

Fireplaces

How do you make a buyer fall in love with your home? Do you have a fire place? If so, you’ll need to light it up and have it ready for your buyers coming round! Before they come, you can prepare the area and get it looking nice, then light it up and have it burning for a few hours. Small touches like this, all add up to a very effective selling program - they create a fabulously ambient atmosphere, and encourage good feelings to be associated with your property.

Get the Right Temperature

Whether it’s summer or winter - keep and eye on the temperature, and make sure potential buyers are comfortable. If it’s too hot, people will think that there isn’t enough ventilation in the property, or your air-conditioning doesn’t work. If it’s too cold, they’ll think that the house has insulation issues, or the heating doesn’t work.

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Following on from our previous article, here’s more tops on how to sell your house quick, in the current economic climate.

De-Personalise Your Property

An important step you should take, if you want to sell your property quickly, is to remove all personal items on display. Trophies, family photos, etc., should all be removed from the home. Why? Because people are wanting to imagine this place as their new home, not your house, and that can stifle the imagination. If you have the place full of special memorabilia, potential buyers may feel like they are invading your home, and feel less inclined to buy.

Smells To Go

When you enter someone’s home for the first time, all your senses are alert. Smells come into play of course, and potential buyers are expecting a fresh, newly decorated vibe. Do you have dogs? Are you a smoker? Do you cook spicy foods regularly? You may want to clean all the carpets so they are fresh, and light some nice smelling candles for people arriving. Home made cookies smell great too, and you can give them out to potential buyers.

Light Up Their Life

We want people to feel like the house is a great place to be, and we do this by utilising lighting to our advantage. The property should appear light and bright, and have as much natural light coming into the property as possible. If there isn’t enough light coming into the property as you would like, then consider fitting some electric uplighting, side lamps etc., to lighten up the rooms so they are more appealing.

Re-Arrange Furniture

You may like to have all the furniture in the property facing towards the television, but for potential buyers, it might not be the best. Do they want to move into a house where all they are going to do is watch T.V all day? Probably not. So you must consider creating more socially engaing spaces. You can also make sure that there are no blockages from furniture when people are moving from room to room - create spaces that are easy to move around, and people can move easily from space to space.

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Following on from our previous article, here’s a some more top tips for you to think about when you need to sell your house quick!

Structural Problems

1. Depending on your area, you may need to get certain inspections completed. Is the area known amongst buyers for termites? Is there a reputation for dry rot in your street? Best to cover all the angles, and get a thorough inspection done.

2. Help From Friends

It’s always necessary to think like a potential buyer, and have a stroll through your property, and try and think as objectively as possbile. You’ll need to try and remove yourself as far as possible as you can from your beloved home, and try and think of what can be improved upon. If you’re having difficulty seeing problems, or parts of your property that could be improved, you may want to get a friend in to help you. Make sure that friend is a brutally honest one! There’s no point in finding a friend who will tell you the place is gorgeous - make sure that they have a license to be truthful with you.

3. Making the Changes

Once you’ve been round your house with a friend and spotted some glaring problems, it’s time to fix them. Of course, people won’t necessarily notice what you’ve fixed - that’s the point. What will they notice? All the things you didn’t bother to fix! Yes, that squeeky door, the uneven stairs, the tired garden, chipped front door and the scuff marks in the hall. Just do it!

4. New Kitchens

Smart sellers can make more than 3 times their money back if they do some clever remodelling. Do you have the money and the time? If so, go for it. You don’t need to buy the most expensive kitchen units available - far from it. You actually make less money from top-end conversions than regular kitchen replacements, which can add thousands to your profit at the end of the day.

5. A Thorough Cleaning

Wanting to sell your house quick? Then your home will need to shine. A quick wipe won’t do - there are probably lots of new builds for sale in your local market, with brand-new everything. Why not spend a little a get a professional in? They’ll probably do a better job than you and save you lots of time and hard work. A once-off is ok, but once you have had the cleaning done, a once a week tidy is probably a good idea when your property is on the market for sale.

6. Clutter

What’s the most important thing to remove from your home before selling? Clutter. It’s the ultimate turn off for potential buyers, and can ruin your chances of a quick sale. Who want to buy a home with clutter in it? Yes, people realise that they’re not literally going to buy a property full of rubbish, but it nonetheless puts people off. Remember that clutter isn’t just rubbish - it also means too many things in one place. You may have tidied away all the pots and pans, but if there’s still lots of books, dishtowels, fruit, cutlery or washing up gloves sitting around, it will look untidy. Think minimalism, and keep things simple.

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