Greene & Co

Presenting Your Home For Sale

Advisory improvements to make are:

• Thoroughly clean your house top to bottom, including the skirting boards, the curtains and windows.
• De-clutter, this is one of those tasks that is always put off – now is the time to do it, there is not point in transporting clutter you don’t want (or ever use) to your new home. Make sure that nothing can fall out of cupboards if they are opened.
• Do a check over your house to see if there is anything that needs fixing like a dripping tap for example.
• Make sure your house smells nice – before a viewing do NOT feed your pet! The smell is very off-putting for potential buyers. Try to air your property as much as possible or use air fresheners or the old trick of baking bread or coffee. Make note – incense sticks are not everyone’s cup of tea!

First impressions always count so make sure the front of your house looks well presented, give the front lawn a mow, make the drive-way look neat and remove any weeds, add a splash of colour with a couple of pots of flowers, spruce up the front door, make sure the bell works and the letter box is shiny and clean.

The kitchen is one of the main rooms that sell houses to potential buyers. Make sure it is spotless and it may be wise to give cupboards a new lick of paint to keep them looking fresh. It sounds obvious, but remember not to cook fragrant food whilst viewings are taking place! Make sure the garden is neat and tidy as this is also a big selling point to buyers.

"I have just exchanged on a flat managed by your Crouch End office and I wanted to let you know how impressed my wife and I have been with the professionalism, persistence and good humour that your team there have had throughout the sale. Gideon Gold has managed the sale and he has shown great creativity in pushing it through. He managed to find a compromise with the vendors when we had to reduce our offer after we were gazundered by our purchaser. He also showed a human side by organising a Get Well card for my wife, who broke her hand towards the end of the process. Stephen Matthews has also been very proactive throughout, showing commitment to getting the sale through and providing good and honest advice to me when we were gazundered and when we were having problems with the various other parties involved in the process. Both Gideon and Stephen have been very approachable and pragmatic on a difficult sale in a difficult market."

Mr Fawcett
Purchaser