Home Decor | Housing | Real Estate

There is a lot of talk these days of how expensive the cost of living is, even more so on the subject of house prices. Recent years have seen house prices rise exponentially, with small two bedroom terrace houses being as expensive as country homes used to cost back twenty years or so.

Whilst it’s not exactly good news for new buyers it is clearly a seller’s market with people who selling property standing to make an attractive sum by selling their house. The only hassle some people have when it comes to selling property is how long and drawn out a house sale can be if you don’t do everything right.

What follows is a brief list of points that you should consider when considering how to sell your home and hopefully can help make your property sale as smooth and quick as possible for all parties involved.

Preparing the house for sale

When you’ve decided it’s time to move on then there are a number of options on how you are going to handle it. You could of course sell privately, while you stand to make most profits from this approach it also means you will need to handle every aspect of the sale, this added hassle is often why people opt for the second option; through an estate agent. If you use an estate agent you will be able to take a back seat with most of the sale and is often the choice most working home owners make due to not having your life revolve around the sale. The third option is a more radical and recent trend, selling your home via an auction, TV shows have shown us that housing auctions are becoming more popular especially with the price of housing being so high.

Putting a price tag on your home

The first thing you will need to do when selling your home is to get it valued, when an assessor comes a knocking you’d best make sure the house is tidy and clean to ensure you make a good impression and really sell your house. You may find that giving the walls a fresh coating of paint will help rejuvenate your house and when in doubt to neutralise the colours and decorations, not everyone shares your taste for crimson red living room walls unfortunately!

If you are selling privately then you will have to organize the viewings yourself and also take on the role of a salesperson. Make sure you have plenty to say about each room in your house when prospective buyers come round, make sure all clutter is out of the way and don’t be afraid to sell seemingly mundane features such as storage space and heating, they’re all factors that buyers will be looking for and may make or break your sale.

Signing your house away

When you’ve started getting prospective buyers viewing your home you’re bound to start getting offers, it’s typical for buyers to find faults with the property and try and drag your asking price down, stick to your guns! This is common practice by buyers, they may even commission a valuation of their own, make sure they get someone officially recognized and not a friend who’s been told to nit pick little details.

Once you get a buyer who has accepted your asking price (or a price very close to it) it’ll come time for you to start getting ready to leave, you’ll have to organize conveyancy, the legal handing over of the ownership, this can be done by yourself or instruct your solicitor.

Hopefully these tips will help you when selling property. Remember to check over every detail especially if you aren’t using an estate agent, you may end up forgetting minor details such as mortgages and forwarding mail and bills. Overall, good luck with selling your home and moving on to pastures new!