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We wrote in a previous article about the importance of
clearing the clutter and giving your home a good scrub in readiness for placing
it onto the market and receiving potential viewers.
There are also plenty of other ways you can spruce up your home to make it look and feel more desirable.
We have also written about the importance of not spending big money on your home before selling it.
Areas to concentrate on that cost little, if nothing, include odours, lighting, ventilation and warmth.
Having dealt with buyers of homes for sale in Ipswich for over 25 years I can tell you now that stale cigarette smoke has put more buyers off than any other single odour. Have you thought about how your house smells? Ask a friend to be brutally honest – and this is a very tricky area – and ask them to tell you what reaction they have.
If you have pets you probably don’t even notice that your house smells of them or that their hair is everywhere, but buyers certainly will.
The oldest cliché in the book is the smell of freshly baked bread, or real coffee brewing as this will give your house a homely aroma that will appeal to buyers.
I haven’t got a clue how to bake bread and many sellers won’t have the time to do that. One thing you can do is purchase part baked bread from supermarkets and put this in the oven on a low heat about 5 minutes before the arrival of your buyers.
So if you haven’t got time for the bread and coffee approach what else can you do?
When we show buyers of houses in Ipswich around the properties we have for sale I always instruct our sales staff to arrive at the property at least five to ten minutes early and open windows and doors to let a good through draught of fresh air through the property.
This relates to both ground floor and first floor, obviously being careful to wedge doors open to avoid doors slamming and glass breaking.
Other options that I would thoroughly recommend are scented candles (although have these in moderation – we don’t want to make the property look like a church or a massage palour!), plus plug in air fresheners are always a good bet. Again,, too many of them or a too over the top smell will make buyers more suspicious than nothing at all.
For first floor rooms and above, a skylight window open during the viewing will also help and for the longest period of time prior to the viewing that you can, taking security and safety into account.
There are also other things that sometimes sellers forget, particularly if someone lives on their own. The kitchen bin can take several days to fill up. However, by the end of the week the food or other food stuffs that were put in at the start of the week will probably now be positively humming, so empty the bins and put bin bags in the wheely bins.
Damp smells are also another thing to be aware of and where ventilation is paramount to eliminate.
We once had a very nice bungalow in a nice location that wasn’t selling in Ipswich.
Normally, people looking for bungalows for sale in Ipswich flocked to this particular cul-de-sac. It had an east Ipswich location and estate agents were often putting notes through the doors of properties in that specific road.
Ours wasn’t selling, however, and we couldn’t understand it. Viewers kept referring to damp problems yet this was a modern bungalow.
As it turns out, one of the bedrooms was used as a drying room for the vendors washing. They were continually putting wet washing in this room and were never opening a window so the room had started to develop a considerable damp problem and smelt awful.
The opening of a window and an hour’s work with a scrubbing brush solved the problem within a few days and the bungalow sold close to the asking price shortly after.
So remember, a clean, fresh smelling house will maximise your chances of selling at the best possible price in the shortest period of time – and that’s what nearly every client wants from their estate agent.
Homes for Sale Ipswich – contact Jonathan Waters Estate Agents
625 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8ND
01473 721133
jonathan@waters-ips.co.uk
35 Buttermarket, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1BH
01473 281188
jonathanwaters@jonathanwaters.co.uk
Bristol Court, Betts Avenue, Martlesham Heath Business Park, Martlesham IP5 3RY
01473 620222
jonathan@waters-ips.co.uk
or visit www.jonathanwaters.co.uk
There are also plenty of other ways you can spruce up your home to make it look and feel more desirable.
We have also written about the importance of not spending big money on your home before selling it.
Areas to concentrate on that cost little, if nothing, include odours, lighting, ventilation and warmth.
Having dealt with buyers of homes for sale in Ipswich for over 25 years I can tell you now that stale cigarette smoke has put more buyers off than any other single odour. Have you thought about how your house smells? Ask a friend to be brutally honest – and this is a very tricky area – and ask them to tell you what reaction they have.
If you have pets you probably don’t even notice that your house smells of them or that their hair is everywhere, but buyers certainly will.
The oldest cliché in the book is the smell of freshly baked bread, or real coffee brewing as this will give your house a homely aroma that will appeal to buyers.
I haven’t got a clue how to bake bread and many sellers won’t have the time to do that. One thing you can do is purchase part baked bread from supermarkets and put this in the oven on a low heat about 5 minutes before the arrival of your buyers.
So if you haven’t got time for the bread and coffee approach what else can you do?
Fresh air
I can’t over state the importance of fresh air to a property.When we show buyers of houses in Ipswich around the properties we have for sale I always instruct our sales staff to arrive at the property at least five to ten minutes early and open windows and doors to let a good through draught of fresh air through the property.
This relates to both ground floor and first floor, obviously being careful to wedge doors open to avoid doors slamming and glass breaking.
Other options that I would thoroughly recommend are scented candles (although have these in moderation – we don’t want to make the property look like a church or a massage palour!), plus plug in air fresheners are always a good bet. Again,, too many of them or a too over the top smell will make buyers more suspicious than nothing at all.
For first floor rooms and above, a skylight window open during the viewing will also help and for the longest period of time prior to the viewing that you can, taking security and safety into account.
There are also other things that sometimes sellers forget, particularly if someone lives on their own. The kitchen bin can take several days to fill up. However, by the end of the week the food or other food stuffs that were put in at the start of the week will probably now be positively humming, so empty the bins and put bin bags in the wheely bins.
Damp smells are also another thing to be aware of and where ventilation is paramount to eliminate.
We once had a very nice bungalow in a nice location that wasn’t selling in Ipswich.
Normally, people looking for bungalows for sale in Ipswich flocked to this particular cul-de-sac. It had an east Ipswich location and estate agents were often putting notes through the doors of properties in that specific road.
Ours wasn’t selling, however, and we couldn’t understand it. Viewers kept referring to damp problems yet this was a modern bungalow.
As it turns out, one of the bedrooms was used as a drying room for the vendors washing. They were continually putting wet washing in this room and were never opening a window so the room had started to develop a considerable damp problem and smelt awful.
The opening of a window and an hour’s work with a scrubbing brush solved the problem within a few days and the bungalow sold close to the asking price shortly after.
So remember, a clean, fresh smelling house will maximise your chances of selling at the best possible price in the shortest period of time – and that’s what nearly every client wants from their estate agent.
Homes for Sale Ipswich – contact Jonathan Waters Estate Agents
625 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8ND
01473 721133
jonathan@waters-ips.co.uk
35 Buttermarket, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1BH
01473 281188
jonathanwaters@jonathanwaters.co.uk
Bristol Court, Betts Avenue, Martlesham Heath Business Park, Martlesham IP5 3RY
01473 620222
jonathan@waters-ips.co.uk
or visit www.jonathanwaters.co.uk
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