It is fair enough to say that it is a seller’s market currently in Australian real estate. It is common for people to bid on the same property and hopefully this helps to drive up the price for you and your family. Although it is a good time for you as the seller, you should still understand that the market is somewhat saturated and so your property may sit idle for a number of months or even a year before someone takes an interest in it.
You can’t sit back on your laurels and so you have to get out there and do your thing to make your property more attractive to everyone. It needs to look its best both inside and out and many people make a decision about whether to bid on your property based solely on what they can see from the outside. One of the first things that you need to do is to make the master bedroom look a lot more attractive than it currently is and so it would pay for you to invest in a king mattress topper to give the bed that feeling of luxury.
This is just one thing that you can do to make your home more sellable within the Australian property market and the following are some others.
- Get the right real estate agent – It is always better to work with a local person who knows the area where you live and who understands the prices of houses around that particular location. Don’t just pick the first real estate agent that you meet and make sure that you shop around to help you choose wisely. Once you settle on the right candidate then they can start putting things into place to sell your home quickly and at a better price.
- Do some improvements – Don’t be spending your money if it isn’tgoing to provide you with a return on your investment and so making upgrades to your kitchen units for example is money very well spent. Many potential buyers will make a decision based on how the kitchen looks and so it makes sense to spend money there. Another place to invest time and money is your bathroom and replacing the tiles or having them re-grouted isn’t going to cost you a lot of money but it will make the bathroom a lot more attractive than it currently is.
- Pay attention to the outside of the property –As was touched on briefly before, potential buyers will make a purchasing decision based on what they see from the outside even before they see any of the inside. The good news is that paint doesn’t cost much and if it’s a single storey property then this might be a job that you can do all by yourself. Spend some money on flowers and flower boxes to make the property look a lot more attractive, and tidy around your trees and shrubs.
- Get the property inspected – It is good to know if there are any issues with the structure of the property or any other things that you should be aware of. It’s best to fix the issue before the buyer sees it because you can be pretty sure that they will want a lot more money off even though it may only cost a few hundred dollars to fix.
Be sure to get professional photographs taken of the inside and outside of your property and you can actually stage your home to make it look more attractive. Buy a mattress topper as was suggested above to stage the main bedroom and un-clutter the inside of your property so that everything looks a lot neater and tidier. It might pay you to hire a professional to do this for you as it will help to drive the price up and make the property more appealing.
