Why selling your home in Spring starts in Winter

When it comes to selling your home, the conventional wisdom is that spring is an ideal time. The extra sunshine can make homes look brighter and gardens more blooming, and the warmer weather is more conducive to bringing buyers out. Great presentation is crucial to the selling process. A well-presented home is more likely to sell in a shorter timeframe and for a better price. Buyers are inspired by beautiful presentation. It gives them confidence in the quality of your home and helps them fall in love with it. Preparing your property, and putting effort into its presentation, will allow for its greatest features to be highlighted, and any negatives minimised. It also let’s buyers know that you are serious about selling.

Beautiful presentation also means attractive photos. This is crucial because buyers will decide whether to inspect your property based on how good your home looks in the advertising. Buyers tend to stay longer at opens if a property is meticulously presented. This point is important because in order for a buyer to truly engage with your property, they need time to imagine themselves living there.

Selling your home or investment property in Spring doesn’t need to be stressful. With the right advice and good planning, you can take control of getting your house ‘sale ready’. But preparing your home for a spring sale, means starting in winter, so that you are ready for action in September.

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You’ll be happy to know that it doesn’t need to cost a fortune or take loads of time to spruce up your home for sale.

Read our top 22 tips to help you prepare your property for sale.

1. Remove the clutter
2. Patch and paint the walls
3. Give the property a heavy-duty clean
4. Steam clean or replace carpets
5. Maintenance and repairs
6. Don’t forget outside
7. Neutral colour scheme
8. Upgrade your door handles
9. Make each room look its best
10. Consistent colour scheme throughout
11. Define each room
12. Add some fresh flowers and plants
13. Professionally stage your property
14. Fresh, new, clean towels
15. Neatly pile kid’s toys
16. Keep your private’s private
17. Keep your cupboards and drawers clean
18. Crisp bedsheets
19. Pre-Inspection cleaning
20. Keep curtains and blinds open
21. Make sure all of your lights work
22. Make your home smell nice

As you can see, there's quite a bit of work that's involved in getting a property ready for market, and it can take time to prepare your property. We have a list of service providers should you like to discuss any aspects of preparing your property for sale.

If you're ready to discover the secrets to being ready to sell your home, download our free insider secrets to being ready to sell checklist.

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For a detailed and comprehensive list outlining what you should do in winter to be ready to sell in Spring, contact our office on 4285 7400 or jdpropertyadmin@oneagency.com.au.

If you feel you could benefit from our experience with buying and selling, we’d love to hear from you. Simply reach out or request an appraisal.  We hope that has helped you today. If you have any questions, we’d love to talk to you. Our number is 0426 264 771. We look forward to talking to you soon.