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"First Impressions are the most lasting," or so the old saying goes. Within seconds, yes, seconds, a potential home buyer will have formed an opinion and a perspective on your home, which can prove enduring.
Planning and acting now to fully realise the value of your Home can add thousands to its value. Below, we've compiled a basic guide for selling your Home as a reflection of its value to you - for a grand First Impression.
1. The Spring Clean. It's all hands on deck for this one! A full throttle, floor to ceiling Spring Clean of your Home will add instant value to your home. Sparkling floors and surfaces, particularly in key areas of a Home like the Kitchen and Bathroom - fresh, clean presentation for important rooms of your Home will creating lasting impressions. Your Home will look tidy and smell fresh and clean, instantly appealing to any potential Buyer of your Home.
2. Minor Repairs. It's DIY time. Consider any minor repairs needed around your Home; a broken door handle, a cracked tile or window, or maybe a dripping tap everyone has become used to! Even minor stains on carpet can influence the value of your Home - consider doing what you can to fix anything minor in your Home so that it isn't one of the first things a potential Buyer draws attention to.
3. A lick of paint. Painting your Home, especially if it hasn't been done for a while, can make a dramatic impact on a potential Buyer. A freshly painted Home looks fresh and clean, stands out and shows a potential Buyer that you are proud of your Home. Choosing colours that are neutral will also easily allow a potential Buyer to visualise their own possible plans for your Home.
4. Clutter. Trying to minimise the amount of furniture and personal belongings in your Home before potential Buyers come for viewings will make your Home feel more spacious and organised. A potential Buyer will feel better able to imagine their own plans and realise the full potential for each room of your Home.
5. Gardening. If your Home has a garden, however small, consider clearing away any overgrown plants, weeds or even planting some new flowers. Many potential Home Buyers will have an interest in an outside space, and having an appealing, maintained garden area will impress.
6. Marketing - This is where We come in!
Buchanans Estate Agents makes full use of modern social media marketing and technology to go above and beyond for our clients. Property Buyers are increasingly expecting this as a standard, and these powerful tools can help your Property to reach the widest possible audience.
We use high quality, professional equipment, including the very latest in 360⁰ Camera Technology. We're proud to be the first Estate Agents in Donegal to offer this. Our entire ethos is based on working with you, to provide an excellent service and value for money.
At Buchanans Estate Agents, we're committed to helping you to realise the full value of your Home. We're happy to help with advice and assistance in making a success of selling your Home. It's our Mission - Excellent Customer Service and Satisfaction.
If you are thinking of selling your Property, Buchanans Estate Agents will provide you with a free valuation, which can be arranged at your convenience.
Basics of Buying your Home
"Some people look for a beautiful place; others choose to make a place beautiful."
Which of these two types of people are you? Of course, there's no right or wrong, and each individual prospective Home Buyer will have their own, individual reasons for a final decision to make an offer. Some prospective Buyers will want to settle right into their new Home, with relatively minor, cosmetic adjustments. Other prospective Buyers might want to leave an individual stamp on their new property, perhaps by radically altering rooms with the addition or removal of partition walls, or even extensions to the property!
Buying your Home can be a daunting experience - at Buchanans Estate Agents we're here to assist you in this process, and in making a decision. There are many issues faced by a potential Buyer, and below we've made another short guide to the Basics of Buying your Home.
Are you ready? Many homebuyers first have a previous Home to sell before searching for and making a decision to buy a new one. It's highly recommended to have these affairs completely out of the way before proceeding to buy your new property, to have, "the money in the bank", as it were. A Sale could collapse if a buyer has not secured sale of their previous property.
Mortgage approval is the main priority in proceeding with your decision to buy, and you should understand the terms of this completely, such as the upper price limit.
Keep Calm & Carry On! Searching for your new Home can be a draining, frustrating, difficult process. It's rare to see anyone fall in love with a property at first sight (though not impossible!), so it will be best to prepare yourself for this process and focus on the tasks required to close the Deal on your Property. At Buchanans we're well aware of the toll viewing various properties can have - we're always happy to schedule viewings at your convenience outside of office hours, or to offer a listening ear and friendly advice. We love what we do and we're proud to put our Customers first.
No house is perfect. Sometimes a Buyer can be put off by minor cosmetic issues, such as paintwork, which can detract from the potential of a Home. Often a minor expense will resolve these issues, it's important to stay focussed on the essential feature of the property, since often a new Buyer will completely redecorate their home anyway.
Always check Loose Ends! Don't get despondent if you haven't secured the property you really wanted. There are one hundred and one ways a deal can fall through, so get your name on the Underbidders List as a matter of priority if you are interested in a property, but it falls under your budget. Often underbidders call back within a few weeks of a sale and can find the deal has collapsed.
You’ve Done It! Now that you have finally had your offer accepted on a property and have moved into your new home, you may notice leaks, for instance, or other minor issues that you did not notice at the time of Buying. You may also want to make small alterations to your new home. It is also possible you may see other properties in your area sell for less. These are all well known issues for new property owners, and it's important to take comfort that owning your own Home is a form of economic security as well as personal wellbeing - since often renting a Home can be much more expensive.
So that's our Basic Guide to Buying. Don't worry! Buchanans Estate Agents provides all of our clients with comprehensive guidance and support throughout the process of Buying your Property. We know this can be a lengthy, daunting process and Our Mission is to be there with you throughout.
Nothing gives us more satisfaction here at Buchanans Estate Agents than seeing a happy, smiling Buyer after the major decision to Buy.
