No Rest for the Wicked: Summer Market Prep Starts Now!

Pro-Tips To Get Ready For The Summer Market

With great weather upon us, here’s a hit list of things you can do on the outside of your property to prepare for market and a prompter better sale.The Outside FirstIn this article, let’s talk about the outside giving some tips and hacks.  Next week we’ll talk about the inside.  Here’s some quick go-to’s to consider that can lift things depending on how they look: When buyer’s pull up at your curb, how does it look for them?  

• Trim the hedge or trees and paint the fence, 

• Replace the letterbox, 

• Put a nice clear street number on the fence, letterbox or house.
  

As buyers walk up the path to the door…what are their eyes on?  The house of course! And for quite a few minutes!! 

• Clear away growth over paths and waterblast them. 

• Potholes?  Hello, builders mix and drymix asphalt! 

• Have the house washed and gutters flushed/cleared.  

• Weed gardens and create a small garden feature in front of (or along the front of) the house - get some weed mat down, bark or pebbles, and add pots with plants and colour.

• Create a nice welcoming entrance – repaint the front door an attractive colour, and/or repaint the step if needed.  Replace the doormat, add some potted colour.
  

As buyers will walk around the outside, what are they seeing?

• Tidy up the section and top or cut back any trees that are blocking light into the house.

• Cut back any overgrown trees or bushes that are eating up lawn areas to maximise a sense of outdoor space.

• Do you have a defined outdoor area(s) for entertaining or relaxing that catches the eye and buyers can imagine themselves enjoying?  These can be improved or staged-up to create a more attractive space or you can create an area from nothing – think pavers, decking, trellis screening, table and chairs, benches, outdoor lights…the list goes on! A trip down to the hardware or garden store will give you plenty of ideas and you’ll see the ready-made products that help put this together pretty easily these days.

We hope this helps you with a few clues on where to start your prep and what to look at!