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How to Sell Your Home for Twice Its Value

Written by Posted On Saturday, 07 May 2016 04:28

Many homeowners often ask if they can sell their properties for a price that’s higher than its current value. Actually, it’s possible to attract buyers’ interest without lowering your asking price. But you must be willing to put in some real effort to make this happen.

Most times people lose money when they’re selling off their property simply because they feel it has lost its value. Even at that, you could take advantage of the situation to boost its value and then sell it off for few more bucks.

If you’re wondering how you could do that, these are few tips that could help you earn twice as more of the original value.

1.    Clean up the property

The importance of cleaning cannot be over-emphasized. Nothing puts off potential buyers more than an unkempt, rough home. Even if they end up wanting to buy it, they’d definitely under-price it.

So what’s the way out? Employ the services of professional home cleaners. According to Excellent maids Houston, deep cleaning is typically used for first time cleanings to make sure your home gets as much attention as possible.

This kind of cleaning should extend from living areas and bedrooms to kitchen and then to bathroom and toilets. This will give your home a sparkling new look that’ll impress your potential buyers.

2.    Enhance both interior and exterior

The interior of a building is as important as its exterior. Therefore adequate attention should be given to both. While remodelling your interior impresses buyers from within, enhancing the exterior marvels them from afar.

Essentially, you should keep all fittings and accessories in good shape. Repair broken appliances, and fix all damaged plumbing facilities in the interior of the house.

For the exterior, check that there are no cracks along the walls, and fix them if there’s any. Also repair the garage, trim the lawn and use quality roofing materials. As a matter of fact, 31 percent of real estate professionals said the roof is one of the more important parts of the home to have in good shape.

3.    Renovate and repair

It’s normal for a used house to depreciate over time. However it’s quite obligatory to carry out renovations and mini-repairs to prepare it for sale. You should mark areas of the walls having cracks, and mark damaged door parts, roof, window, and flooring.

The structure of your home may not be as apparent to buyers at first glance. But a proper inspection can reveal the most embarrassing flaws that could thwart your chance of selling it off at a much better price.

4.    Repaint the building

There’s no doubt thatrepainting the house makes it look brighter and gives it more appeal. Experts have affirmed that fresh paint in neutral colours will attract many a homebuyer. So this is one area you don’t want to ignore.

However, it’s important to exercise great care when making your paint choices as something too eccentric may hinder the buyers’ ability to buy your property. If you’re using multiple colours, be sure that they blend well together and match other designs in your home.

It goes without saying that you should involve your real estate agent at every stage of the process. They could help you negotiate the best deal with potential buyers so that you can smile to the bank.

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Martina Angel is a writer and real estate agent. She is especially interested in the purchase, ownership, management, rental and sale of real estate for profit. She also volunteers for local water conservation charities in her free time.

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