5 Tips to Impress Homebuyers

If you are in the market to sell your house, there are many important factors to think about when hosting potential buyers.

The number of ways to improve your home’s marketability is extensive, but there are five sure-fire tips to sell home that will impress any homebuyer.

1. Create Curb Appeal

When a buyer pulls up to a potential new home, a good first impression really makes a difference. This is called “curb appeal.”

Taking the time to power wash the driveway and patio creates the look of cleanliness that every homeowner dreams of for their house.

Planting flowers, edging and adding mulch makes the outside of the home look picturesque, and adding in small details, like a garden or a hammock, helps stage the yard to meet the fantasy of relaxation that might be just exactly what a homebuyer is looking for in their new abode.

2. Make It Easy to imagine

The home-staging begins outside, but it definitely doesn’t end there. Setting up your home to showcase its best attributes is a sure way to keep buyers interested.

Removing clutter from shelves and tables and leaving more open space will help buyers imagine their items in the area and get them more excited about the possibility of their lives in the house.

By creating a welcoming environment sans clutter, buyers will feel more confident about making the house their new home.

3. Brighten Up the Space

Lighter colours are more positive and welcoming than darker shades, so to help create a more inviting space, try to brighten the rooms. Switching out accent art, pillows and rugs with lighter colours, using lighter lampshades and removing drapes will emit a more optimistic vibe.

4. Use the Sense of Smell to Your Advantage

A great way to help sell your space is to appeal to your buyer’s sense of smell.

This is often one of the tips to sell a home that is overlooked because it can’t always be seen, but it has a huge impact on buyer moods.

Adding coordinating potpourri and scented candles throughout the home or placing a fresh plate of biscuits out in the kitchen is pleasing to both the eye and the nose, making the entire space seem even more charming.

5. Keep the Space Tidy

To avoid last-minute major cleaning overhauls, try to keep the space as tidy as possible. Staying on top of the dusting and vacuuming, and keeping dishes out of the sink will make your home even more appealing. Sometimes, it’s the small details that set one property apart from the rest.

There are countless tips out there for helping to sell your home in a down market, but these five are sure to help you create a pleasant, appealing home for any potential buyer.

48 Comments

- - maureen3 said
  - 30 Jul 2014
    1:08 pm
Some useful tips thanks for sharing

- - cupcake said
  - 25 Jul 2014
    9:41 am
Always make sure you have a very tidy home
and have lovely flowers on display

- - chezza63 said
  - 15 Jul 2014
    10:53 pm
Thanks, great ideas!!

- - rachkap said
  - 14 Jul 2014
    1:18 am
Fantastic tips I will be passing on to others

- - skbou said
  - 13 Jul 2014
    5:54 pm
Great tips! I remember going to an open house of a little period cottage & they had cookies baking…. it was so easy to imagine living there & utilising the cosy kitchen.

- - mouse said
  - 13 Jul 2014
    10:38 am
a very interesting read, thanks

- - mom60497 said
  - 11 Jul 2014
    5:49 pm
All great tips. I also love to see and big bunch of flowers on the table, and a couple of herb pot plants on the kitchen window sill. Also, not everyone is a pet person, so if you have pets, limit the evidence of them to outside.

- - mouse said
  - 08 Jul 2014
    2:14 pm
I am thinking of selling up, this is an interesting read

- - ashblonde said
  - 07 Jul 2014
    3:55 pm
I can remember putting the coffee perculator on & a batch of scones on hand to pop in the oven when the agent phoned to say he was bringing people to inspect. The house sold quickly!

- - Dennis12 said
  - 01 Jul 2014
    8:15 am
Simple tips that don’t cost a lot
- mggarner replied
  
  01 Jul 2014 , 12:49 pm
  And are very great too…
- - mummsie said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    11:07 pm
Excellent ideas. thank u.

- - curlytops said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    5:31 pm
some really good tips here. thanks

- - JohTkool said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    12:54 am
Great advice thanks

- - deangunna said
  - 29 Jun 2014
    11:05 pm
Do all the above but also get someone to look over the property to give a different view. They will see things that you don’t.
- amyabby4 replied
  
  30 Jun 2014 , 12:52 pm
  Good advice,you can hangs the canvas prints wihch made by custom canvas online in th right place,it can brighten up the space.
- - buggerit said
  - 29 Jun 2014
    5:12 pm
Great tips. I like to walk into a home for sale and see that they have de-cluttered. I don’t like it when I am met with the house cat in the bathroom and another hanging about the bedrooms. It would be a good idea to take the pets with you for open house hour.

- - mel1 said
  - 29 Jun 2014
    3:29 pm
Love the tip about scented candles. After visiting an open for inspection home in our area recently and having noticed a beautiful fragrance from the scented candles that were burning, I now light a scented candle every weekend for that special relaxing, clean feel.

- - damish70 said
  - 29 Jun 2014
    3:03 pm
I believe in first impressions & this is what matters when someone is buying your house. You may not have time to repaint but these are simple tips which make an impact to the buyer.

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 29 Jun 2014
    12:35 pm
Some wonderful tips thanks for sharing.

- - meedee said
  - 28 Jun 2014
    5:00 pm
I used to work in Real Estate and the one thing that is so true is that when people come to look at your home they imagine thats how things will be if they live there. If the house smells of wet dog and there is mess everywhere then it wont be something they want. Even if they are the worse housekeeper and your house is spotless then thats how they imagine it will stay.

- - sambii said
  - 28 Jun 2014
    4:32 pm
Our place was a “renovator’s delight” when we bought it — we got it for a very good price because we could see past the cosmetics and envision what we could do with it! The plan is to sell in 5 years once everything is complete and we will definitely keep these tips in our memory banks!!!