Spring is widely regarded as the best season for selling a home. If you want to take advantage of the spring sales season, you’ll need to make sure your property has the best chance of attracting new buyers – and interior design can help in doing this.
Follow these top tips and make the most of this season. For help with selling your home, contact your local branch.
First impressions are crucial to prospective buyers
Your goal as a homeowner selling their property is to impress prospective buyers.
Everything from the look, smell, and feel of a home goes a long way to creating strong first impressions when staging a viewing of your own.
What might make your house turn into a home for you could be a huge issue for a buyer, so try to see things impartially as if walking into your own home for the first time.
Be critical of your own home
As commonly said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is a great phrase when it comes to selling your home.
Begin by looking over your home critically and seeing it through the eyes of a potential buyer.
Consider the preferences and requirements of the type of buyer who might be interested in your home, and adapt your property to give those looking around your home what they want.
Using the seasons
Spring conditions are perfect for those looking to sell their home, with the weather getting better after a hard winter and the days getting longer as the sun sets later.
Maximising your home’s kerb appeal with fresh spring flowers and doing small tasks like pressure washing the driveway can wash away all the remnants of winter leftover on your property.
Paint
Paint is one element of a property that can often be overlooked but can work wonders when it comes to giving your property a facelift for viewings.
Walls can get worn and become tired looking over time, but a simple lick of paint can make a room go from dull to revitalised with a minimum amount of money spent too.
The colour of paint can also be important, with white and light grey paints making a room feel larger and yellows and reds used to make a room feel warmer.
Carpets and flooring
Much like paint, floors get worn extremely easily, with carpets showing their wear and tear and becoming a shade darker than when you first moved in.
Getting your carpets professionally cleaned can work wonders and make your carpets look as if they are brand new.
Make sure your home smells right
As mentioned earlier, the smell can be underutilised when presenting your property to prospective buyers.
Keeping your home smelling fresh engages your visitors and peaks their interest in your home, which can be a great partner to your property looking its best too.
We propose basic, fresh aromas like orange, lemon, pine, basil, cedar, vanilla, and cinnamon as complicated scents have been shown to distract a buyer’s thoughts.
Using artificial and natural light
Good lighting may give your home a more expansive feeling while also highlighting its characteristics.
When selling in spring, be sure to maximise each minute of daylight and book viewings at times when your home looks its best.
For more support with selling your home this spring, contact us today.
