Getting your home ready for sale is quite a big undertaking that many people find overwhelming, especially when you start to look at the timeline to sell a home.
It’s not as simple as just finding an agent and putting your home up for sale. There are a range of steps that need to be taken when we work with you to get your home ready to sell:
Arranging trades
If your home is a little dated, or has issues that could likely affect the sale price of your home, you’ll need to factor in time to make a list of what you need to do around the house as well as the time it takes to find trades, obtain quotes and book in the works to be completed, a process that can take quite a few weeks. Superficial things like carpet cleaning, floor refinishing, interior or exterior painting, updating window coverings, and repair work can all take while to plan and execute.
Downsizing and Decluttering
Getting ready to sell a home gives you the perfect time to start assessing your belongings and seeing what you can donate or get rid of. A home that’s being shown for sale will always be more appealing if it looks uncluttered and organised. Using the quiet months of December and January to start your clear out ready to downsize will make life easier down the road when you’re ready to move out.
Finding a Property Stylist
You may feel your home needs to be elevated aesthetically with home styling, which also takes time. Finding a stylist local to you that’s within your budget and understands your home’s styling requirements, as well as allowing time to obtain quotes for their services will add on time to your selling timeline. If you start the process of organising trades and downsizing or decluttering early, you’ll be well placed to have your home styled in time for the marketing and photography of your home once you select an agent.
Selecting an Agent
Choosing the right real estate agent to represent you in your sale is a crucial part of preparing to sell your home. Things we typically look for in agents on behalf of our clients are ones who are sincere, hard working, have a sense of urgency and enthusiasm that indicates they love their job and they love what they’re selling. Do your research and look at their own marketing, their social media pages, and visit them at their open for inspections to watch them in action. See how they communicate with prospective buyers and whether they follow up with you after meeting them, what their track record for selling similar properties to the ones you’re interested in. You want to make sure you’re choosing an agent isn’t missing out on any opportunities on the sale of your home.
Marketing Strategy
Once you’ve selected an agent, your marketing strategy for selling your home should kick in to high gear fairly quickly. Your agent will work with you to map out a plan and decide where to put your marketing budget so that your home is optimised to sell. This will include things like the real estate listing itself, the photography of your home, the method of sale – private or auction, the open for inspection times, and digital and print advertising. All these things combined should be determined in collaboration with you so your home is positioned in the best possible way to sell.
As you can see, it can take months of planning to have your home ready to sell, and working with Bayside Real Estate Advocates means you’ll have a helping hand guiding you through each of these stages. If you want to sell your home in early 2025, now it he time to get in touch with us to start the process and help you get ahead of the game to have your home ready to go to market in the next few months. Call Nicole today on 0407 775 592 to start setting up your selling timeline today.
