9 ways to put a spring into your property’s step

Spring is one of the busiest times of the year for property sales, with buyers making the most enquiries about properties in the months of March, April and May, according to Rightmove.

With Move Places, we’ll combine our express property sales service with spring’s buyer demand to ensure your home is sold in a speedy timeframe and for the best price.

Ensuring your home is in the best possible shape for photographs and viewings will only add to its appeal – and even help you achieve those elusive ‘offers over’. Don’t forget, Move Places will professionally edit the photographs we take to ensure your presentation efforts don’t go to waste – it’s all part of the service!

Here are Move Places’s top 9 tips to spruce up your home ready for marketing:-

1. Less is more: declutter any junk that has accumulated over winter and make sure everything has its place. This will make spring cleaning much easier too.
2. Paint tricks: consider a lick of paint if rooms look tired, the walls are marked or you’ve opted for bold colour choices. Choose light, neutral shades and use accessories to add flashes of colour.
3. Freshen floor coverings: give your carpets and rugs a clean by booking a professional company or hiring a carpet cleaner and doing it yourself. This will make a huge difference, not only to the look of your rooms but also to the odour too.
4. Look on the light side: brighten up rooms by introducing lighter colours and fabrics for curtains or cushions. Fresh flowers are another inexpensive way of bringing a touch of spring colour to a room.
5. Open up for air: After keeping things cosy in winter, now is the time to open your windows and let the fresh air in and musty smells out.
6. Think kerb appeal: give the front of your home a critical eye - after all it’s the first thing buyers see when they view. Remove any litter, lay out a new door mat and move the bins out of sight. Don’t forget to wash down your front door and clean your windows to make a good first impression.
7. Don’t overlook the outside: sprucing up any outside space is a must. Weed flower beds and pots, mow the lawn and add some bedding plants to add life to your garden. If you have space, set up a table and chairs so buyers can envisage alfresco dining.
8. Repair and replace: if your garden has suffered damage in the winter storms, extra TLC may be necessary. Make sure you replace broken fence panels, gather up fallen leaves and remove any fallen branches or trees.
9. Check your roof tiles: buyers might spot broken roof tiles when they view but even if they don’t, they may show up in survey results. Getting any missing or damaged tiles fixed will also prevent water damage and damp.

Are you keen to sell this spring? Start your sale with one of Move Places’s free online valuations, or get in touch and we can explain more about our quick sale service.