You want potential buyers to step into your home and feel like they’ve come home. They’ll know in the first few seconds if that’s the case, and as a seller, there are steps that you can take to help make this more likely.
It’s all about putting yourself in their shoes and trying to see your home from the perspective of someone who has walked in for the first time.
A deeply cluttered or too personalised property will make it trickier for even the best imaginations to supplant all your stuff for theirs. A more universally appealing home could encourage quicker offers.
That’s where Edinburgh Self Storage can make a big difference. We can help with temporary or long-term storage.
Don’t cramp their style
If rooms feel cramped, it’s all a bit of an effort to wade through them, and people might just give up on your house because they can’t see the wood for the trees, and miss its full potential.
You can squirrel stuff away with us that isn’t needed day to day and getting in the way of a potential sale.
They want to see the house and imagine their style stamp, not all your belongings everywhere, as lovely as they are. Decluttering will also make the place feel brighter, larger and more inviting.
At Edinburgh Self Storage Ltd, we endeavour to provide the entire package where your storage and moving needs are concerned. Find out more about StoreProtect.
Bulk down
Space is a big selling point in any home, and even if yours isn’t sizeable, careful furniture presentation can make it seem more spacious.
Bulky stuff truly detracts from this. Bookcases, spare and occasional chairs, exercise equipment, too much bedding or a mountain of pillows are a few culprits.
Our storage units can easily accommodate the lot, so that you give those room dimensions a proper airing and get them working in your favour. Then your potential buyers can see the full expanse and imagine how they will function in them, and feel good at the same time.
Remember, buyers are buying into a lifestyle, a new start. They want to start feeling an emotional connection with your home on the double, and being able to paint themselves on that canvas is a must.
We offer Garden Furniture and BBQ Storage too!
The art of letting go
That brings us to our next point. The more personal photos and other knick-knacks you have scattered about the place, the harder this will be.
That includes décor that is individualistic to an extreme. We’re not advocating redecorating, but you could minimise this by using our Edinburgh self storage facilities.
You don’t want to eradicate every inch of personality from your home, but you do want to allow buyers to picture the next chapter of their lives unfolding there.
Cleaner, more neutral properties tend to leap out of the listings quicker.
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Clutterfly
You don’t need to go on a binning bonanza – just keep it all out of the way. They don’t want to see family heirlooms or your kid’s toys lying about, so why not think about a next-level declutter so that you de-personalise without it feeling clinical?
In your home office, you don’t want lots of exposed wires or documents either. Quite apart from not wanting people to see any private correspondence, it also looks messy.
Our secure storage facilities in Jenners Depository and Bonnington Road are easily accessible.
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Function box
Do you have one room in the house that doubles or even triples up in its uses?
Like a spare room, box room, storage room, clothes drying room, etc.?
And is it the home office too?
Maybe you want to give it one function, like making it exclusively the home office and get everything else out of there so that buyers can picture themselves working from home.
They want to see how each room functions.
Here are our tips on organising your home office.
Pack to the future
By clearing things out and moving them into self storage gradually while your home’s still on the market, you’re getting ahead with the packing, and heading stress levels off at the pass when it comes to moving day.
Lights, camera, offer
We all go straight to the photos in property listings, and you want your home looking its best, and a clear home is your fastest way to encourage people to book viewings, in every season!
Open spaces, clear surfaces all make a tremendous difference in photos, making your home seem far more attractive and buyable.
And once you have it viewer-ready, you want it to stay that way. You need to be flexible and accommodate buyers, some of whom may want to view it at the drop of a hat.
Self storage is a terrific alternative to fishing things out to make more room for clutter, and then causing a bigger mess than you started with.
We also have a steer in another blog on Sustainable Storage for a greener home!
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Sources:
Rightmove
Zoopla
The HomeOwners Alliance
