Do you think this matters when selling?

kitkat81_2

We are about to put our house on the market it is only 3 yrs old so in good condition but there are a few little jobs that need doing I.E The hall and stairs carpet need cleaning, the Kitchen ceiling needs painting and the En-Suite needs painting. DP thinks that we should get the estate agents out this week to value before the jobs are done - where as I think that they need doing before we get it valued.

What do you think?

Davesnave

EAs are not going to be influenced by a few tweaks like these.

Spend the time before you appoint one de-cluttering, so that when they do the photos it looks as spacious as possible. Also spend time on Rightmove working out which agents are the biggest numpties with a digital camera, because ineptitude in that dept will influence the pictures far more than any ceiling painting.

Yes , buyers will be influenced by cleanliness, but in the current market you should have plenty of time to clean the carpet before they arrive!

kitkat81_2

thanks will get the estate agents round - there really is only 2 choices for estate agents in our small town - so at least thats an easy decision.

Eon4

I agree that photos are crucial....the piccies on RM can make the difference between a potential viewer making an appointment or not! (It's amazing how many sellers don't make even their bed... or leave their kids/dogs in the photos!)

The little details shouldn't put serious viewers off once through the door but it can be the little things that help freshen up your home and make it look cared for which all helps give a potential buyer a nicer impression!

We are doing little bits like that to our house (on market 11 days and one viewing so far!) but have drawn the line at a new kitchen (hee! hee!).

:cheesy:

kitkat81_2

oh yes I do agree and we will make sure every room is immaculate but still looking homely and inviting for the piccies - I have been looking on rightmove and some of the pics do amaze me - There was one where the pic of the bathroom the bath was still full with what looked like dirty water eurgh why?

Right I am off to declutter.

sarah_elton

It won't affect the valuation but I would do these jobs before viewings start.

People looking at houses that are three years old are more likely to be those looking to do little to no work on a property. If I was viewing a house that's practically new and it had grubby carpets, ceilings needing repainting, my impression would be (unfairly yes) that it hadn't really been looked after too well.

It's a buyer's market at the moment - there's more sellers than buyers so buyers can be really choosy. If there are any other nearly-new properties on the market in your area, yours will need to be at least up to par with them, and preferably the best one available.

Ishtar

Personally, I'd get the estate agent around and ask their opinion of what you could do to make it more saleable. We did this with our first house, which was 6 years old. Honestly, it didn't cost much to make the small changes suggested by our EA - we changed the hall carpet, put new lino in the bathroom and repainted a couple of windowsills where the paint had flaked. That was it.

We're in the process now of buying/selling and when we were viewing properties the odd bits and pieces didn't really matter to us - if there had been a need for more major work, then we'd have haggled more over the price we were paying. Also, our property needed some tarting up, but our EA was of the opinion that we didn't really need to repaint as much as we thought.

Hope that helps.
D.

kitkat81_2

Thanks for all the replies, the jobs will deffo be done before viewings start, to be honest they arent that bad at all - we have only lived here for 10months and never noticed any of the things that we are changing when we veiwed the property it was only on closer inspection when we actually moved in that we noticed that there were a couple of grubby spots on the stairs and that the kitchen ceiling could do with a lick of paint.
carpet man is coming tomorrow :T

Estate agent coming Friday at 2pm so fingers crossed.