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is your house ready?
        THINKING OF SELLING


        WHAT INTERIOR WORK “NEEDS” TO BE DONE?



     One of the mistakes people make is                       That is when we suggest to spend a

     thinking they need to spend tens of                      small amount of cash to just update and
     thousands of dollars to upgrade a                        refresh an area. As it could turn a

     kitchen or a bathroom so that they can                   potential buyer off to see the amount of

     get more on the Sale.                                    work they have to put into the home.


     This isn’t necessarily needed – the one                  So take a look, is it clean, tidy,

     word I want you to remember is “EASY”.                   functional, able to be easily

                                                              changed/modified. Work on any little
     A buyer could have seen your kitchen                     things like tighten those loose doorknobs

     when your house was listed at                            or patch up some superficial cracks and

     $600,000k and liked it, or even thought                  if you really want to do a little

     to themselves “I could upgrade this” or                  modernizing change out the kitchen

     even “I like this!”.                                     backsplash, and update those light
                                                              fixtures if you like.. Move on.

     However, with upgrading a kitchen

     purely for resale, the sale cost rises say               Save your money for your next home,
     to $640,000k and essentially it is the                   maybe even a spa...

     buyer’s money you’ve used to do it up.

     And they might not like how you spent

     their $40,000k on the kitchen.


     If a buyer can look at a dated kitchen

     or bathroom and see it is EASY to

     upgrade or change – or its easy to use
     and live with then you’re fine. 



     But if you are not selling/marketing your
     home as a reno do -up and the

     bathroom has a half tiled walls, leaky

     taps, water stains on the floorboards

     etc – then here’s another word “WORK”.
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