Style your home to sell – fast
A successful property sale in Neutral Bay requires strategic planning, attention to detail and an eye for interiors.
In our competitive market, buyers are keen but expectations are high. If you want your home to stand out and sell, you need to style it.
Styling makes your home look like it belongs in the pages of a magazine and helps a buyer to fall in love. The time and money you invest in the process can add up to 10 per cent to your final sale price because buyers become determined to make the property their own.
We have some wonderful professional stylists in our network but if you want a quick sale and need to get things going yourself, here are our tips:
Clean: The first thing to do is to bring in a cleaner. Your property will only look its best if it is thoroughly cleaned. It will look better in photos and virtual tours, and it will look better when potential buyers visit. Ensure that everything is cleaned, including mould in the grout.
Declutter: Getting rid of everything that isn’t completely necessary has the double benefit of depersonalising your home, and so allowing potential buyers to project themselves onto it as well as allowing the features of your property to shine. Put as much as you can in storage, give things away or even have a garage sale to cover a few small costs. If you can’t get rid of it – stash it! Clear your kitchen benches of appliances to give that ‘show home’ feel.
Paint: Styling should include fresh paint, even if it’s only in the main living area or the master bedroom. Go with neutral colours so your potential buyers can easily project their own ideas onto your property.
Towels: Before the photographer arrives, pick up some fresh towels. If your bathroom has bright colours, choose a shade that blends in. For a neutral bathroom, you can add a splash of something bright.
Toiletries: A few strategically placed toiletries can also add class to your bathroom. Get hold of some fancy toiletries with sleek and modern packaging and leave them neatly in the bathroom to give a hotel feel. You can use them, but have them looking orderly when it’s time for photography or open home day. A candle is nice as well; but leave it unused.
Bedding: Fresh bed linen gives a lovely touch as well and can make your bedroom look enviably luxurious. Keep it aside and make the bed with it before you have inspections.
Plants: A few strategically placed plants or flowers can add a pop of colour to a room while still maintaining that feeling of neutrality. Head to Honeysuckle Garden in Mosman for some stylish plants or find some fake ones. If you choose fresh flowers, perhaps from the Posy Place in Neutral Bay, they can also add a pleasant fragrance to the place on open home day.
Art: Take down your family portraits and personal art and pick up nice prints in colours that coordinate with your furniture. You can easily stick up art with 3M strips that can be removed afterwards without damaging the walls. Think about the space and what will work; don’t put a small print on a large wall or vice versa.
Pressure hose: Don’t neglect the outside of the home. A thorough pressure wash of the whole house, including the roof, driveway and any pavers, will make your home look brand new.
Tidy the garden: The same as cleaning the inside of the house, the garden too should have a good tidy up. Get rid of any rubbish, pull out the weeds and ensure any grass is neatly mown.
Doormats: Doormats are all too easy to forget about and while a new one is unlikely to be noticed, an old and ragged one definitely will be.
Furniture: Styling a Neutral Bay home for sale can be more about what you take away than what you add. If you have old or worn-out furniture, it may be best kept out of sight or at least covered with a new throw rug and some cushions.
Hire a stylist: this one may cost a little more, but it can save you a lot of time and pay for itself. A professional stylist will do all the work for you and will know all the best ways to present your home for sale so it not only looks good but furniture is used to optimise the space.
Final tips
Take a look at other listings in Neutral Bay to see how they are presented and aim to reflect this when you style your home.
And talk to our team! We can let you know what’s involved with bringing in a specialist and how it can impact the timeline and outcome of your sale.
Want a quick sale in Neutral Bay this spring? Reach out to our team today.
