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INTERIORS INSIDER
How to ensure your home is
a buyer’s dream

Planning to sell up in 2024? Follow our top tips to make your home
ultra-appealing to buyers.

ith more properties on the market love with a home that looks grimy or has a
than in recent years, if you’re questionable odour. It also reassures buyers
Wplanning to sell your home in that your property is well-loved and well-
the new year, you could be up against more looked after, which can enhance its appeal.
competition than you think. So, it’s doubly
important to consider the presentation of Take time to assess your home, paying
your home before you put it up for sale, to attention to the small things that might
make sure it stands out from the crowd as a escape your notice day-to-day – particularly
dream home for prospective buyers. in areas like the kitchen or bathroom.

Research shows that buyers will decide Light candles (citrus, vanilla or ‘clean cotton’
in just eight minutes whether they will fragrances work well) or place diffusers in
buy the property they’re viewing, so different rooms too.
sellers don’t have much time to make
an impactful impression. Buyers these
days are surrounded by images of dream Clear the clutter
properties, thanks to Instagram and interiors Presenting a tidy home allows buyers to
influencers, so expectations could envisage how easy life would be, but daily
be higher than you might think. debris can cloud that vision. Zoe
Berry, from Edinburgh-based
Yes, there’s all the usual home organisation company
things – tidying up, weeding LIFE/EDIT, says, “There are two
the garden, painting over major problems with clutter:
scuffs and scratches – but it distracts buyers from your
how do you really create home’s features, and it
the impression of a makes your property feel
relaxing, stylish, inviting less spacious.”
home that will make
buyers fall head over Spend time clearing out
heels within those crucial anything you don’t want or
first seconds? need – or if you can’t bear to
part with belongings, consider
Clean and fresh moving items into the loft, a
Presenting a clean home is watertight shed, or even renting
always key – it’s hard to fall in a storage unit.

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