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EXPERT ADVICE
SCOTLAND’S PREMIER REMOVAL
AND STORAGE SERVICE
Making it memorable

In a busy market, how can you ensure your home stands out? Lyndsey Beckwith,
Property Consultant at Neilsons, shares her top tips for sellers.

hey say first impressions count and this agent on how best to showcase these online.
is certainly something you should bear The main selling points of your home should
Tin mind when getting ready to launch be presented first and foremost, rather than a
your home to the market. With most buyers buyer having to scroll through endless photos
starting their property search online, it is crucial to find these for themselves. Have enough
that your home is memorable and stands out photos to whet a buyer’s appetite, but not too
against the competition, and two important many that they feel they don’t need to come
factors here are your photography and your and view.
asking price.
You also need to ensure that you set your asking
Take time to prepare your home for the photo price correctly and again, your solicitor estate
shoot. Give each room a purpose and show off agent will be able to advise you on this (see
the space by decluttering and depersonalising, page 27 for more information on this). In most
although not to the point that the rooms cases we would recommend an ‘offers over’
look stark. Make the living room figure and this should be pitched at
inviting with cushions and a level below the Home Report
throws, ensure beds are to encourage interest from
neatly made and clear the right buyers. Pitching
surfaces in kitchens and it too high (i.e, asking for
bathrooms. Externally, offers over the Home THE ART OF BEING LOCAL, NATIONWIDE
make your home look Report valuation) will
welcoming by touching just put buyers off and With more than 100 years’ experience, we are one of the country’s leading
up any chipped paint setting it too low can companies in household removals and storage. Whether you are moving locally, nationally,
around the entrance, result in buyers with
jet wash driveways an unsuitable budget internationally or even need to store your treasured possessions, our team of experts
and patios, tidy up coming through the will ensure that you can sit back while we take care of everything.
the garden and add door.
in some colour with
seasonal flowers and With the median For a free moving survey and advice contact:
plants. time to sell currently JOHN DUNCAN REMOVALS - EDINBURGH
being 33 days, it is so 0131 654 1200
Once you have a important to get these
fantastic suite of points correct from the ESPC@dbonner.co.uk
photos, thought get-go to ensure you DOREE BONNER INTERNATIONAL - GLASGOW
should be given by achieve the best price
your solicitor estate for your home. 0141 339 6000
ESPC@dbonner.co.uk
www.doreebonner.co.uk
For more from Neilsons, visit neilsons.co.uk or call 0131 253 2858.
JOHN DUNCAN REMOVALS ARE PART OF THE DOREE BONNER INTERNATIONAL GROUP
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