There are many factors involved with finding the ideal time to sell your home but for many people, the key decision revolves around when they want to sell up and move out. If you are looking to sell to move into a new home, it is only natural that you want to be moving in time for summer, so it stands to reason that you will want to sell up in time for summer. Following this process backwards, if you are looking to move in summer, you need to begin the selling process at the tail-end of winter and the start of spring.
You may be lucky and get a keen buyer in a very limited period of time but for the majority of sellers, there can be a period of time before they sell their home. Look into your local area and review the average time on market for homes in your area, this will give you a rough guide on how long the process can take to conclude. There is also the fact that selling a home requires a lot of legal aspects to be taken care of so make sure that you give yourself plenty of time to hit the moving time that is best for you.
With this in mind, preparing your home in winter or the start of spring is a smart move. This is a time of year when many people are looking to clean their home and give it a fresh feel. You can take this motivation and make sure that your home is in fantastic condition. When you sell your property, the bare minimum it should offer is clean surroundings and plenty of space. This means you need to declutter your property, and this time of year is the ideal time of year to get rid of old belongings and create space at home.
The decluttering process before the cleaning process is important and you need to be ruthless. It helps to have a system and you want to review every aspect in your home and determine if you are keeping it, placing it into storage or getting rid of it. It may be that you don’t need storage and you can split your decisions into keep or remove, but everyone is different. Some people like to split the split pile into; sell; give to charity and throw away; but as long as you find a system that allows you to significantly reduce the belongings you have around the home, you can move forward.
This is also the ideal time of year to work in your garden if you are looking for it to bloom in spring and summer. Your garden area creates “kerb appeal” for your property and it is often the first area that a potential buyer sees at your property. This means you want to make as strong an impression as you can, so get to work in your garden and create an atmosphere and setting that will help you out.
You will also find that hiring the right estate agent will have a huge impact on selling your home in a good time frame. A proactive agent that understands the local market and who is looking to buy a home similar to yours will help to speed up the selling process while actually improving the standard of the selling process at the same time. If you want to finish a project on time, call on the experts who do this work on a regular basis.
If you are looking to move in the summer, it is time to take action and ensure that your home is in fantastic condition.
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