Selling my Mothers House in Urmston
I have inherited my mothers old house, it is beautifully presented with patterned brown carpet, draylon sofas and G-Plan furniture and is jam packed with lots of interesting ni-nacs and antiques. The kitchen is okay, old but clean and the bathroom is avocado in colour with matching sink and toilet.
The property externally is tidy. It is a standard post war semi detached, the central heating is new and the double glazing was fitted 3 years ago. The probate took an age to come through and the estate agent seems to have lost interest. I did get a couple of offers in the first few weeks but because of the probate taking to long they found other properties.
Have you any suggestions how I can sell this quickly?Enid
Enid
This is a straight forward situation, firstly clear the personal items and clutter out. Have a car boot sale, or sell them on eBay or take to the local charity shop.
The furniture will be fine to show the property off, however thin it out, a living room should really only have sofas, coffee table and perhaps a sideboard/bookcase, dining room a table and chairs and perhaps a sideboard, bedrooms should have beds, wardrobe and bedside tables. If the furniture is tatty chuck it out.
The bathroom could be cleaned up, however buyers do get a little put off if the bathroom and kitchen need replacing, that is a warning sign which could be expensive. Avocado suites will never come back into fashion, it is a vile colour that never looks clean. Replace it with a white suite. You can pick up a suite for around £200 at most DIY shops DO NOT go for any shell design, this is nearly as bad as Avocado, just go for simple and straightforward style, a plumber can easily swap them over in half a day and charge around £200-300 and cart the old one way.
Patterned carpets are my pet hate, worse than Avocado bathroom suites! Replacing them can be costly though, cream carpets are a good replacement but I would strongly suggest holding fire on changing this. A clear out and a bathroom change will make the property more appealing to buyers. Another tip is make the garden look respectable. You want to create kerb appeal to the buyers.
Clearing out your property will also make selling it so much easier, the personal possessions are dealt with and when you do have a buyer you just have to get a house clearance company to get rid of everything else.
