Selling up a Home and Income

Last January a past client called Pip and I over for a glass of wine to celebrate the New Year. Only they had some not so good news. Their circumstances have changed and they just can’t keep the big house with its pool and flat for extra income. They need to trade down to a smaller single level home. And the big house has to go. Now.

The question was, “What do we need to do to sell? How do we get the best price? What renovations shall we do? How do we get the presentation right?”

This is a question many sellers ask and it’s not always an easy one to answer.

It’s easy to spend a lot of money and not always get it back. Often the best answer is to leave it as is and promote the property really well.

Certainly making structural alterations and carrying out major renovations is very risky. You may not get your money back and often, in the time it takes, the market changes and an opportunity is missed.

But a little bit of paint and paper, with attention to basic maintenance, a spring clean and some clever presentation can make a huge difference. After all if you want a great result, you need to make your property stand out above the rest.

So we made a plan, to get the house ready for the market.

1 Get a building report.

2 Carry out any maintenance that is required by the builder report.

3 Update the building report. Now we can be confident that the home is in shipshape.

4 Have the exterior professionally painted.

5 Replace the sun-damaged carpet.

6 Repaint interior where necessary.

7 Clean,clean,clean!

8 Tidy up the garden.

And then, once it was completed and looking great, we put together a great marketing plan to get 26 Tenbless Court SOLD, and find another smaller, single level home.

The presentation is perfect. I could not ask for more. You could not ask for more! This is a 300m2 home with a pool, including a sharp 2 bedroom flat. The flat is ideal for extended family, for Mum and Dad, or son or daughter. And it would also be great for an investor; close to positive cashflow here! See how to make a home and income pay it’s way here. The main house has 3 bathrooms and 4 bedrooms, including a large guest room. Living spaces are on the sunny side, with the kitchen and family room separate from the formal lounge, all leading to decks over the pool. Under the house is the perfect man cave! What a workshop, I am so jealous! There is room for all the power tools, you could build anything down here.

This Home and Income is a cut above the rest. You will be impressed and if you make an offer you just may be surprised; our owners are keen to sell and move to a smaller property.

Right now we are out showing the sellers some single level homes for in the same area. They don’t want to leave Unsworth Heights, it is so convenient and their friends are around them. They just want a smaller single level home in the same area, so if you have one let me know. A trade would be perfect!

Price; $715000

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