Painting, decorating and ways to ensure your house is ready to sell

House selling has become a very competitive market, particularly in Brisbane Northside and though people are desperate in some areas to buy a house, it’s important you take care to ensure that you've done everything you can to make your house as attractive, safe and saleable as possible.

It is said that the average house buyer has no vision – which means you need to make their 'envisioning' themselves within the house as simple as possible. 

Dark paintwork and stained, worn or smelly carpets are a definite turn off– these need to be taken care of. The professional North Brisbane Painters can help you with all aspects of interior painting and minor repairs to your house.

On the latter, you could lower the sale price of the house to allow for the work that needs to be done – or, if you can, replace them yourself, to allow a possibly higher sale price. Walls should be painted off white or antique white – or possibly very pale and pastel shades if you're planning on redecorating – this could be a better option if your walls are stained, marked or damaged.

At this point, it’s also a good time to ensure that everything that you've been meaning to repair is taken care of – a faulty stair tread, banister or broken fence in the garden may only be a minor annoyance to you, but can be a danger to anyone looking at the house.

It’s hard to sell your house without help, but one of the biggest steps you can take to ensure your house sells is to make sure you've removed your 'imprint'. Looking at the house impartially, remove anything that screams 'my personality' and 'my personal space'.

Personal items such as photos, pieces of unique artwork, ornaments and more should be removed before people come to view the house. Remember – they want to view the house as a potential home for themselves, not feel how you lived there.