belle property lane cove

Maintaining & preparing your home for profit | Belle Property Lane Cove 17 The above sample report is a good guide to how an incoming purchaser will view your home. The inspector also takes photos of each defect and they are very different from the photos that we as your agent would take for marketing purposes. If you do the report after your initial clean-up and repairs, it will definitely be a negotiation asset. Failing to do a report only plays into the hands of a purchaser as they can note items and defects discovered in a report and attempt to have their repair deducted from the price. As your agent we would release the report prior to the offer, and clearly explain that prior to marketing a full inspection was conducted and maintenance performed has been built into the marketing price or price guide. When it comes time to sell and more importantly negotiate the final profit price for your property, you would have wanted to do all you could to protect your final profit position. When selling real estate the worst feeling is to lose the best buyer who is emotionally engaged with your home on the surface, yet becomes $40,000 cold due to becoming alarmed by normal issues below the surface. The do’s and don’ts list Now that you have gained full visibility on the property with the building and pest report you now have a detailed visual checklist and some decisions to make that will form your do and don't list. For example – the report may say: The home is 24 years old and ... is in need of new roof tiles. Roof tiles last approximately 25 years and need replacing on every home of that age. The point to remember here is that all homes at one time or another require maintenance, and that this is known as a capital improvement on the property, so as your agent we would recommend you don’t replace the roof as you will get the life of the roof. And chances are wherever you buy may also need a new roof. In short, when selling or buying a property you take it on warts and all. Price update Once you have completed your property maintenance program it’s a perfect time for us as your agent to reassess the market place and the recent sales around you that have affected pricing. We would go right back through the property and take into account all repairs and improvements and re-establish your new to marketing price. Once your house is looking tip top, it could be a good time to consider getting the photos done so we can store them for marketing and start to prepare the selling list and best features of your property. Together as a team we will capture every little delightful detail and list them in our property specification pages of our detailed property booklet.