Selling your home? Home selling mistakes you should avoid
One of the best things about owning your own home is that you can change it to fit yourself and your lifestyle or you can buy it. Successful real estate sales require skills that not all the owners can master, which means they lose tens and even hundreds of thousands in sales if they do not take advice from a real estate expert.
We know there’s a list of things you must do, but what about the mistakes you should avoid if you want to sell your home?
- Forget the Details
When buyers are looking at a home, they are looking at the details. Do light fixtures work, appliances, doors, Are the windows clean? Paying attention to fixing these little details shows the buyer the home has cared for. This attention to detail can increase the home’s value.
- Lack of maintenance and cleaning of the house
Many owners underestimate the importance of the view of the house, they don't care about maintenance or renovation, but it’s hard to show off the beauty of your home if it’s full of clutter. Some landlords also leave some of their old furniture to store in the house for sale. All these mistakes make the home less attractive to the buyer.
- No furniture
Leaving some furniture in the house is a way to help a potential buyer imagine what the house would be like while furnished, or to notice a certain aesthetic in it. Avoid offering the house for sale without any furniture. In contrast, avoid "customizing" your home or leaving decorations that reflect your taste, especially if they are out of the ordinary, such as dark wall paint, or other decorations that may not attract the majority of buyers.
- Pricing it wrong
If you offer your house for sale at a price higher than the market price, you will lose many serious buyers. Make sure you deal with a professional broker to determine the ideal price for your property so that you don't stay for months or years waiting for buyers.
-
- Hide Information
Some sellers avoid reporting problems with the structure of their homes to ensure a higher price, but in the long run, hiding information from the buyer causes a bad reputation for the seller. Also, sharing information about the house in a trusting manner between the seller and the buyer will make the buyer more adhere to buying the house, which may facilitate the negotiation of additional expenses associated with the sale, such as legal procedures and others.
- Selling it by yourself
This is a big mistake, trying to sell your home without prior experience or a realtor, will cost you a lot because you will miss out on the chance to earn more money. If you have houses for sale in Bahrain, make sure to hire
Bahrain real estate company that can assess the right price to sell the house and can negotiate.