curbappeal

Before you do anything to your house - painting, decorating or improvements - get in your car and drive round the block and stop next to the kerb adjacent to your house, where any prospective buyer would stop. If you haven't got a car then walk.

Examine your house from their viewpoint. Sit (or stand) there for two minutes - roughly what the average potential purchaser would spend, before deciding whether or not it is worthwhile getting out of the car and taking a further look.

According to the FOCUS DIY website, 40% of house hunters decide whether to look any closer at a property for sale from the comfort of their cars as they drive past outside.

Caste a critical eye over the immediate properties and your own house. If your house stands out in comparison to the other properties then it has "curb appeal." If not, then how do you go about getting some?

Put yourself in the potential buyers shoes and ask yourself the following questions :

Q1. Is the immediate neighbourhood free of litter and graffiti?

Q2. Does your house look well-maintained and the front garden/yard well tended?

Q3. Do the immediate neighbours houses also look well cared for?

If the answer to all 3 question is YES:

Then it is likely that the prospective buyer will take the trouble to get out of his car to take a more detailed look at your property.

The biggest hurdle is to get the potential purchaser out of their car.

If the answer to all 3 questions is NO:

Although there is probably limited scope from your point of view to improve Questions 1 and 3, there is most certainly something you can do about Question 2.

How to give your house "kerb appeal"..... Click here for more

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