Simple and effective steps to help sell your home.

It’s time to prepare your property for the market and Ulok Self Storage has compiled some simple steps to help sell your home. We’ve included everything to help make the sale process as quick and stress-free as possible. Along with clear, straightforward tips and affordable storage options to support you.

Declutter and Remove Personal Items:

Treat the selling of your home as a project. As with any project, you usually start by getting organised. It's the perfect time for a clear out of overloaded shelves, wardrobes, cupboards, and lofts, we're talking about a thorough declutter!

A simple trick for decluttering is to make three piles or to use 3 sacks/boxes and to label them; KEEP, BIN & CHARITY. This then focuses your mind on exactly what you want to do with your possessions or anything you may come across.

Decluttering helps rooms to appear more spacious and inviting. Focus on the high-traffic areas first, such as your hallway, kitchen and living area. This doesn't mean you have to strip everything bare, a few well-positioned accessories are certainly required to make the property look homely.

DIY, Repairs and Property Maintenance:

Before people start viewing your home, carry out any basic repairs. It is time to deal with any wallpaper hanging off the walls, touch up paintwork where necessary, make sure doors aren’t coming off their hinges, and where possible repair visible damage to any fixtures and fittings.

You want to make the house feel ‘loved’ and ‘cared for’, as this will make a positive impression during viewings. If you love your home, so might they!

Choose Neutral Colour Schemes:

This certainly doesn’t have to be beige and boring! We all have our own colour preferences when it comes to paint, but just because that trendy shade of deep pink works for you, don’t presume it has the same effect on others!

Decorating your home in neutral, or more muted tones, is often the safer option – creams, soft taupe and mushroom shades, and other soft colours such as pale green, pale grey and off-white work well.  Home staging experts recommend, if you can, that you carry a base theme colour or complimenting tones of a specific colour, throughout the home “to connect each room”.

Overall, presenting a neutral canvas in your home gives potential buyers a blank slate. It leaves room for their imagination. This encourages mental ownership and hopefully propels them to take actual ownership!