The Christmas period is a time to relax, de-stress, spend time with the family and plan for the new year. One of those considerations may be about potentially selling your home. If you are considering selling, here are some tips to help you prepare:

Carry out important renovations/repairs

If there have been important repairs or renovations that you’ve been putting off, now’s the time to get your DIY skills going and complete what you can over the Christmas break.

Adding new floors, painting walls, cleaning up your front gardens & installing some new plants, buying some nice accessories or doing simple renovations to the kitchens and bathrooms are some simple ways to add value to your home and make it more enticing for potential buyers.

Start packing away unneeded items

The Christmas Break is a perfect time to start packing away some unneeded accessories and items and placing items into storage in preparation for the new year.

Doing this can go a long way toward de-cluttering your home and helping it feel more open and lively before putting your house on the market in the new year.

Start to consider which agent to use

Your choice of agent can have a massive impact on your end sale result.

Start researching local agents and take the opportunity to look into their results and testimonials.

It may also be worth speaking to a few agents personally before getting some in to provide an estimate on the home in the new year.