There are different cases in life: people move to another city for work or their own desire, for example, closer to the sea, the sun, or they need money, so people sell an apartment.
The first impression of a property and the people who sell it has a strong impact on people who are looking for an apartment for themselves with certain requirements. It is necessary to show all the more profitable aspects of this apartment, why should they buy it from you?
How to prepare for the sale of an apartment? How to create positive emotions? What points you should pay attention to in order to buy an apartment after all, we will tell in our article.
Pipes.
A normal client will definitely ask a question when selling an apartment: when was the last time you changed the pipes in the apartment? Perhaps they will be asked to show the documents or the condition of the pipes themselves, to see how water flows from the tap and flows into the sink, is there water in the sink? Is there a lot of noise?
Regularly replace pipes in the apartment
Over time, plaque forms on the pipes, fat accumulates in the pipes in the kitchen, food remains, the pipes wear out, a new one comes to replace the old material, so the pipes in the apartment must be periodically changed everywhere.
back to index ↑Electrician.
It is necessary to check all the electrics in the house. In case of failure, replace all sockets in the House.
Sockets in the apartment should not stick out, rise above the wall. All sockets must work, the wires must be hidden.
Usually the wires are hidden in the baseboards, some have special recesses or in a special box.
Repair sockets if necessary
Replace all light bulbs in chandeliers, fixtures so that they burn. The more light, the better the lighting in the apartment will be.
Electrical wiring is in every room. Usually it is located at the top, in the recess of the wall. They should not be covered with wallpaper, as many people do.
The more light, the better the lighting in the apartment will be.
In rooms, it is necessary to make sure that there is always access to electrical wiring. To do this, you can install a ventilation grill on the spot where the wires are, which can be easily removed if necessary.
In the apartments of the old building, the meters are located on the landing. In houses of new construction, electricity meters are installed inside the apartment.
It is necessary to check that there are indicators in the counter, the buttons all work and, if necessary, turn off and on.
If the light is often turned off in the apartment, then this may be due to the fact that the old a meter that has not been changed for a long time and it cannot cope with the load. You need to go to the management company, often it is housing and communal services and call the master to replace the meter. This service is free.
Call the master for a planned replacement of the electric meter
Batteries.
Batteries play an important role in heating in winter. In some apartments, there is a special box on top, a screen, sometimes you can see the batteries in the form of a realistic picture, they use special photo printing.Design can be absolutely anything: landscape, flowers, marine theme, animals, city. A great idea would be to make a photo print in the form of a fireplace.
If the batteries look bad, they are old, you can paint over it with paint or even change the accordion-shaped battery that was used in the construction of old houses with a new one.
Not all apartments have good heating - it depends on the management company, so it is better to buy an apartment in winter. In this case, you can put your hand on the battery and see if it heats up well. Batteries have a temperature “like fresh milk”, barely warm or very hot that it is impossible to touch it with your hand.
If necessary, replace the heating radiators in the apartment
When replacing the battery, keep all documents. The client can ask them to see the date when this replacement took place.
New batteries need to be cleaned periodically, because bad, rusty water flows in them, with a smell. Sometimes when draining, you can see sand and small particles - they can interfere with normal heating in the apartment.
New batteries need to be cleaned periodically
Wallpaper.
If the apartment has not been renovated for a long time, the wallpaper falls off and comes off the wall - this spoils the appearance of the room, then it is better to make repairs in the room or apartment and change the old wallpaper from Soviet times to new ones.
Change your old wallpaper
In a hardware store you can buy inexpensive paper wallpapers from 100 rubles per roll.
There are not ordinary wallpapers, but photo wallpaper. They cost about 1,500 rubles per roll, but it's worth it. The landscape seems to come off the canvas of the picture - it relaxes, evokes a positive atmosphere.
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We create an image of cozy housing for future customers.
Windows should open and close well. If the windows have curtains, curtains, roller blinds, blinds, you need to give them a fresh look. Wash and iron the curtains, wipe the roller blinds and blinds with a damp cloth.
Give your curtains a fresh look
People pay attention to the decor, furniture, the apartment should be comfortable, there should not be unnecessary things.
If there is a balcony, then it should not be littered. Future buyers should assess the condition of the balcony, its size.
If the balcony is littered with unnecessary things, it is difficult to estimate its size. In winter, you can run your hand all over the balcony and see if cold air is blowing or not. If so, then cold air will enter the room and the balcony cannot be used as a room.
Clean up the balcony, remove all unnecessary things
Some apartments have a storage room. In this small room you can store spins, cereals, pasta, sunflower oil, flour. The pantry shows that people who stock up for the future live in this apartment and have created an additional place for storing products.
Organization of the storage system in the pantry
Indoor flowers on the windowsill make a good impression. Many indoor flowers purify the air in the apartment, saturate the air with oxygen. Exotic, beautiful, unusual plants attract the eye of others, such as orchids, venus flytrap, anthurium, varietal violets, petunias. The fern also looks beautiful in the interior.
Houseplants make a good impression
Some people grow lemon, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, dill, mint, strawberries, and strawberries on a windowsill. There are special varieties on sale that indicate the information: "balcony varieties, can be grown in a pot."
During the summer, hot water is turned off in all apartments for 2 weeks. If your apartment has a tank for heating water, then warm water will always be in the apartment, and this is an additional plus to your apartment.
The presence of water heating is an additional plus to your apartment
Spring-cleaning.
When all the above items are prepared, then you can proceed to the general cleaning of the apartment.
Eliminate unpleasant odors. First of all, we check the refrigerator for the presence of spoiled food.
If there are people with bad habits in the apartment who smoke, then it is very difficult to remove the smell, because it eats into all surfaces in the apartment. To improve the situation, you should buy an air freshener and wipe all surfaces of furniture and floors with products that have a pleasant aroma.
Fragrance for the house will freshen the air in the apartment
If there is an animal in the house, then it is necessary to remove all wool from the surface of the furniture, floor.
window;
The windows must be clean, because the presence of dust and dirt can repel the client from the people who sell the apartment, because no one wants to deal with sloppy ones, after which they have to wash everything.
Clean windows make a good impression
mirrors;
If the apartment has mirrors, then you should give them a well-groomed appearance. Wash and wipe the frame around the mirror.
Give your mirrors a well-groomed look
chandelier;
Many apartments have a large transparent crystal chandelier. She also needs cleaning. Over time, dust settles on the ceiling, which must be eliminated.
The chandelier also needs cleaning
furniture surface;
A table, wardrobe, sofa or bed also needs to be cleaned. Moisten the cloth and wipe off the dust.
Don't forget to wipe off the dust
floors;
When every element in the apartment shines, then you can proceed to the floor. We clean the floors, starting from the back room.
Start mopping from the back room
Entrance and elevator.
Ideally, a cleaning lady is engaged in cleanliness in the entrance and elevator. But she can do this not every day and not so carefully.
They often hang ads on the door, stick them in the elevator, put unpleasant inscriptions on the walls in the entrance. Therefore, when selling your apartment, these points should also be taken into account and eliminated.
Check the cleanliness of the elevator
We paint over the inscriptions with paint, it is inexpensive. We tear down the ads, spray warm water from the spray bottle and remove the remnants of the paper.
To give freshness, beauty, a well-groomed appearance of an apartment or entrance, you can contact a special service, find an individual on specialized sites and forums, or do a general cleaning with your family, dividing the responsibilities of who is responsible for what.
For cleaning the entrance, you can turn to a specialized company
Documentation.
All necessary documents for the sale of the apartment must be in order. All debts on the apartment are paid by the seller.
It is necessary to check out from the apartment and the receipt for paying for the apartment must indicate: 0 residents.
Prepare a folder with the necessary documents in advance
Documents must be all folded into a special folder and shown to the buyer upon request. There should be no promises “these documents will be in the week”, because it takes time and not all documents can be obtained. All cases of selling an apartment are different. Sometimes there is one owner of an apartment, sometimes when several people have shares in this apartment.
back to index ↑Positive emotions.
Smile, answer in detail the questions asked by the client.
If there are shortcomings, then it is not worth talking about them right away. If the client asks a question, then lying and attributing something that is not there is also not worth it.
When buyers come to the apartment, so that they do not have to take off their shoes, offer them disposable shoe covers.
Encourage customers to wear shoe covers
During the conversation and showing the apartment, offer tea, coffee or soft drinks: lemonade, juice, compote. During the summer months, this is very important.
Turn on romantic, relaxing music.
It is better not to turn on the radio, but to turn on good foreign performers: Toto Curugno, Adriano Celentano, Zaz, Pupo, Lionel Richie and others.
Tea or coffee will create a pleasant atmosphere
Remember that customers are browsing a lot of apartments, if a couple comes, then basically the decision to buy will be made by a woman. Create a pleasant atmosphere so that your apartment will be remembered and bought.
If an article was written about your apartment, room, interior item, a master class was made, share information with buyers, show a magazine or website. To many, this fact will seem important and interesting.
back to index ↑Realtor.
It is better to sell an apartment with the help of a realtor or a notary, at the moment this function is also in his authority.
A realtor or notary will check the purity of the transaction, the correctness of the documents provided, and draw up a competently contract of sale.
The realtor will check the purity of the transaction
Usually the future buyer pays for the services of a realtor, sometimes both parties. Each realtor has a percentage of the sale. For some, it is fixed for all sales, and some change depending on what and where they sell.
It is better to look for a realtor or notary next to the sale of real estate. You can also search by rating, but the payment for their services will be much higher.
Before using the services of companies, you can read reviews of the company on the Internet.
Before contacting a real estate company, study the reviews
The apartment is for sale with or without furniture, it is necessary to discuss and indicate in the ad in advance. Many people are looking for housing with furniture, so as not to spend money on its purchase, transportation, delivery and not to make repairs in the apartment. It will be a good decision on the part of the one who sells, because you don’t have to spend money on transportation from apartment to apartment and don’t waste time selling furniture on free classifieds boards.
If your apartment has a good repair, furniture, furnishings, interior, cleanliness, documents are in order, then this is the key to a successful sale of the apartment.
If your apartment has not been repaired for a long time, bad pipes, old wallpaper, a cold balcony, then the buyer will have to invest in apartment renovation and he will naturally ask for a discount when buying an apartment.
If you want to sell an apartment more expensive - put all its components in order!
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