The time has come and you have decided to put your property on the market. What do you need to know? More importantly, what do you need to do?
Well step one, before you consider putting your place on the market is to consider your situation. What are your motivations for wanting to sell? If it is to leave Spain then one consideration to take into account is the value of the place you will be selling versus what it may cost you to buy where you will be going.
It’s no good picking the price we want for our home. We need to make sure we pick the price it is worth.
Property in Spain for one reason or another tends not to rise in value at the same rate as it does for example in the UK. A house that would have cost £40,000 in the year 2000 can now cost around £500.000 in certain areas so it is really important to make sure in the first instance that your ideas are financially viable. Feel free to speak to us about this.
If your motivation for selling is to move to another area, first make sure that you are really confident that the new location is the one for you. We always advise our clients to try renting for a while wherever possible before they make the move.
Once you are confident that what you plan is doable, and your motivations are well placed then it’s time to give us a call! We will come and visit you and talk through how the process works from our perspective and give you advice and guidance about what you can do proactively to aid a swift sale.
In terms of preparing your property for market we cannot highlight enough how important this is. A well dressed property can sell in as quickly as 1 day from our experience. In fact, it can even attract a bidding war, which naturally is the best case scenario for any seller.
We will give you clear advice on what would be good to focus on before our marketing team arrive and are happy to work with you on getting your ‘look’ just right.
We have an interior designer on our team. This is our area of expertise!
It can be an emotional time but it is critical to bear in mind, once you make the decision to sell the property is no longer yours. It has to appeal to new heads and hearts. New families need to fall in love with it and imagine their next chapters living there. You can help them do that by removing all of your personal items and making sure it is at the standard you would want your next home to be at.
We are here to help you at every step of the way and also offer an interior design service that can dress and prepare the property for you if that is a better fit.
It all starts with a call!
