Vanessa Williams

And perhaps, you know, having the more neutral tones, the more modern furniture can really lift up an appearance really quite quickly.

And again, we do like aesthetically pleasing things as humans, don't we?

You know, and so if there's an opportunity to do that, especially when you're selling your house, highly recommend.

If you're thinking about selling this year, the first person I'd go and talk to is a gardener.

the first area that a buyer sees is perhaps a garden, then you need to start thinking about that perhaps in summer if you're looking to sell in spring.

Because you want to be planting things that are going to look beautiful and have all their flowers out and look lovely and green, perhaps six to eight months before you even get your property to sale.

Now, don't let that put you off if you have not thought about that and you're thinking about selling next week.

But, you know, if we've got the time or we're starting to think about this, a garden or what that curb appeal looks like is absolutely number one.

I mean, it's not particularly costly to hire a water blaster, water blaster fence, water blaster driveway, if that is part of your area which people are seeing.

And of course, a lick of paint.

Anywhere you can do that.

So a fence, absolutely.

Inside if you can or outside if possible.

But those are really kind of superficial but well worth the investment because the amount that they lift a property, especially if you have quite a colorful home or a colorful fence.

Going back to that idea of people being able to see themselves in your property, you want to try and make it as neutral as possible.

So if perhaps you have a red fence and you've always loved a red fence, but it needs a lick of paint, perhaps consider something more neutral, maybe a white or a brown sort of color.

So again, it's not taking away from your love of red, but if someone doesn't like red, you're instantly going to get them to go, oh, I'm not sure on this house right before they've even walked in the door.

Curb appeal, number one.

Number two is what people are looking at when they walk into the house.

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