These Christmas mistakes could be avoided when selling the house during the season

Apparently, CHRISTMAS decorations are popping up all over everywhere as sales pick up in the year’s closing weeks. If you’re preparing your home for sale, here are a few things to remember when you’re bedecking the halls for the Christmas holidays.

1. Get photos done before putting up the decorations: The problem is if the house doesn’t sell until after Christmas then the photos will date quickly. Prospective buyers looking at the pictures in March may wonder what’s wrong with the house if it hasn’t sold three months after Christmas, not realising that it’s very normal.
2.  Avoid knick-knacks: Many people like decorating their home with Christmas knick-knacks, such as small reindeer statutes. Many agents and property stylists advise vendors to minimise clutter and remove all personal touches from the home, so it resembles a blank canvas that the buyer can picture themselves living in.
3. Update the tree or decorations: If you’re hosting open-home inspections and you have the tree up already, perhaps take an objective look at it. 
4. Gifts under the tree: This tip might seem a little obvious, but perhaps don’t put your wrapped gifts under the tree until you’ve finished hosting the last open home.
5. Use air-con: Christmas is the hottest time of year and if your home is cool when buyers enter it can create the impression of an oasis and makes it much easier to stay a bit longer as it’s comfortable and that gives us more time to show off your home’s selling points.

​Source: REIQ  News