Selling Your Home in 2023
The year is drawing to a close and the new year is just around the corner. Right now, many of us are making bright and bold plans for 2023. This is the time for coming up with new year’s resolutions and you may want to take the opportunity to consider ways you can make your life better. Of course, many people’s new years resolutions will revolve around diet, exercise, kicking bad habits and more. But if you’ve been itching for a new start in a new property, why not make your goal to sell your home and move somewhere new for the new year? 2023 coul be a great time to sell up and you could find that shifting to a new property makes your life a lot happier or easier in some way or another. Here are some top tips that can help you on this journey!
Why Are You Considering Moving?
It’s important to bear in mind that moving can be a time consuming, exhausting, stressful and even costly process. You’ll find yourself having to spend time selling the house, as well as engaging in the process of moving, which is renowned for being one of the most stressful tasks many of us face. At the end of the day, negotiating the sale of a highly expensive asset and packing everything up everything you belong to move it from A to B isn’t going to be easy. So you need to make sure that this decision is for good reason. Take some time to justify why you are actually moving. Perhaps your family is growing and you’ve outsized your current property. Maybe dependents have left home and you’re seeking something smaller and more easily manageable. You may have had a pay rise and can afford something grander. You may want to move closer to work or your children’s school. You may want a new start somewhere completely different. There are countless good reasons, but you just need to make sure that you’re not making the move on a whim or simply for the sake of it.
Preparing Your Home for Sale
You’re going to need to prepare your home for sale. This means conducting a declutter, where you can remove all non-necessary belongings that you neither want nor need and free up space in your home. It will involve a deep clean. This means hitting tasks that are often missed or neglected, such as carpet cleaning, oven cleaning, microwave cleaning, skirting board cleaning and more. You may want to redecorate to ensure that the home looks fresh and in top condition. Make sure to keep your gardens and exteriors well maintained for curb appeal too. Once your home is up and ready, you can get in touch with a reliable estate agent who can list your property on their site, popular home sale sites and alternatives to Rightmove.
Finding Your New Home
Of course, selling your own home isn’t the only task that you’re going to have to complete in this process. You’re going to need to find and secure a new home too. Take some time to question what you’re looking for in a new home. Do you want a specific number of bedrooms? How many bathrooms do you want? Do you need a garden? What’s the ideal location you’d like to settle in? Do you need to be in a good school catchment area? Are there public transport services nearby? Or other local amenities? This will all help you to whittle down a location and your property search. It’s absolutely essential that you complete viewings of a property before putting in an offer. Things can look a lot better online than they do in real life. Online listings can also cover potential issues that can’t be seen in a picture, such as a bad smell in the area, loud noises due to nearby roads, airports or train stations. You may also find that the home has problematic neighbours when visiting in person. Viewings are an absolute essential.
Packing and Moving
Once you’ve sold your home and found a home to move into, you should start packing as soon as possible. Hire a professional removal company who can help you to get your belongings from A to B safely and in a convenient manner.
Selling your home is going to be hard work. Finding a new one is going to be tough too. But once you’re in a property that you really love, you’ll find that it was all worth the time and effort!
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