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Can redecorating a property really make over £40,000 difference?

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The photos in the first link shows a sold sign already? Maybe it took a while and the folks benefitting from the sale wanted to finalise the deceased's estate. Sometimes people want closure and are content to forgo a few thousand, especially if its shared out.

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The house looks a lot better for having the old carpets and bathroom removed. Looking at the new bathroom tiles I would never have guessed that the bathroom was new, as those tiles have been a big no no since the start of this decade.

 

Replace kitchen and gas fires and it is probably worth the money but for the developer they have done the sums are realized more profit is available for not doing the work.

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In my experience, many people buying houses have no vision. They are swayed by the style of the décor too easily and can't "feel it" if its not to their taste. We gave our last house a quick flick round with emulsion and replaced the hall carpet for this reason. We ended up selling it for more than we expected and it got snapped up in a slow market. It has worked three times for us. Depersonalise and 'neutralise' to sell.

 

We had that issue as well, had a few viewings but no real interest or serious offers.

Repainted a few walls and did a few small bits of DIY and suddenly we had 3 offers on the table at the price we wanted.

 

Madness really, we spent just under £100 including buying brushes and stuff.

:hihi::hihi::hihi:

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We had that issue as well, had a few viewings but no real interest or serious offers.

Repainted a few walls and did a few small bits of DIY and suddenly we had 3 offers on the table at the price we wanted.

 

Madness really, we spent just under £100 including buying brushes and stuff.

:hihi::hihi::hihi:

 

I know, madness. Our last move was quite some time ago. We expected to get £75k based on other houses nearby but got £80k. It was only seven years old so all houses were similar. The estate agent was so sure he could sell it fast he cut his commission so we would choose him. We had it valued early February and moved out then end of March. :o

 

My sister in law did this with her first house too. It was empty and messy but not particularly bad other than very dusty. It had no furniture in but bits of 'clean' rubbish ie piles of papers for recycling and similar. She made a profit once decorated. It allowed her to move up the housing ladder quickly.

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It appears to have sold at or around the £150k asking price.

 

As mentioned by other people, the premiums paid for a fresh looking turn-key house can be quite astonishing. If it works for both parties it must be a good thing.

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It appears to have sold at or around the £150k asking price.

 

As mentioned by other people, the premiums paid for a fresh looking turn-key house can be quite astonishing. If it works for both parties it must be a good thing.

 

Exactly!

 

You can add thousands to the price of your home, just by it being clean and tidy when people come to look at it.

 

Credit to the folks who bought that house for one price, did a small amount of work on it and sold it at a massive premium. That's smart!

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It's still on and been reduced to £145,000

 

---------- Post added 09-06-2017 at 15:26 ----------

 

I doubt very much it will go for over £135,000,

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It's "sold" only once the vendor has completed a sale to the purchaser and the purchase money has been paid. Until then, or at least exchange of contracts, discussion of figures is entirely pointless since they might change- or the sale might not proceed at all.

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