I thought it would be quite good to give some tips for sellers so they could actually prepare the house for your visit when you are looking for a property for sale in Spain. I have actually uttered these words to sellers at some stage in the dim and distant past or they have said them to me in all seriousness. Work out the bits I have said.
So here we go, the first set of the top 20 home staging tips for selling your Spanish property.
1) "You are not going to leave that stuffed cat there are you?"
2) "And so you really think that the red velvet wall covering works in this bathroom then?"
3) "No! People in Spanish homes prefer the bed up against the wall on two sides, it's nothing to do with the size of the room"
4) "Please can you at least hide the decapitated and skinned rabbits that are dripping blood. The clients have three small kids"
5) "What smell of damp?" "Erm the smell of damp coming from the leaking toilet above that has created that huge patch in the ceiling!" "Well I never that has only appeared there today"
6) "You might want to repaint that wall". "Why?", "Well it might be great to you but a whole wall full of teenage angst graffiti might not be the preferred look of a potential buyer".
7) "Oh sh**! You have painted! Stripes! Nice!"
8 ) "And here is the second bathro... sorry! Nobody told us you were there"
9) "You might have mentioned that your son was asleep in the room at the end of the corridor! And please I know it's hot but encourage him to wear pyjamas and sleep under the covers."
10) "What do you mean you have decided to raise the price?". "Well property always goes up and you need to make 5% per year" Yeah but 200 up to 240k is rather more than 5%".
Now you know why some properties don't make it onto the Valencia Property site.
These are in no particular order and if you have your house for sale... no it's not yours I was referring to but another one with purple walls some time ago... OK
- Don't Try This At Home
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