Helensburgh Blog

Presenting your home for inspection requires more than neatly made beds and prettily arranged pillows. Attention to detail is crucial in creating the best first impression.

It’s about clean windows, getting rid of cobwebs, blowing away leaves, decluttering and ensuring only the freshest of aromas. If you don’t have that Clean Gene, make sure your Agent does.

Allowing strangers into your home when you’re not there to keep an eye on things requires ultimate trust in your agent. Trust people won’t be nosing around in your bedside drawers, trust the pets people seem unable to leave behind won’t leave a surprise on the carpet, trust your mother’s jewellery won’t be rifled.

And trust that your agent will honour your trust while making buyers feel comfortable enough to believe your home could be their own.

This includes:

• Meeting them at the doorway and welcoming them with warmth and friendliness.
• Staying with them to answer questions while ensuring your possessions are secure.
• Giving them ideas about what simple things could be changed to improve the property.
• Assessing their circumstances to gauge whether they’re in a position to make an offer.

Open Homes should be a rewarding experience for everybody.