Nor'West News: February 04, 2021
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14 Thursday <strong>February</strong> 4 <strong>2021</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS<br />
Make a great first impression before your buyers even get inside!<br />
First impressions always count, and it will<br />
certainly matter when potential buyers<br />
come to view your home. Before potential<br />
customers have set foot inside your house,<br />
it’s likely that they have already formed their<br />
first impression of your house. If you want<br />
your house to stand out then you will need to<br />
work on what your house looks like from the<br />
outside first.<br />
What does this mean though? Imagine you<br />
are the buyer as you walk through your front<br />
yard, look at all the things that you think are<br />
unappealing – a hard to unlock or open gate,<br />
broken fence palings, weeds growing through<br />
the cracks in the footpath. There are so many<br />
little things that could turn off potential<br />
buyers, so it’s best to go through and fix<br />
those little things up.<br />
• Mow and edge trim your lawns, fertilise<br />
them ahead of time so they are nice and<br />
green for the marketing campaign<br />
• Waterblast your paths and driveway<br />
• Wash down your house or give it a touchup<br />
coat of paint if required<br />
Check Your Insurance Policy!<br />
Insurance policies, like any legal document<br />
tend to have a lot of ‘fine print’ which a lot of<br />
us tend to ‘speed read’ over – but what are<br />
you missing?<br />
It is important to check your policy to find out<br />
what your requirements are when you have<br />
a rental property. You must have insurance<br />
on both the dwelling and the contents as<br />
this covers fixtures and fittings, like carpets,<br />
curtains, and even internal walls, and even if<br />
the tenants have insurance their own policy<br />
will not cover these things.<br />
One thing that is very important is the<br />
frequency of inspections, and what is<br />
required. I know my own insurance policy<br />
Recently Sold!<br />
• Trim any hedges and importantly any<br />
bushes or plants that might be covering<br />
windows and blocking light into the home<br />
• If you have outdoor lighting have this in<br />
good working order with some nice bright<br />
bulbs, this is very important during a<br />
winter sale<br />
• Tidy up any sheds, playhouses, sandpits,<br />
fishponds, water features, clotheslines or<br />
vege boxes that you have in your yard. If<br />
there time has come it might be better to<br />
take these away altogether before going<br />
to market otherwise a lick of paint or<br />
wood stain will go a long way<br />
• Add some greenery by your front door<br />
with a nice pot or planter box<br />
• A new letterbox is an inexpensive way to<br />
make your place standout from the street.<br />
To get some inspiration have a walk around<br />
your neighbourhood and see which homes<br />
standout as giving a great first impression<br />
and make some notes as to what makes them<br />
appeal without evening setting a foot inside!<br />
for my rental properties stipulates that an<br />
inspection must be done at least every three<br />
months, and I must have a documented and<br />
dated report to show that the inspection has<br />
been done. I for one don’t want to find out<br />
what the consequence of not complying is.<br />
It was also brought to my attention that if<br />
there is problem at the end of the tenancy<br />
and you have not carried out all the due<br />
diligence on checking the tenants before<br />
they move in, this could pose a problem for<br />
you to make any claims on damages, either<br />
accidental or intentional, not to mention if<br />
the property was contaminated by meth!<br />
So in a nutshell, you need to conduct<br />
Vanessa Golightly,<br />
Business Owner<br />
and Licensee Agent<br />
Ray White Papanui<br />
027 664 9292<br />
thorough checks on tenants before they<br />
move in and make sure you conduct your<br />
routine inspections as per your insurance<br />
policy.<br />
If you need help on tenant checks, we can<br />
assist you with our casual letting service, give<br />
me a call if you want to find out more.<br />
Katrina Green,<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
027 606 0030<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 664 9292<br />
Stuart Morris<br />
Licensee Agent<br />
& Auctioneer<br />
027 422 6395<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 440 3035<br />
Claire Morris<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 662 4822<br />
Katrina Green<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
027 606 0030<br />
Ben McNab<br />
Auctioneer & Licensee<br />
Salesperson<br />
Olivia Hendry<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
9 Papaumu Green, Parklands<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
53 Shenley Drive, Belfast<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
Estelle Schuurman<br />
Property Manager<br />
Richie Eggelton<br />
Property Assistant<br />
Joy Coughlan<br />
Mortgage Broker<br />
027 223 3572<br />
40 Jutland Street, New Brighton<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
9 Weruweru Street, Marshland<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui<br />
Phone (03) 352 0567 | rwpapanui.co.nz | /RayWhitePapanui Morris & Co Limited | Licenced REAA 2008
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