The Star: December 14, 2023
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32 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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<strong>The</strong> Best Kept Secrets<br />
to Selling Your Home<br />
Selling Secret #1: <strong>The</strong> first impression is the<br />
only impression. No matter how good the interior of<br />
your home looks, buyers have already judged your<br />
home before they walk through the door. You never<br />
have a second chance to make a first impression. It’s<br />
important to make people feel warm, welcome and<br />
safe as they approach the house. Spruce up your<br />
home’s exterior with inexpensive shrubs and brightly<br />
coloured flowers. Entry ways are also important. You<br />
use it as a utility space for your coat and keys. But,<br />
when you’re selling, make it welcoming by putting in a<br />
small bench or a vase of fresh-cut flowers.<br />
Selling Secret #2: Always be ready to show. Your<br />
house needs to be “show-ready” at all times – you<br />
never know when your buyer is going to walk through<br />
the door. You have to be available whenever they want<br />
to come see the place and it has to be in tip-top shape.<br />
Don’t leave dishes in the sink, keep the dishwasher<br />
cleaned out, the bathrooms sparkling and make sure<br />
there are no dust bunnies in the corners. It’s a little<br />
inconvenient, but it will get your house sold.<br />
Selling Secret #3: <strong>The</strong> kitchen comes first. You’re<br />
not actually selling your house, you’re selling your<br />
kitchen – that’s how important it is. <strong>The</strong> benefits of<br />
remodelling your kitchen are endless, and the best<br />
part of it is that you’ll probably get 85% of your money<br />
back. It may be a few thousand dollars to replace<br />
countertops where a buyer may knock $10,000 off the<br />
asking price if your kitchen looks dated. <strong>The</strong> fastest,<br />
most inexpensive kitchen updates include painting<br />
and new cabinet hardware. Use a neutral-colour paint<br />
so you can present buyers with a blank canvas where<br />
they can start envisioning their own style. If you have<br />
a little money to spend, buy one fancy stainless steel<br />
appliance. Why one? Because when people see one<br />
high-end appliance they think all the rest are expensive<br />
too and it updates the kitchen.<br />
Selling Secret #4: Take the home out of your<br />
house. One of the most important things to do<br />
when selling your house is to de-personalize it. <strong>The</strong><br />
more personal stuff in your house, the less potential<br />
buyers can imagine themselves living there. Get rid of<br />
a third of your stuff – put it in storage. This includes<br />
family photos, memorabilia collections and personal<br />
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the use of space.<br />
Selling Secret #5: Don’t over-upgrade. Quick fixes<br />
For before more selling information always pay off. Mammoth and bookings, makeovers, contact Mike Fulham<br />
not so much. You probably won’t get your money back<br />
M: 021 300 567 E: mike@starmedia.kiwi<br />
if you do a huge improvement project before you put<br />
Boating Accessories<br />
& Equipment<br />
WINDSCREENS<br />
Perspex cut to size and<br />
shape, Fab Plastics ph<br />
366 3634<br />
Building Supplies<br />
PERSPEX, poly<br />
carbonate and other<br />
plastics cut to size and<br />
shape. Fab Plastics phone<br />
366-3634<br />
SHOWER/BATH Liner,<br />
custom made to suit, Fab<br />
Plastics ph 366-3634<br />
your house on the market. Instead, do updates that<br />
will pay off and get you top dollar. Get a new fresh<br />
coat of paint on the walls. Clean the curtains or go buy<br />
some inexpensive new ones. Replace door handles,<br />
cabinet hardware, make sure closet doors are on track,<br />
fix leaky facets and clean the grout.<br />
Selling Secret #6: Conceal the critters. You might<br />
think a cuddly dog would warm the hearts of potential<br />
buyers, but you’d be wrong. Not everybody is a dog- or<br />
cat-lover. Buyers don’t want to walk in your home and<br />
see a bowl full of dog food, smell the kitty litter box or<br />
have tufts of pet hair stuck to their clothes. It will give<br />
buyers the impression that your house is not clean. If<br />
you’re planning an open home don’t leave your pets<br />
around.<br />
Selling Secret #7: Play the agent field. A secret sale<br />
killer is hiring the wrong real estate agent. Make sure<br />
you have an agent who is totally informed. <strong>The</strong>y must<br />
constantly monitor the multiple listing service (MLS),<br />
know what properties are going on the market and<br />
know the comps in your neighbourhood. Find an agent<br />
who embraces technology – a tech-savvy one has<br />
many tools to get your house sold.<br />
Selling Secret #8: Light it up. Maximize the light in<br />
your home. After location, good light is the one thing<br />
that every buyer cites that they want in a home. Take<br />
down the drapes, clean the windows, change the<br />
lampshades, increase the wattage of your light bulbs<br />
and cut the bushes outside to let in sunshine. Do what<br />
you have to do make your house bright and cheery – it<br />
Selling Secret #9: Half-empty closets. Storage is<br />
something every buyer is looking for and can never<br />
have enough of. Take half the stuff out of your closets<br />
then neatly organise what’s left in there. Buyers will<br />
snoop, so be sure to keep all your closets and cabinets<br />
clean and tidy.<br />
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Phone for further details<br />
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• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Car Parts<br />
TYRES Secondhand,<br />
most sizes. Punctures $25<br />
Also new tyres & batteries.<br />
Brake pads fitted from<br />
$125 . 217 Waltham Road,<br />
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TYRES Secondhand,<br />
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Brake pads fitted from<br />
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027 476 2404<br />
Church Notices<br />
SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN<br />
SPIRITUAL CHURCH<br />
Sydenham<br />
Community Centre<br />
23/25 Hutcheson St<br />
Sunday 7pm<br />
Address<br />
Carol<br />
Clairvoyance<br />
Carol<br />
All Welcome<br />
Church Notices<br />
NEW AGE CHRISTIAN<br />
SPIRITUAL CENTRE<br />
61 Grafton Street<br />
Sunday 7pm<br />
17th <strong>December</strong><br />
Christmas Carols<br />
Messages for everyone<br />
and Supper<br />
All Welcome<br />
After this Sunday<br />
our church will not<br />
recommence until<br />
Sunday <strong>14</strong>th<br />
Jan 2024, 7pm<br />
Tuesdays now in<br />
recess until<br />
February 2024<br />
Funeral Directors<br />
No Service<br />
Cremation<br />
$2,495<br />
Family Funeral with Cremation $4,800<br />
Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees<br />
Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability<br />
Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz<br />
christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz<br />
direct<br />
cremation<br />
$2,200 GSt inclusive<br />
(includes committal)<br />
0800 27 28 29<br />
www.mainland<br />
crematorium.co.nz<br />
For Sale<br />
PAT’S RECYCLING<br />
WORLD<br />
31 Mathers Rd, Hoon Hay<br />
• Clothes • Books • Toys<br />
• Shoes • Paint<br />
Only 20 cents each<br />
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OPEN DAILY<br />
(Donations wanted)<br />
For Sale<br />
Steel for sale, off cuts. Cut<br />
lengths all sections. 027<br />
4508 785<br />
Garage Sales<br />
AVONDALE 8 Belmont<br />
Street, Saturday 10am<br />
to 3pm.. H/hold goods ,<br />
garden, books, hobbies,<br />
gifts etc<br />
Gardening<br />
& Supplies<br />
A THICK LAYER OF<br />
BARK, keeps the moisture<br />
in, the weeds out & looks<br />
great in your garden beds.<br />
I will deliver and lay it for<br />
you. Call Hugh “<strong>The</strong> Little<br />
Green Groomer” 021 275<br />
5445<br />
HEDGE: TREE: SHRUB<br />
Trimming, Reduction or<br />
Removal. Any rubbish<br />
removal to dump. Ph BJ<br />
021 430 017<br />
Macrocarpa raised<br />
garden beds complete or<br />
kitset, standard size 2.4 x<br />
1.2m or custom made. ph/<br />
txt 021861732 to order<br />
your glasshouse or as a<br />
windbreak. Fab Plastices<br />
Gardening<br />
& Supplies<br />
PERSPEX Cut to size,<br />
clear and tinted sheets<br />
available. Suitable as<br />
replacement panels in<br />
366 3634<br />
Health & Beauty<br />
MOBILE Toe Nail<br />
Cutting Service with foot<br />
and lower leg massage by<br />
regd nurse. $50. Phone<br />
022 281 6647<br />
Massage<br />
Ladies Only. Is the sense<br />
of touch missing from your<br />
life, experience a full body<br />
sensual massage. Varying<br />
degrees of massage are<br />
available. Ph 027 251 4660<br />
Personals<br />
MALE SEEKS MALE<br />
for friendship. Ph 021 027<br />
02259 . 6pm onwards<br />
SINGLE & OLDER<br />
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going, indep,living in<br />
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warm, vibrant trim lady<br />
for company, outings,<br />
conversation and TLC.<br />
Lets meet for a coffee and<br />
see how things go.You<br />
dont need be on your own<br />
during the festive seasion,<br />
so dont dilly dally. Ph/txt<br />
027 659 4425
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