WEEKLY NEWSLETTER February 17 2025

FEBRUARY 17TH 2025, A WEEK IN MY LIFE

Wedding Mode Activated!

My Weekly News. In less than a month our beautiful daughter says “I do” to her fiance. They are doing a great deal of it themselves – the venue they chose encourages them to keep costs down and style the venue how they want. Therefore, in addition to packing boxes and crates, we also have wedding crates.

I am incredibly grateful that I get to witness my daughter in action – an organisational whiz. If she wasn’t living with us then we wouldn’t have the privilege. 

Selling a house and wedding mode. How will it all work? The house is online, the photos and videos complete, the sales process is in the agents hands. Putting things away and not down wherever is convenient forms good habits. There are two things that an agent cannot tell you – your selling price and when that will happen. In an auction area they could give you a potential selling date but the selling price is in the laps of the buyers. 

We will work around the agents. We know when the open for inspections are, the house will be ready, we won’t be here. On the actual wedding day, the house will be ready on the Friday and will be in my partners hands as I will be with my daughter, in the midst of the pre wedding chaos of hair and make up. A challenge would be if an offer was made on that particular day. Not worrying about it, the market is slow in our price range and I am not anticipating a fast sale.  

We are at the stage where I guide my clients to commence online searching. Which homes appeal to them and why. Which homes have sold recently that appeal to them. Would they have paid that price for the home. I recommend a spreadsheet to start tracking properties, and yes, I have a template that I use for my clients. I don’t encourage physical looking at Open Homes as yet – if they find something and want to pursue it then it may muck up their own home selling strategy. Of course, if they ignore me and go house shopping then that becomes another strategy. There is a strategy for everything – even wedding days. 

A Week in My Life

On The Market

Your home is online, the For Sale board is up and you have had your first Open for Inspection. How are you feeling? 

Your agent should have been in touch with you immediately following the open, giving you feedback on numbers through and their thoughts. 

There will be objections from buyers – usually things you already know and made the decision that you wouldn’t change, some things there is nothing that you could do about them – think the road, the location, position etc. 

It always amuses me when a buyer asks where a 3rd bedroom is when all the marketing indicates there are only 2. 

No house will be perfect for every buyer. Even if your kitchen is brand new, buyers will pick on your bathroom or your colour or design choice. 

When they buy the home they can make the changes, the seller cannot accommodate all the options.

A home that is tenanted can be a problem with presentation. The renters have less skin in the game than an owner occupier. To the renter, it is a major intrusion and they can be uncooperative – you are disturbing their home and they have no control. They often will have to move and this can be expensive. More bond, removalists, possible school changes, the hassle of address changes, the change itself is a hassle. 

It’s why agents prefer to vacate tenants prior to the home going on the market. Yes, it can take longer, and the seller won’t be receiving rent but it’s easier.