Spending money on Dublin apartment before selling?

Sarenco said:
we managed to recoup the renovation spend
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Luck + rising market most likely.

Empty the place - leaving basic furniture in place. Put a bedspread on the beds, & steam clean / scrub the place within an inch of its life. Remove the curtains, clean the windows.

Make sure you review the photos before they go online & the loo seats are down.

A good paint job can help speed a sale but a "slap on a gallon of white emulsion" job will look just that.
 
@DannyBoyD

General house price inflation was actually relatively muted at the time and there was only a gap of roughly 12 weeks between initially placing the apartment on the market, completing the renovations and going sale agreed.

I think properties that are genuinely in “walk in” condition sell for a modest premium and they definitely shift more quickly.
 
DannyBoyD said:
Dont know if its gender related, but the number of times I see estate agent photos & no one thinks of it. Who wants to be reminded someone just used the loo!
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Anecdotal alert: I have gone sale agreed on 5, sold 3 and bought 2 properties over the last 20 years and in all my viewings I have never noticed whether it was up, down or shaking all about. A clean place is always more welcome and an obvious paint slapping is always suspicious imho.
 
ClubMan said:
But that's still just speculation
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That's all they do...they speculate as to the value, advertise it for way less and then say they got you full market value. Most of the ones I have dealth with are just spoofers.

@Funkymunky I would recommend freshening it up a bit. I have done this two properties in the past 18 months and both sold for (at the time) high prices in the area/estate. Somebody buying it has to feel they can walk in and have to do nothing. Even if they end up repainting it, they still want to be be able to move in and not have to immediately decorate.
 
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