Selling Tips

Call Terri Barclay any time for a confidential discussion on how she can help you achieve the best possible price for your property.

Phone 3409 4500
Fax 3409 4280
Mobile 0417 751 905

Email: terri@tbarclayrealestate.com

Some tips to help you sell your property:

Remember that more than one for sale sign on a property can give the impression to prospective buyers that you are desperate.

New paint or renovations are not always necessary to sell a home. Often just cleaning up the yard is enough.

Make sure that all garden tools, vehicles, toys etc are tidied away. Look at your yard and home critically and dispose of anything that you do not really need and that is providing ‘clutter’.

When the agent brings someone through the house, if you can, go out.

Prospective purchasers always feel more comfortable in a home if the owners are not there, which means that they will stay longer, which means that they have more time to fall in love with your property!

Guarding against Termites

We all know of those nasty little pests' white ants and the terrible damage that they can do in such a short time.

Here are a few hints to help keep them away from your home.

Do not put garden beds directly against your house. Always leave a gap around the walls of your house, stumps and slab, so that termites cannot use vegetation and built up soil and mulch as a bridge to your home. Do not let soil build up around footings or lattice work around the bottom of the building.
Don't use logs or timber as edging for gardens that are near the house.
Do not have any items leaning against the outside walls of your home. Termites will use something as simple as a shovel with a wooden handle left against an outside wall for any period of time as a bridge to your property.
Though bark is great mulch it should not be used too close to the home as termites love it.
Fix any leaking taps as soon as possible. Not only will you save water but termites are attracted to moisture.
Do not despair if you find termites in your yard, this is not uncommon on our lush bushy Island home, and does not necessarily mean that there are termites in your home. However keep an eye out for those tell tale mud tracks any where near the house. Ant caps are used on the stumps of most buildings. These are put in place not to stop white ants but to allow you to see the bridges that they build to get around the caps. Regularly check these ant caps.
Baits are a relatively cost effective way to control termites on your property. They are placed around your property and the termites eat them and take the poison back to the nest.
If you do happen to find a termite track do not just knock it down and forget about it. The termites may already be established inside your home and be happily eating away and destroying your very large investment. Many people say that they can actually hear termites chewing in the walls and others use moisture meters which gauge where termites are active, but the safest way to detect termites is to call in a profession pest controller.

Termite can cause major damage, but by keeping your yard tidy and checking your home often you can help to avoid them.