Estate Agents want bedrooms

I'm being told more and more by Estate Agents to set all upstairs rooms up as bedrooms when you're selling your home.  I usually examine the local market before deciding whether one of the bedrooms should be shown as a study or not, but I'm happy to take the agents opinion on this - they know their buyers best!

Before - a large bedroom used as a study

After, a simple transformation into a bedroom - made even easier as there was a suitable space downstairs for the study.

Simple updates are often the most effective...

This was the most dated room in the house - all clean and in good repair, but just dated.

As this was the only room we had decided to paint, it was an easy job to replace the pelmet with a pole - still using the same curtains - replace the dated headboard, change the position of the artwork, and add one accessory to the window instead of five. 

The room appeared to double in size, and would appeal to many more vendors like this.

See this article about me in the Notts Evening Post this week...

This was almost a double-page spread in the Notts Evening Post, including lots of my tips on preparing a home for sale. Let me know what you think! Click the link below:


Nottingham Evening Post

You just have to see this transformation!!!

I think this has to be my favourite transformation EVER! When you're not selling your house, you can use your rooms however you want to, but as soon as it's going on the market, each room has to make sense.  This amazing party room was to be listed as a "Dining Hall", but it was right next to a beautiful dining room, and the only living room in the house was more like a Snug, so it made sense to turn it into a large Living Room.

Before - as a "Dining Hall"

After - as a beautiful Living Room

Don't let the triffids take over

When you're selling a home, reclaim any large areas that have been taken over by the triffids - it's amazing how more spacious a room or a garden can feel if you thin-out the plants/bushes.

Transformed in one HOUR...

Looking forward to completing this house on Thursday!

8th February 2012:  I needed to demonstrate how this room could look if we transformed it from a dining room into a living room, so I spent less than an hour moving furniture around and 'pinching' from other rooms. This isn't the final result, we need more furniture brought in and a larger rug, but it gives a good idea of how it would look.

SOLD! With two buyers to choose from..

I've just had one of those lovely emails from a client - "WE'VE SOLD!"

Two potential buyers, so they had a choice!  Brilliant.

Here's the full house:    http://www.homemakeoverservice.co.uk/e17.php