How To Sell Your Phuket Property   by Thai Residential Phuket Property Guide

With properties, as with people, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Buyers require instantaneous reinforcement. By creating a welcoming ambience, buyers can make up their mind as soon as they walk into a property that “feels right”.

Seeing your property through the eyes of a realistic and sophisticated buyer will pay off tenfold, so meticulous attention to detail is a must.

Let’s start with the interior. The subtlest of changes can make your property more attractive to buyers, and the necessary renovations do not have to be extensive or costly.

In our experience, most buyers are looking for a modern contemporary style. Dark wood was very popular two decades ago, but doesn’t hold the same appeal with the current generation of buyers. Whitewashing a dark wooden vaulted ceiling is very inexpensive and can transform the whole room. White ceilings enhance the perceived size of the room, create amazing shifts in lighting, and allow for more noticeable furniture tones and colours.

The same applies to kitchens. Depending on the size, it is not expensive to radically change the appearance of a kitchen. Nearly every woman (and even many men) love to work in a nice kitchen.

Bathrooms also make a difference, and something as simple as new tiles can transform a bathroom at very reasonable cost.

The first things your viewers will see when they arrive are the driveway and exterior walls. For villa owners, a simple high-pressure water cleaning will rejuvenate your paths, driveway and any stone walls.

The garden can be a major selling point for villas, and you don’t have to be a botanist to make some simple yet significant changes here. Garden pots, water features, shrubs, trees and flowers make a huge difference. Attractive statues (inside or outside the house) also add to a property’s appeal.

Water features are easy and cheap. You can use water hyacinths, water lettuce – or simple duck weed if you are on a tight budget. For height, lotus plants, papyrus and thalias are perfect.Make sure you put a few guppies in the water. Guppies not only eat mosquitoes, but they don’t lay eggs (they’re live-bearing) and breed quickly.

For flower beds, Japanese daisies are easy to grow. They bloom magnificently each day before folding up at night. You can even use heliconia and bird of paradise to give your garden a truly tropical look. Don’t forget bamboo, lady palms, or giant taros (often called elephant ears) to cover unsightly fences, and the omnipresent bougainvillea always adds a splash of colour.

If you have a 5G tower or electricity pylon next door, or a condo spoiling a picturesque sea view, it’s essential to address this.

In fact, a spoiled or unsightly view is usually the main difference between a fast sale and waiting forever to dispose of your property. We’ve already mentioned bamboo and lady palms, but it may be worth investing in other taller trees like red palm, and frangipani. Ravenala (travellers palm) look superb in any garden. Some of these can be regularly trimmed, similar to caring for a bonsai tree, to make them the perfect height. If you need something bigger, then the magnificent royal poinciana (flame of the forest) also add incredible scarlet tones to any landscape.

If you already have mature trees, decorate them with ferns, orchids, dischidia or hanging moss. Birds nest ferns look stunning clinging to the trunk of a tree.

An attractive garden is not decisive for every buyer, but a neglected garden may put off some prospects. And a garden which fails to hide utility poles or unsightly views will almost certainly be a major reason your villa is not selling.

If you address all of the above, then you’re certain to increase the chances of a successful sale.

This article is from the Thai Residential Phuket Property Guide.
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