Sell smarter this spring with tips to boost your sale price
Teleisha Thomas
June 2025Spring remains the most active and competitive time for the property market. If you are thinking of a move in the second half of this year, now is the time to prepare. In this article, we’ll highlight the five key steps to prepare your home for a spring sale.
Visit other homes in the area
Start by browsing online and looking at similar properties to yours within your neighbourhood. This will give you a good insight into what other homes are available and essentially will aid you in understanding how your home compares with others on the market.
Check out Jellis Craig Suburb Reports for detailed information on your suburb’s current market.
Speak to your local property expert
One of the most important first steps in the process is to request an appraisal from your local property expert. Beyond providing a professional price evaluation, your agent can offer clear, strategic advice on updates that are worth your investment, ensuring your home hits the market in peak condition and attracts serious buyers from day one. Your agent might suggest the following:
- Flooring refresh: Many older homes have orange-toned Baltic pine floorboards or dark carpets that make rooms feel dated and dull. Stripping and lime washing timber floors or replacing carpet with a high-loop, light-toned option can completely modernise your space and appeal to potential buyers.
- Paint: Painting in crisp, modern tones like Natural White help unify the home and brighten interiors. ‘Feature walls’ had their time in the early 2000s. 2025 is all about unity in colour across the home.
- Maximise street appeal: First impressions matter. Updates like trimming hedges, removing oversized sheds, adding new grass and dark mulch in winter are key to appealing to potential buyers. Pressure washing paths and windows will create a welcoming exterior. For Victorian or Edwardian homes, a freshly painted façade can dramatically improve your curb appeal.
Refresh your lighting scheme: Outdated or cold lighting can instantly date a home. Switching to warm white globes and replacing fittings with simple, modern pendants will bring new life to your living areas.
Whether your home needs a deep clean, street appeal refresh, or cosmetic updates throughout, our Concierge Service coordinates trusted trades and stylists to complete works quickly and to a high standard. Jellis Craig Eltham agent, John LeGros, recently utilised our Concierge Service for an interstate-based vendor, with an outstanding result.
The result was a beautifully finished family home that attracted strong interest and achieved a fantastic outcome. It’s an ideal example of how strategic updates and professional styling can elevate a property and deliver real impact in today’s market.
John LeGros, Senior Sales Consultant
Declutter and clean
Decluttering is a must when preparing to sell, so it’s worth starting early. Work from the front of the home to the back, removing excess items and either donating or selling anything unwanted. Keep personal belongings to a minimum so potential buyers can imagine themselves in the space. Once decluttering is done, hire professional cleaners to help with overlooked areas such as drains and gutters.
Building and pest inspection and paperwork
A pest and building inspection will highlight any major issues with your property so that you can address them before you start your sales campaign.
The garden
With more and more buyers viewing outdoor spaces, gardens, and courtyards as extensions of the home, it is important to make sure this area looks its best. The best preparation for your outdoor space includes planting new flowers in garden beds, spreading fresh mulch, and upgrading outdoor furniture if required. When your property campaign is live, further updates to your outdoor space include: mowing the lawn, weeding garden beds, trimming greenery and edging walkways, and ensuring your pool is sparkling and the pool fence is clean.
Whether you are thinking of the next move or just want to consider your options, a property appraisal is the first step towards your next property move. Discover the current market value of your home with a Jellis Craig property appraisal today.
