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Presenting your properties bedroom

Presenting your bedrooms;
  • It goes without saying 'put your toys away!'Bedrooms should be tidy, clean and fresh. Keep surfaces and floors clear of clutter, especially shoes and bags. Give the room a deep clean - fresh air helps
  • Once your bedroom is clean and clear you must remove all essence of your personality. Think of elegant hotel rooms. Comfortable and stylish, they are impersonal. No one wants to be confronted with someone else's make-up or tubes of haemorrhoid cream! Such distractions will create a negative image.
  • Bedspreads make beds look tidier. Add some large scatter cushions in silk or velvet for a feeling of luxury. Make sure everyone in the household is up, and all the beds are made.
  • Do not be fooled into thinking that your viewers will be too embarrassed to open cupboards, they won't !!. They will want to see how much storage space they will have. They will not want the contents to come tumbling down as they open doors.
  • The decor in a bedroom should be neutral. Do not forget to hang some suitable pictures or mirrors. A room can look cold and lifeless with nothing on the walls.
  • Change your light fitting for something elegant - a chandelier, perhaps, or an up lighter that hides the ugly light bulb.
  • Although bedrooms should be as clear of clutter as possible, do not be too harsh on your children. It's their home as well and if their rooms are brutally tidy, they will be miserable. Pack up toys in boxes, storing most away. Alternate the boxes so they play with toys in rotation. Teenagers love posters, but keep them to a minimum and frame them (clip frames are quite inexpensive) for a smarter finish.
  • Spare bedrooms crammed wall-to-wall with boxes and junk are not attractive. You must show a spare room as a bedroom. It should have a bed, bedside tables, lamps, pictures/mirrors on the walls and if space, a chair. It should look just as attractive as your main bedroom, so if it hasn't been decorated for a while, get painting.
  • If you use a bedroom as a study/office, it must always be tidy. Boxes of files and personal papers all over the place are not acceptable. The room, usually the smallest bedroom anyway, will look cramped and cluttered. You cannot expect potential purchasers to use their imagination, so pack as much as you can away out of sight. If showing a property during the winter don't over-heat the bedrooms. The rest of the property should be warm and cosy, but most people prefer a fresher atmosphere in which to sleep. If the room is too hot, it will feel uncomfortable and stuffy and, therefore, less attractive.
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