Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal
This is one of the major factors in securing a rapid sale and maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal
Generous outside dining and entertaining areas.
Buyers especially new buyers to Portugal are looking for more than just a home they want outside spaces so that they can easily entertain family and friends in the warm summer evenings. I am sure it’s what you wanted when you bought your home in the firsts place.
These outside entertaining areas need to have shade not just from the summer sun but from the low light of the sunset if they are west facing Castelo Construction Lda www.casteloconstruction.com has many examples of this type of outside dining area built to the need of individual clients to suite their locations..
At the opposite end of the year you need good and effective heating. Preferably logs or wood pellets. The demonstration of a warm, welcoming home is vital to prove that your home is cozy and comfortable in the winter.
Which brings me on to an important question. is your house insulated?. You should be able to state confidently that your home is warm in winter and cool in summer. If your house is actually insulated you should be able to show the low fuel bills or running costs to an potential buyer.
Wood fire or stove: Wood is good, there is something appealing about a wood stove so its worth having one even if it’s not your sole source of heating.
Good views of open countryside, sunsets, mountains or the sea. Sounds obvious but these views must be from a home that is easily accessible. We are not talking lord of the rings here just nice stretching views.
Large or walk in showers. People envisage hot days and warm nights so being able to cool off in a nice environment is high on buyers feel good list.
Fruit trees, everyone likes a little back to nature. Your buyers may be in 9 to 5 jobs just praying for the available time to stroll down the garden and pick a peach or an orange from their trees. This feel good factor will help you sell your house as it is appealing to a wide range of potential buyers.
Large windows, To access the views without bending double, secure and easy to lock, double glazed.
2 guest rooms en-suite. We are at the top end of house values here. Or of course in a smaller home you could make the bedrooms and en-suite bathrooms smaller and raise your selling price.
Swimming pools. In ground liner or glass tiles they definitely add value and sell-ability to any home. I have met people who said that when they were looking for a home they didn’t want a pool. They ended up buying a house with a pool but of course they didn’t fill it in they just used it and enjoyed the family using it. Better to have than have not.
No matter how perfect you home is many potential buyers feel the need to make changes no matter how cosmetic the changes are to thier new home. So the potential to make small changes is a good thing
If the price of the property is near the buyers price limit its good to show them just how cheep it is to live in Portugal and specifically your house ! have proof of running costs available.
Maintaining or increasing your home value in Portugal
