Trying to sell your house can cost a fortune, there are never ending fees from estate agents, a whole host of reports and tests and certificates your house needs just to be legal on the market and that’s not to mention all those tiny little bits and pieces you’ve been meaning to fix for years that you need to do if you actually want it to sell. And it’s not exactly a speed process it can take months or even years to sell a house and in the meantime you’ve got to put up with a constant stream of strangers traipsing through your home picking at all those little bits the estate agent just pointed out. You might want to try distracting yourself in the mean time with a few simple jobs to help you home sell a bit quicker.

If you want to inject some new life into a room a lick of paint can work wonders. Look around your bathroom and I’ll be you’ll be able to find several little things you can fix to improve its appeal. Little things like putting in new bathroom taps if they’re starting to look dingy can be relatively cheap. Shower curtains can be enough to put someone off the whole room if it’s looking dank and mouldy, they’re cheap and easy to replace so you’ve got no excuse here. If you want to add some glamour to your bathroom you could try backlit mirrors. This quite literally brighten up any bathroom as well as making it look modern and friendly.

Now it’s time to move onto the rest of the house now you can see how easy it is. Perspective buyers are going to be looking at how much light each room gets so make sure the window is framed by clean nice curtains. You don’t have to completely decorate every room in the house, just painting one wall a different colour can inject whole new lease of life into it. Lampshades are another common overlooked feature when trying to sell a house, make sure they’re not dusty and try and keep them both plain and neutral or make sure they compliment the decor of the room.