Not one fix but all of them, applied together. None of this is a remodel, and the whole list costs less than doing over a single room.
Without the archive
With it
The wallsCool grey throughout, plus one bold accent wall that anchors every photograph.
The wallsWarm neutral, sampled at three times of day. The highest cost-recovery change available to a seller.
The furnitureA sectional you walk around. The room disappears behind it.
The furnitureA sofa under ninety inches and two chairs, with visible floor on all sides. It photographs larger.
The lightOne ceiling fixture and three different bulb colours in the same room.
The lightThree sources at three heights, every bulb the same temperature. The camera records the depth.
StorageEvery cupboard packed to the door, so the house reads as short of space.
StorageHalf to two-thirds full and visibly ordered — and you had to pack it for the move anyway.
The small stuffA dripping tap, a cracked tile, a switch that does nothing. Nobody notices them any more.
The small stuffThe whole deferred list closed, so no pattern remains for a buyer to extrapolate from.
The paperworkPermits, boundaries and disclosure all surface during due diligence, on their timetable.
The paperworkRaised voluntarily at sixty days, when a retroactive permit is routine instead of adversarial.
The first fortnightThe strongest interest the house will ever get, spent on a house that was nearly ready.
The first fortnightA finished house on day one, priced from comparables rather than from hope.
