Selling within 12 months? Before you spend a dollar on the property, read this.

What's inside

Most pre-sale advice conveniently ends with you spending more. This guide is the opposite. Seventeen pages of specific, practical direction on where money moves buyers and where it disappears:

• The one rule that decides every pre-sale spend
• A 14-point self-assessment with a readiness score
• What buyers notice in kitchens and bathrooms, and the renovations they will not pay you back for
• The full list of things NOT to spend money on before selling
• A realistic 30-day action plan for a working household
• An interactive checklist you can work through page by page

No inflated promises or expensive upgrades for the sake of it. Just a practical framework for deciding what is worth doing before you sell, and what is not.

Written by Daniel Byrne

I'm Daniel Byrne, Principal of Farrer Property Co in East Gosford. I started the agency to give homeowners direct, practical advice without the handovers, pressure or unnecessary sales talk that can come with larger agencies. I personally handle every property I represent, from the first conversation through to the sale.

This guide brings together the same advice I give homeowners across East Gosford, Erina, Green Point, Springfield and Saratoga when we first walk through their property and work out what is genuinely worth doing before going to market.