Extreme Selling House
  • Install a Rollercoaster

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    Maybe your home just isn’t exciting enough to attract hoards of buyers… Well why not jazz up your viewings with an added adrenaline rush and build a mini-rollercoaster to take people on a high-speed tour around your home. That should do the trick.

  • Provide Virtual Reality Tours

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    Harrods became the first ever department store to sell luxury homes– and best of all they used virtual reality Oculus Rift headsets to let wealthy buyers nose around multi-million pound mansions from the comfort of their sofa.

  • Make a Music Video

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    If the bog-standard video tour doesn’t spark your excitement, then why not take the leap into a musical version. It’s a tough task treading the fine line between dreadfully awful an utterly brilliant, but we think Andrew from AndrewK Property hits the nail on the head.

  • Paint a Giant Sign

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    Paint a giant For Sale sign with a contact number on the roof of your home like John Lincoln – “We do get several hot air balloons, light aircraft, micro-lights and parachutists around here”.

  • Bake a Cake

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    Bake a couple thousand cupcakes with pictures of your home printed onto the icing and hand them out anywhere and everywhere like Roger Bailey did for his Berkshire home– everyone loves cupcakes.

  • Raffle your House

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    Raffle off your home like this savvy American homeowner by selling $10 tickets to 10,000 people – when people see a big sign saying “Win a house for $10” they tend to stop and pay attention.

  • Back to Basics

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    Sometimes the simple stunts are the most effective – go back to basics like Tim Mason and traipse around town wearing a DIY sandwich board For Sale sign.

  • Sell Your Lifestyle

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    Get home-hunters to buy into your lifestyle as well as your home and offer up your convertible 2008 Bentley with your property – as if the multi-million pound mega-mansion wasn’t enough on its own!

  • Hire Synchronised Swimmers

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    Are you selling a home with a swimming pool, but don’t know how to give it that extra wow-factor? Why not hire an entire team of synchronised swimmers to perform as you show potential buyers around your home!

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