# FixxNSell > FixxNSell is a one-call home preparation and pre-listing renovation company that manages cleaning, repairs, painting, flooring, staging and curb appeal for homeowners and real estate agents. Unlike a single trade or a staging company, FixxNSell coordinates every pre-listing trade under one contract and ranks recommended work by resale return before any money is spent. ## Key facts - Founded: 2014 - Service model: One call, one project manager, one invoice - Typical turnaround: 6 working days from approval - Services covered: 12 pre-listing trades under a single contract - Pricing: Written line-item quote before any work starts - Who we serve: Homeowners, real estate agents, landlords and estate executors ## Contact - Website: https://www.fixxnsell.com/ - Based in: Missiauga, Ontario, Canada - Hours: Mon - Sat, 8:00am - 6:00pm ## Services - [Home Staging & Styling](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/home-staging-styling/): Furniture, styling and layout that make rooms photograph larger and feel move-in ready. - [Deep Cleaning & Decluttering](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/deep-cleaning-decluttering/): A pre-listing clean that goes well past a regular service - inside cupboards, windows, grout and all. - [Junk Removal & Rubbish Clearance](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/junk-removal-rubbish-clearance/): Clear-outs for garages, sheds, gardens and full estate properties, sorted for donation where possible. - [Handyman Repairs & Maintenance](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/handyman-repairs-maintenance/): The list of small defects that buyers use to negotiate - fixed in one visit by one tradesperson. - [Interior & Exterior Painting](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/interior-exterior-painting/): Neutral, buyer-friendly colour, cut in properly and finished to photograph clean. - [Flooring Replacement & Restoration](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/flooring-replacement-restoration/): Carpet, timber, vinyl plank and tile - replaced or restored where restoration is the better spend. - [Kitchen Refresh & Update](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/kitchen-refresh-update/): Targeted kitchen updates that avoid a full renovation while removing the dated look. - [Bathroom Refresh & Update](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/bathroom-refresh-update/): Regrouting, resealing, tapware, vanities and screens - the fixes that remove the "tired bathroom" objection. - [Landscaping & Garden Tidy](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/landscaping-garden-tidy/): Lawns, hedges, mulch and planting that make the first photograph do its job. - [Pressure Washing & Exterior Clean](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/pressure-washing-exterior-clean/): Driveways, paths, render, roofs and gutters - the dirt you stop seeing but buyers do not. - [Curb Appeal & Entry Makeover](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/curb-appeal-entry-makeover/): Front door, lighting, house number, letterbox and entry styling - small budget, outsized effect. - [Full Pre-Listing Preparation](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/full-pre-listing-preparation/): Hand over the whole property. One plan, one project manager, one invoice, one photography date. ## Service areas - [North City](https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/north-city/) - [Harbour & East](https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/harbour-east/) - [West & Valley](https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/west-valley/) - [South & Coastal](https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/south-coastal/) ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does it cost to get a house ready to sell? It depends far more on condition than on size. A presentation-focused preparation - deep clean, declutter, paint, small repairs, garden tidy and staging - sits at the lower end. Adding flooring, a kitchen refresh or a bathroom refresh moves it up substantially. You receive written line-item pricing before anything starts, and you can approve part of the plan rather than all of it. ### Is the walkthrough and quote really free? Yes. The walkthrough, the photographic condition report and the written ROI-ranked plan cost nothing and carry no obligation. We do this because sellers make better decisions with real numbers in front of them, and because a meaningful proportion of people who see the plan proceed with at least part of it. ### Do I have to pay before the work starts? Payment terms are set out in your quote and depend on the size of the job. Trade partners are paid by us, not by you, so you never handle multiple invoices. For qualifying projects we can discuss deferred arrangements at the walkthrough - ask us directly rather than assuming. ### Will I get the money back when the house sells? Presentation work - cleaning, paint, curb appeal, staging and small repairs - reliably returns more than it costs in most markets. Large renovations do not reliably do so before a sale, which is why we rank every recommendation by expected return and will actively tell you when a job is not worth doing. ### How long does it take to prepare a home for sale? A typical full preparation takes about six working days from the day you approve the plan. Single services are usually one to three days. Jobs involving flooring, a kitchen refresh or exterior painting run longer, and weather affects all exterior work. We schedule backwards from your photography date. ### What actually happens after I make an enquiry? We call you within one business day to understand the property and your timeline. We attend a walkthrough, usually within three to five days. A few days after that you receive a written plan with every recommended job priced and ranked by expected return. You approve what you want, or nothing. ### Do I need to move out while the work is done? Usually not. Most preparations are done around occupants, and we sequence work so you keep a functioning kitchen and bathroom for as long as possible. Staging is the exception - a fully staged home is difficult to live in normally, so we discuss partial staging where you are still in residence. ### Can you work to my photography or auction date? Yes, and that is how we build every schedule. Tell us the fixed date and we plan in reverse from it. If the timeline is genuinely too tight to deliver to standard, we will say so before you commit rather than after, and we will tell you what we would cut to make it work. ### What is the single highest-return job before selling? Deep cleaning and decluttering, followed immediately by painting. Both are inexpensive relative to their effect, both change how maintained a property appears, and both photograph obviously. Curb appeal and exterior washing come next, because the exterior photograph determines whether buyers open the listing at all. ### Should I renovate the kitchen or bathroom before selling? Usually not a full renovation. A refresh - new doors, handles, benchtop, splashback and lighting in a kitchen; regrouting, resealing, a new screen, vanity and tapware in a bathroom - removes the dated appearance at a fraction of the cost. Full renovations rarely return their cost immediately before a sale. ### Does home staging actually make a difference? Yes, primarily by increasing inspection numbers and by making rooms read as larger in photographs. Empty rooms consistently photograph smaller than furnished ones, and over-furnished rooms photograph cramped. Staging also answers the buyer's unspoken questions about how each room is meant to be used. ### Is there work you will tell me not to do? Frequently. Full kitchen and bathroom renovations immediately before sale, premium finishes in price-sensitive markets, structural changes, and cosmetic work over defects that should be disclosed instead. Sometimes the honest answer is that the property will sell as it stands and you should keep the money. ### Do you do the work yourselves or subcontract it? Assessment, quoting, project management and quality control are done by our own people. The physical trade work is done by a vetted network of partners who are insured, background-checked and paid on completion. That payment practice is why good trades stay with us and why we can get them at short notice. ### What if I only want one service? That is fine and common. Book a single service - a deep clean, a repaint, a defect list or a garden tidy - and it works exactly the same way, with a written quote and a single point of contact. There is no requirement to take a full preparation. ### What happens if something is not done properly? Tell us and we return and rectify it. Quality control is our job, not yours, and we inspect before handover rather than waiting for you to find problems. Licensed trade work additionally carries the warranty of the licensed contractor who performed it. ### Do you work with real estate agents? Yes, and a large share of our work comes through agent referrals. The agent introduces us, the seller contracts directly with us, and the agent carries no liability and handles no money. We send progress updates at each stage so the agent never has to chase. ### Can you handle a deceased estate or an inherited property? Yes. We handle full-property clearances for executors, boxing and setting aside items the family wants kept before anything else is touched, arranging donation of usable goods, and then preparing the property for sale. Executors receive photographed progress updates so they can keep family informed remotely. ### What areas do you cover? See the service areas page for current coverage. Each area has a local project manager and a local trade network. If we do not have a team where your property is, we will tell you immediately rather than accepting the job and subcontracting it to people we do not know. ## Pages - [Home](https://www.fixxnsell.com/) - [About Us](https://www.fixxnsell.com/about/) - [Services](https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/) - [For Real Estate Agents](https://www.fixxnsell.com/for-realtors/) - [Service Areas](https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/) - [Before & After](https://www.fixxnsell.com/before-and-after/) - [Testimonials](https://www.fixxnsell.com/testimonials/) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.fixxnsell.com/faq/) - [Franchise Ownership](https://www.fixxnsell.com/franchise-ownership/) - [Insights & Guides](https://www.fixxnsell.com/insights/) - [Contact](https://www.fixxnsell.com/contact/) - [Our Team](https://www.fixxnsell.com/team/) - [Careers](https://www.fixxnsell.com/careers-at-fixxnsell/) - [FixxNSell Renovate](https://www.fixxnsell.com/renovate/) - [How It Works](https://www.fixxnsell.com/how-it-works/) - [For Landlords & Property Managers](https://www.fixxnsell.com/for-landlords/) - [Estate & Executor Services](https://www.fixxnsell.com/estate-executor-services/) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.fixxnsell.com/privacy-policy/) - [Terms of Service](https://www.fixxnsell.com/terms/) - [Thank You](https://www.fixxnsell.com/thank-you/) - [Site Index](https://www.fixxnsell.com/site-index/) - [Cookie Policy](https://www.fixxnsell.com/cookie-policy/) ## Optional - [Full text of key pages](https://www.fixxnsell.com/llms-full.txt) - [XML sitemap](https://www.fixxnsell.com/wp-sitemap.xml) --- Generated by the FixxNSell WordPress theme. Last updated: 2026-08-08 ===== FULL PAGE CONTENT ===== # Home URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/ The homepage is built from Customizer sections. Edit it under Appearance → Customize → 3. Homepage Sections. --- # About Us URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/about/ Summary: FixxNSell is a home preparation company that assesses a property, ranks every recommended job by expected resale return, then manages the cleaning, repairs, painting, flooring, staging and landscaping through a vetted trade network - under one contract, one project manager and one invoice. FixxNSell exists because preparing a home for sale is a coordination problem disguised as a renovation problem. Most sellers know roughly what needs doing. What defeats them is booking nine trades, chasing four quotes each, and sequencing it all around a listing date that will not move. What we actually are We are a home preparation company, not a renovation company and not a staging company. We assess a property, rank the work by what it will return at sale, and then manage every trade required to deliver it. Our own people do the assessment, the project management and the quality control. The physical work is done by a vetted network of trades we have built and paid properly for years. How we decide what to recommend Every recommendation is measured against one question: will this change what a buyer is prepared to pay, by more than it costs? That question rules out a surprising amount of work that sellers assume they need, and it rules in cheap items that sellers routinely skip. Presentation work almost always returns more than structural work before a sale Paint, floors, cleaning and curb appeal outperform kitchens and bathrooms per dollar in most markets A defect list left unfixed invites a larger deduction than the repair would have cost Some work is better disclosed than done, and we will say so Who we work with Homeowners preparing to sell, real estate agents who want a listing brought up to standard without managing it themselves, landlords turning a property between tenancies, and executors handling estate properties on a timeline. How we treat trades The quality of any project management business is the quality of its trade network, and trades stay where they are treated well. Our partners are insured, background-checked and paid on completion rather than in sixty days. That is why we can get good people at short notice when a listing date moves. What we will not do We will not recommend work we do not believe returns its cost. We will not quote a figure and then invoice a larger one. We will not put a cosmetic fix over a defect that should be disclosed. And we will not take a job we cannot deliver by your photography date – we will tell you it is too tight instead. --- # Services URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/ Summary: FixxNSell offers twelve pre-listing services: full property preparation, deep cleaning and decluttering, junk removal, handyman repairs, interior and exterior painting, flooring, kitchen refresh, bathroom refresh, landscaping, pressure washing, curb appeal and home staging - all coordinated under a single contract. Every trade a property needs before it goes to market, coordinated under a single contract. Take one service on its own, or hand us the whole property and deal with one project manager until the photographer arrives. How to choose what you actually need Sellers usually over-invest in one big job and under-invest in five small ones. The reliable order of return, in most markets, runs like this. Deep clean and declutter – the cheapest work with the largest effect Painting – the highest return per dollar of any surface work Curb appeal and exterior washing – decides whether buyers click the listing at all Handyman repairs – each unfixed defect invites a larger deduction Flooring – restore before you replace Staging – multiplies the value of everything above it Kitchen and bathroom refresh – worth it as a refresh, rarely as a renovation Or skip the decision entirely Book a free walkthrough and we will hand you a written plan with every recommended job priced and ranked by expected return. You draw the line wherever your budget sits. --- # For Real Estate Agents URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/for-realtors/ Summary: Real estate agents refer a listing to FixxNSell, the seller contracts directly with us, and we take the property from its current condition to photography-ready by the agent's chosen date. The agent carries no liability, handles no money, and receives progress updates at each stage. You already know which of your listings would sell faster and higher with two weeks of work. The problem has never been knowing – it has been who manages it, who fronts the cost, and whose weekend disappears chasing a painter. What referring a listing to us looks like You introduce us to the seller, or send us their details with permission We do the walkthrough and produce the ROI-ranked plan The seller approves and contracts directly with us – you carry no liability and handle no money You receive progress updates at each stage without asking We hand the property over photography-ready on the date you set Why agents keep sending us listings The listing goes to market looking like the price you quoted at the appraisal. The seller has a better campaign and a better experience, and they associate that with you. And you did not spend a single evening coordinating trades. We work to your dates, not ours Photography date, first open, auction date – tell us the fixed point and we schedule backwards from it. If the timeline is genuinely too tight to deliver properly, we will say so before you promise it to the vendor rather than after. Appraisal support If it helps you win the listing, we can attend the appraisal with you and give the seller an indicative preparation figure on the spot. Sellers respond well to a specific number attached to a specific plan, and it makes the higher appraisal price credible. What we ask of you Introduce us honestly, do not promise timelines you have not checked with us, and tell us when the campaign strategy changes. That is the whole arrangement. --- # Service Areas URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/ Summary: FixxNSell operates through local teams, each with a project manager based in the area and a trade network that works there regularly. This means same-day site attendance, short-notice scheduling, and preparation advice based on what comparable listings in that specific market have done. Home preparation is a local business whether or not the brand is. Trades have to be within reach at short notice, the project manager has to be able to attend site the same day, and the advice has to reflect what buyers in that particular market are paying for. What “local” means in practice A project manager based in your area, not dispatched from head office Trade partners who work that area regularly and can attend at short notice Recommendations based on what comparable listings nearby have done Same-day site attendance when something goes wrong Not sure whether we cover you Send us the address. If we do not have a team in your area we will tell you straight away rather than taking the job and subcontracting it to someone we do not know. --- # Before & After URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/before-and-after/ Photographs of finished work are easy to find. What is harder to find is the number that followed. Every project below lists what was done, how long it took and what happened at sale, because that is the only part that matters to a seller deciding whether to spend. Drag the slider on any project to compare the before and after. --- # Testimonials URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/testimonials/ Reviews from sellers, agents and executors who used the service. We publish them as written, including the ones that mention what could have gone better. --- # Frequently Asked Questions URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/faq/ Summary: Most pre-listing preparation projects take about six working days from approval and are quoted as a written line-item price before work begins. The highest-return jobs are almost always deep cleaning, painting, curb appeal and small repairs, not kitchen or bathroom renovations. The questions sellers and agents ask most often, answered directly. If yours is not here, call us – we would rather answer it once properly than have you guess. --- # Franchise Ownership URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/franchise-ownership/ Summary: A FixxNSell franchise is a home-based project management business in home preparation. The franchisee does not perform the trade work; they build real estate agent relationships, run walkthroughs, quote jobs and manage a vetted local trade network within an exclusive territory. A FixxNSell franchise is a home-based project management business. You do not swing a hammer and you do not carry a warehouse. You build relationships with real estate agents, run walkthroughs, quote work and manage a local trade network. What the business actually involves Meeting sellers and agents, and running free walkthroughs Producing ROI-ranked quotes using our pricing framework Recruiting, vetting and scheduling local trade partners Supervising work and running quality control Building the agent referral network in your exclusive territory Who it suits People who are comfortable in front of strangers, organised enough to run several jobs at once, and content to make money by coordinating rather than by doing. Trade experience helps but is not required – the skill that decides the outcome is relationship building. Who it does not suit Anyone looking for a passive investment. This is an owner-operated business and the referral network only exists if you go out and build it. If you do not want to spend your first year meeting real estate agents, this is not the right opportunity. What comes with the territory An exclusive, defined territory Structured training covering sales, quoting, scheduling and quality control Operating software for jobs, quotes, trades and customer communication Brand, marketing assets and a location page on this website Trade recruitment materials and assessment guides Ongoing coaching rather than a manual and a handshake The honest version of the economics Revenue depends almost entirely on how many agent relationships you build in the first twelve months. Franchisees who treat the first year as a sales role do well. Franchisees who wait for the brand to generate leads do not. We would rather you hear that now than discover it in month eight. Next step Send an enquiry and we will send you the information pack and arrange a call. If your territory is already taken we will tell you immediately rather than keeping you in a pipeline. --- # North City URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/north-city/ Summary: FixxNSell North City prepares homes for sale across the northern suburbs, covering Northgate, Riverbend, Hillcrest, Summerfield, Oakridge, Stonebrook, Fairview and Westmount. The local team attends site the same day and typically delivers a full preparation in six working days. The northern suburbs are dominated by family buyers who inspect on weekends and compare three or four properties in an afternoon. That comparison is unforgiving: whichever home reads as best maintained wins the second inspection, and the second inspection is where offers come from. What sells homes in this market Presentation of living and outdoor areas, because buyers here are picturing family life Storage that is visible, which means garages and wardrobes cleared out A defect-free walkthrough, because buyers arrive with building reports in mind Street appeal, since most inspections start with a drive-past the week before Local turnaround Our northern trade partners work this area every week, which means short-notice scheduling is realistic rather than aspirational. If your photography date moves forward, tell us and we will tell you honestly whether we can hold the standard. --- # Insights & Guides URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/insights/ --- # Home Staging & Styling URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/home-staging-styling/ Summary: Home staging is the process of arranging furniture, lighting and decor so a property photographs well and feels larger to buyers. A staged home typically attracts more inspection bookings than an empty or over-furnished one, because buyers can see how each room is meant to be used. Buyers decide how they feel about a home within seconds of the first photo. Staging is not decoration for its own sake – it is the practical work of making rooms read as spacious, bright and easy to live in, so more people book an inspection and more of them can imagine themselves there. Why staging changes the sale price, not just the photos An unstaged room forces a buyer to do imaginative work: where does the sofa go, is that bedroom big enough for a queen bed, why is that corner dark. Every question you leave unanswered is a reason to offer less. Staging answers those questions visually, before anyone walks in. Empty rooms consistently read as smaller than furnished ones in photographs Over-furnished rooms read as cramped and dated Mismatched lighting makes even a renovated home look tired A clear focal point in each room slows a buyer down as they scroll What we stage, and what we deliberately leave alone We stage the rooms that carry the campaign – entry, living, dining, kitchen bench, the main bedroom and the primary outdoor space. Secondary bedrooms get a light touch. We will tell you plainly when a room is better left empty than filled with hire furniture that does not fit it. Staging works best in sequence Styling last, trades first. Painting, flooring, repairs and a deep clean all happen before staging, because bringing furniture into a half-finished home costs you a second install. If you book staging with us as part of a full preparation, we schedule the whole run backwards from your photography date. --- # Contact URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/contact/ Summary: To book a free FixxNSell walkthrough, send the enquiry form or call us. We respond within one business day, attend the property within three to five days, and provide a written plan ranking every recommended job by expected resale return, with line-item pricing and no obligation. Tell us about the property and we will arrange a free walkthrough. There is no obligation to proceed and no charge for the assessment or the written plan. What happens after you send this form We call you within one business day to understand the property and your timeline We book a walkthrough, usually within three to five days You receive a written, ROI-ranked plan with line-item pricing You approve whatever part of it you want, or none of it If your timeline is tight Call rather than emailing. If your photography date is inside two weeks we will tell you honestly on the phone whether we can deliver properly, and what we would cut to make it work. --- # Our Team URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/team/ Summary: The FixxNSell team is made up of local project managers who own each job end to end, a trade network manager who vets and schedules every contractor, and client relationship staff who keep sellers and referring agents informed without being chased. A project management business is only as good as the people running the projects. These are the people who will walk your property, write your plan and answer the phone when you call. Why we introduce them by name Most home improvement companies do not tell you who will turn up. We do, because the relationship between you and your project manager is the whole service. If something goes wrong, you will know exactly whose name is on it. --- # Careers URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/careers-at-fixxnsell/ Summary: FixxNSell hires project managers, business development staff and licensed trade partners. Trade partners receive consistent volume with a written scope for every job and are paid on completion rather than on extended terms, and are not required to quote or manage clients. We hire for two very different things: people who manage projects, and trades who do the work. Both matter equally, and we treat both the same way. What it is like working here Small teams with real autonomy – nobody is checking your activity dashboard Trades are paid on completion, which removes most of the friction in this industry We say no to work we cannot deliver properly, so you are not set up to fail Honest scoping – if a client wants nine days of work in four, we tell them, not you For trades If you are a licensed contractor – painter, plasterer, tiler, electrician, plumber, landscaper, cleaner or handyman – we are always adding to the network. Consistent volume, written scope, paid on completion, and no client chasing. No suitable role listed? Send an expression of interest below. We keep them on file and we do come back to them, particularly for trades. --- # FixxNSell Renovate URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/renovate/ Summary: FixxNSell Renovate is the post-purchase side of the business. It uses the same vetted trade network and single project manager model, but the work is ranked by how much the owner will use and enjoy it rather than by resale return - covering move-in updates, room-by-room renovation and deferred maintenance. Everything on the rest of this site is about preparing a home for someone else. This part is about making a home right for you. Same trades, different brief When you are selling, every decision is measured against resale return. When you have just bought, that constraint disappears – the only question is whether you will enjoy it. So the advice changes completely. We stop ranking work by resale value and start ranking it by how much you will use it Timelines get relaxed, because there is no photography date We work around you living in the house rather than racing to empty it You can spend on the things buyers never pay for but owners love What people usually ask us for Move-in updates done before the furniture arrives – paint, floors, deep clean Room-by-room renovation spread over months rather than all at once Kitchen and bathroom work done properly rather than cosmetically The jobs that never get done: storage, lighting, the spare room, the garden Maintenance catch-up on a house that was sold to you “as is” How it works The same as the selling side: a free consultation, a written line-item quote, one project manager and one invoice. The difference is that the plan is built around your life rather than a listing date. Doing it before you move in is cheaper Painting an empty house costs less than painting around furniture. Replacing floors before you unpack costs less than moving everything twice. If you have settled but not moved in yet, that window is the cheapest renovation opportunity you will get – and it usually closes within a few weeks. --- # How It Works URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/how-it-works/ Summary: The FixxNSell process has four steps: a free 45-75 minute walkthrough, a written plan ranking every recommended job by expected resale return with fixed line-item pricing, managed delivery by a single project manager working backwards from your photography date, and a final handover inspection before the photographer arrives. Four steps, one point of contact, and a written plan you can stop at any point. Here is exactly what happens from the moment you call. Step 1 – The free walkthrough We attend the property, photograph every room and the exterior, and ask two questions: what price are you hoping for, and when do you need to be on the market. Then we walk the property looking for the gap between where it is and what that price requires. Takes 45 to 75 minutes for an average home No charge and no obligation You do not need to tidy up first – we would rather see it as it is Bring your agent if you have one, it makes the plan sharper Step 2 – The ROI-ranked plan Two to four days later you receive a written document. Every recommended job is listed with a fixed line-item price and a ranking by expected return on that spend. The cheap high-impact work sits at the top. The expensive marginal work sits at the bottom, clearly marked as optional. You can draw a line anywhere on that list. Approving the top half and going to market is a perfectly good commercial decision, and plenty of our clients do exactly that. Step 3 – We manage the trades Once you approve, one project manager owns the job. They book the trades, sequence the work in dependency order, attend site, check quality and send you progress updates. You do not chase anybody. Schedule built backwards from your photography date Exterior work first, so surfaces have time to dry Wet-area and electrical before surfaces Paint before flooring Final deep clean after the last trade leaves, not before Staging last Step 4 – Photography-ready handover We walk the property with you before the photographer arrives. Anything that is not right gets fixed then, not after your listing photos are already taken. What you actually have to do Attend one walkthrough. Approve a written plan. Provide access. Attend a final inspection. That is the entire demand on your time. And if we think you should not spend the money We will tell you. Sometimes a property will sell as it stands, or the market in your area simply is not paying for the work being considered. Saying so costs us a job and keeps the relationship, which is the better trade. --- # For Landlords & Property Managers URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/for-landlords/ Summary: For landlords and property managers, FixxNSell handles the full tenancy turnover in a single booking: exit clean to inspection standard, the outgoing condition report repair list, repainting, carpets, garden reset and rubbish removal, finishing with a dated photographed completion report that can be used as bond dispute evidence. Every week a rental sits empty costs you a week of rent. Turnovers are a scheduling problem more than a trade problem, and scheduling is what we do. Tenancy turnover, handled in one booking Exit clean to inspection standard, including inside appliances and window tracks Repair list from the outgoing condition report closed out Touch-up or full repaint where marks will not clean off Carpet steam clean, or replacement where it is past cleaning Garden reset and rubbish removal Photographed completion report for your records and for the bond dispute you hope never happens Why the photographed report matters Bond disputes are decided on evidence. We photograph every item we complete and every pre-existing defect we find, and you receive that as a dated record. It has saved landlords more in disputes than the clean itself cost. Preparing a rental for sale is different A tenanted property being sold has competing interests: the tenant lives there, the buyer needs to see it well, and you need access. We work around occupied properties routinely and we deal with the tenant respectfully, because a hostile tenant will cost you far more than any presentation gain. Portfolio work If you manage multiple properties, we can hold a standing scope and pricing schedule so a turnover is a single email rather than a quote request each time. Ask us about it – it saves both sides a lot of administration. --- # Estate & Executor Services URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/estate-executor-services/ Summary: For deceased estates, FixxNSell clears and prepares the property for sale on the executor's timeline. Items the family wants kept are boxed and set aside before anything is removed, usable goods are donated with receipts, progress photographs are sent every second day so remote family can follow along, and the estate receives a single invoice. Preparing a family home for sale after someone has died is not a normal renovation job, and we do not treat it like one. It is a scheduling and communication job carried out in the middle of something difficult. How we handle it Nothing is removed until the family has been through it. Items to keep are boxed, labelled and set aside first Usable furniture and goods are offered to charities, with receipts where they are issued Documents, photographs and anything that looks personal is set aside for you rather than binned Progress photographs every second day, so family in other cities can follow along without travelling No skip parked out the front for a fortnight Working to a legal timeline Executors often have a date they are bound to, not a date they chose. Tell us the deadline at the start and we will tell you honestly whether it is achievable. If it is not, we will tell you what could be cut to make it work rather than promising and failing. What the work usually involves Full property clearance Deferred maintenance and a defect list, often decades of it Interior repaint and flooring Bathroom and kitchen refresh where the room is unsaleable as it stands Garden reclamation – these gardens are often badly overgrown Deep clean and staging for the campaign One contact, and a single invoice for the estate You deal with one project manager and receive one invoice, which makes estate accounting considerably simpler than reconciling eleven trade invoices. We can also invoice the estate directly where the solicitor prefers that. A note on advice We will tell you when work is not worth doing. Estates are frequently over-prepared out of a sense of duty to the person who lived there, and money gets spent that the sale will not return. We would rather be honest about that. --- # Deep Cleaning & Decluttering URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/deep-cleaning-decluttering/ Summary: A pre-listing deep clean covers the areas a routine clean skips: inside cupboards and appliances, window tracks, grout, skirting, light fittings, exhaust fans and garages. It is the cheapest work you can do before selling and it removes the single most common buyer objection, which is that a home looks neglected. A deep clean is the highest-return job on any pre-listing list, and the one sellers most often underestimate. Buyers cannot separate “dirty” from “poorly maintained”. A film of grease above the cooktop, a mouldy shower silicone line or a garage full of stored boxes all quietly signal that other things have been neglected too. What separates a pre-listing clean from a regular clean A routine clean maintains a home for the people living in it. A pre-listing clean prepares it for strangers who will open every cupboard and photograph everything. The difference is scope: we clean inside the things you normally clean around. Inside every cupboard, wardrobe and drawer, because buyers open them Oven, rangehood filters and the fridge cavity Window glass, frames, tracks and flyscreens Shower grout, silicone and glass, treated not just wiped Light fittings, switch plates, skirting and door tops Garage floor, laundry tub and any storage area Declutter before you clean, not after Cleaning around clutter wastes money. We sort first – keep, store, donate, dispose – and only then bring in the cleaning crew. Where you want items kept, we can arrange short-term storage so rooms photograph at their proper size. One clean is not enough The property will be lived in between the deep clean and the photography, and again between photography and the first inspection. We build a short touch-up visit into every campaign so the home resets to the standard the photos promised. --- # Privacy Policy URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/privacy-policy/ This page is a starting point. Replace it with a policy reviewed for the jurisdiction you operate in. What we collect When you submit an enquiry we collect your name, phone number, email address, the property address or suburb you provide, and the message you write. We also collect standard web analytics data if analytics is enabled on this site. Why we collect it To respond to your enquiry, to arrange and conduct a walkthrough, to prepare a quote, and to deliver work you approve. We do not sell your information. Who we share it with Trade partners assigned to your job receive the details necessary to attend and complete the work. Where a real estate agent referred you, we may confirm progress with them unless you ask us not to. How long we keep it Enquiry records are retained for as long as needed to service the relationship and to meet record-keeping obligations, then deleted. Your rights You can ask for a copy of the information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Contact us using the details on the contact page. --- # Harbour & East URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/harbour-east/ Summary: FixxNSell Harbour & East covers Harbour Point, Eastbourne, Marina Flats, Kingsford, Baywater, Portside, Cliffton and Rosemount. Properties here are typically apartments and older character homes, where presentation, light and finish quality carry more weight than square footage. Harbourside and eastern stock is a mix of apartments and older character housing. Buyers in this market pay for light, finish quality and a sense of space, and they discount heavily for anything that reads as tired or poorly maintained. Apartments need a different approach Light is everything – window cleaning, lighting upgrades and mirror placement do more here than anywhere else Storage is the most common objection, so decluttering matters more than in a house Common-property presentation affects your listing even though you do not control it Balcony and outdoor styling is disproportionately valuable in this market Character homes Older stock rewards restoration over replacement. Original floors, ceilings and joinery are what buyers are paying for. We will consistently recommend restoring these rather than covering them, even when covering is cheaper. --- # Terms of Service URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/terms/ This page is a starting point. Replace it with terms reviewed by a qualified adviser in your jurisdiction. Quotes Written quotes are valid for thirty days and are based on the condition of the property observed at the walkthrough. Where hidden conditions are discovered after work begins, we stop, inform you, and provide a revised price for approval before continuing. Scheduling Dates are confirmed on approval of the quote. Weather-dependent exterior work may be rescheduled, and we will notify you as early as possible. Payment Payment terms are set out in your quote. Trade partners are paid by us, not by you. Workmanship If work does not meet the standard described in the quote, tell us and we will return and rectify it. Licensed trade work carries the warranty of the licensed contractor who performed it. Liability Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under applicable consumer law. --- # Thank You URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/thank-you/ Your enquiry has been received. Here is what happens next. Within one business day We will call you to understand the property and your timeline. If we miss you we will try again and follow up by email – we do not send one message and give up. Within three to five days We attend the property for the walkthrough, at a time that suits you. It takes 45 to 75 minutes and you do not need to tidy up beforehand. Two to four days after that You receive the written plan: every recommended job, fixed line-item pricing, ranked by expected return. No obligation to proceed with any of it. In a hurry? If your photography date is inside two weeks, call us directly rather than waiting for our callback. We will tell you on the phone whether the timeline is realistic. While you wait The guides section covers what actually adds value before you list, in what order, and how long each job takes. It is the same advice we give at walkthroughs. --- # Junk Removal & Rubbish Clearance URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/junk-removal-rubbish-clearance/ Summary: Junk removal before listing clears garages, sheds, roof spaces and gardens so rooms photograph at their true size. We sort items into donate, recycle and dispose rather than sending everything to landfill, and we can clear a full property for estate sales or deceased estates. Storage sells. Garage space, a walk-in wardrobe, a usable shed – these are features buyers price in, and clutter hides every one of them. Clearing out is unglamorous work with a disproportionate effect on how large a home feels. Why sellers put this off, and why that costs money Clearing a property is emotionally heavy and physically slow, so it drifts to the end of the list and then gets skipped. The result is photographs of a garage stacked to the ceiling, which a buyer reads as “no storage” rather than “someone else’s boxes”. We sort, we do not just haul Everything gets separated on site into keep, donate, recycle and dispose. Furniture and appliances in usable condition go to charities where they will accept them, and we provide receipts where they are issued. It costs you nothing extra and keeps volume out of landfill. Estate and deceased-estate clearances We handle full-property clearances for executors and families, working to a schedule you set. Items you want kept are boxed and set aside before anything else is touched, and the work is done quietly without a skip parked out front for a week. --- # West & Valley URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/west-valley/ Summary: FixxNSell West & Valley serves Valleyview, Westbrook, Millfield, Ashgrove, Parkland, Glendale, Redhill and Cedar Park. This corridor has a high proportion of first-home buyers and investors, where move-in-ready presentation and a clean building report matter more than premium finishes. The western corridor attracts first-home buyers and investors. Both groups are price-sensitive and both are risk-averse, which changes what is worth spending on. Premium finishes are largely wasted here. A clean, defect-free, move-in-ready property is not. What returns money in this market Fresh neutral paint throughout – the strongest single lever Flooring in living areas and bedrooms A repair list closed out completely, because buyers here order building reports Basic curb appeal, since much of the search happens online with a drive-past What does not Stone benchtops, designer tapware and high-end appliances rarely return their cost in this corridor. We will tell you to spend that budget on paint, floors and the defect list instead. --- # Site Index URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/site-index/ Every page on this site in one place, for people who prefer a list and for crawlers that prefer a single entry point. --- # Cookie Policy URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/cookie-policy/ This page is a starting point. Have it reviewed for the jurisdiction you operate in before you rely on it. What cookies we set A consent cookie recording whether you accepted or declined optional cookies. It lasts 180 days and contains nothing but that choice WordPress session cookies if you log in to administer the site Analytics cookies, only if you clicked Accept What we do not do We do not set analytics or advertising cookies before you accept them. If you decline, none are loaded at all – the site works identically without them. Changing your choice Clear your browser cookies for this site and the banner will appear again on your next visit. Third parties If analytics is enabled and you accept, that provider may set its own cookies under its own policy. Details of any provider currently in use are listed in our privacy policy. --- # South & Coastal URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/locations/south-coastal/ Summary: FixxNSell South & Coastal covers Southbank, Coast Reach, Dune Park, Brighton Heights, Saltmarsh, Harborough, Sea Cliff and Lighthouse Bay. Coastal properties need exterior work prioritised, as salt exposure affects render, paint, metalwork and glass more visibly than inland. Coastal property carries a specific presentation problem: salt. Render stains, metalwork corrodes, glass films over and paint chalks faster than inland. Buyers in coastal markets know this and inspect for it, so exterior condition carries more weight here than anywhere else we work. Prioritise the exterior Soft washing render and paintwork to remove salt film and lichen Window and frame cleaning, inside and out – coastal glass films quickly Metalwork, balustrades and fixings checked for corrosion Decking and outdoor timber cleaned and oiled Gutters and downpipes cleared and checked Outdoor living is the product In coastal markets the outdoor space is often what the buyer is actually purchasing. Deck, terrace and courtyard styling is not decoration here – it is the presentation of the main feature. --- # Handyman Repairs & Maintenance URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/handyman-repairs-maintenance/ Summary: Pre-listing handyman work fixes the small visible defects buyers use to justify lower offers: sticking doors, loose handles, cracked tiles, dripping taps, damaged flyscreens and failed light fittings. Handled together in one visit, these repairs cost far less than the price reduction they prevent. Buyers do not price a home on its best feature. They price it on the pile of small things that suggest the property has not been looked after. A sticking door, a cracked tile and a dead downlight are individually trivial and collectively expensive. The defect list a buyer builds in their head Walk any inspection with a buyer and count what they touch: door handles, tap handles, cupboard doors, window locks, light switches. Every one that sticks, drips or wobbles becomes a mental note, and those notes become a lower offer or a request for a building report. Doors and windows that stick, rub or will not latch Dripping taps, running cisterns and slow drains Cracked, chipped or drummy tiles Failed downlights and mismatched globes Torn flyscreens and damaged security doors Loose handrails, gates and decking boards Fix, disclose or leave Not every defect is worth repairing before sale. Some are cheaper to disclose, and some are best left to the buyer’s own preferences. We mark each item on the list so you spend money only where it prevents a larger deduction. One tradesperson, one visit, one invoice The reason these jobs do not get done is coordination, not cost. Booking six trades for six small jobs is a fortnight of phone calls. We send one experienced multi-trade person who works the whole list in a day. --- # Interior & Exterior Painting URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/interior-exterior-painting/ Summary: Painting is usually the highest-return pre-listing improvement per dollar spent. A neutral repaint of walls, ceilings and trim makes a property read as maintained and move-in ready, removes marks and odours, and lets buyers picture their own furniture in the space. If you only do one thing before listing, paint. Nothing else changes the perceived age and condition of a property so completely for so little, and nothing else photographs so obviously. Why neutral wins, even if you loved the colour A strong wall colour asks the buyer to either like your taste or budget for repainting. Neutral does not mean bland – it means a warm, light base that lets timber, greenery and the buyer’s own furniture do the talking. Feature walls in particular tend to date a home to the year they were painted. Preparation is what you are actually paying for Anyone can roll a wall. The difference between a finish that photographs clean and one that shows every flaw is in the preparation: filling, sanding, stain blocking, and cutting in by hand rather than taping and hoping. Nail holes, dents and cracks filled and sanded flat Water stains and marker sealed so they do not ghost through Gloss and enamel surfaces keyed before recoating Edges cut in by hand for a straight line under camera flash Sequence matters Paint before flooring where the schedule allows, and always before staging. Repainting around new carpet or installed furniture doubles the masking time and risks the finish you just paid for. --- # Flooring Replacement & Restoration URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/flooring-replacement-restoration/ Summary: Flooring is the second-highest-impact pre-listing improvement after painting. Worn carpet and scratched timber make a home feel older than it is. In many properties, restoring existing timber or replacing carpet in only the visible rooms delivers most of the benefit at a fraction of the cost of a full replacement. Floors run through every photograph of the interior. Worn carpet, gapped boards or cracked tiles date a home instantly, and unlike a wall, they cannot be fixed with a coat of paint. Restore first, replace second Solid timber floors that look finished are often restorable. Sanding and resealing costs materially less than replacement and produces a better result than a new floating floor over the top. We assess this honestly, because recommending replacement when restoration would do is the easiest way to waste a seller’s money. You may not need to do the whole house Buyers form their impression in the living areas, the main bedroom and the kitchen. Replacing carpet in those rooms and leaving a rarely-used fourth bedroom is a legitimate strategy when budget is tight, provided the transitions are handled properly. Choose for the buyer, not for yourself You are not living with this floor. The right choice is the neutral, hard-wearing option that photographs well and does not narrow the pool of buyers who like it. We will show you what has worked in comparable listings in your area. --- # Kitchen Refresh & Update URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/kitchen-refresh-update/ Summary: A pre-listing kitchen refresh updates doors, handles, benchtops, splashback and lighting without replacing the cabinetry carcasses. It typically costs a fraction of a full renovation and removes the "needs a new kitchen" objection that suppresses offers, which is why it is usually the better pre-sale decision. Kitchens sell homes, and they also sink them. The mistake sellers make is binary thinking: either live with a dated kitchen or spend heavily on a full renovation. There is a middle option, and before a sale it is almost always the right one. What actually reads as “dated” It is rarely the layout. It is the door profile, the handles, the benchtop edge and the lighting. Change those four things and a kitchen moves forward a decade without a single carcass being removed. Door and drawer fronts – the single biggest visual change Benchtop, especially a worn or chipped edge Splashback, particularly patterned tile Under-cabinet lighting, which transforms how the room photographs Handles and hinges, the cheapest meaningful upgrade there is When we will tell you not to bother If the layout is genuinely unworkable, if there is water damage in the carcasses, or if the kitchen is so small that buyers will extend regardless, a refresh is money you will not get back. We would rather tell you that and spend the budget on paint, floors and presentation. Living with the works We sequence a kitchen refresh so you keep a working sink and a working oven for as much of the period as possible, and we work to your photography date rather than to our own convenience. --- # Bathroom Refresh & Update URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/bathroom-refresh-update/ Summary: A pre-listing bathroom refresh usually means regrouting, resealing, replacing tapware, the vanity, the shower screen and the lighting, rather than retiling. This addresses the mould, discolouration and dated fittings that buyers notice, without the cost and disruption of a full bathroom renovation. Bathrooms are the room buyers inspect most closely and forgive least. Discoloured grout, mouldy silicone and a scratched shower screen suggest ongoing water problems, and buyers price that risk in heavily. Mould is a signal, not a stain Painting over or scrubbing off surface mould without addressing ventilation is a short-term fix that a building inspector will find. We check the exhaust fan, the seal quality and the fall of the shower floor before recommending cosmetic work, and we tell you honestly if something needs disclosing. The refresh that does most of the work In the majority of pre-listing bathrooms, four jobs deliver almost all of the visible improvement. Regrout and reseal – removes the discolouration buyers notice first New shower screen – clear glass instantly modernises the room New vanity, mirror and tapware – the fittings that date fastest Better lighting and a working exhaust fan When a full renovation is worth it Only when the bathroom is the reason the property will not sell, or when comparable listings in the area all have renovated bathrooms and yours does not. We will show you the comparison rather than assume. --- # Landscaping & Garden Tidy URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/landscaping-garden-tidy/ Summary: Pre-listing landscaping focuses on the areas visible from the street and from the main living windows: lawn condition, hedge lines, mulched garden beds and defined edges. It is inexpensive relative to its effect, because the exterior photograph determines whether a buyer clicks through to the listing at all. The exterior photograph is the only one that decides whether a buyer looks at the other twenty. Everything inside the home is downstream of that image, which makes garden work the cheapest high-leverage spend in a pre-listing budget. Work where the camera looks A garden tidy for sale is not the same as garden maintenance. We photograph the property from the street and from the angles a listing photographer will use, then concentrate effort there. The back corner of the yard nobody will see gets a tidy, not a redesign. Crisp edges along paths and beds – the single fastest visual improvement Fresh mulch, which makes any bed look maintained Hedge lines cut level, because uneven lines read as neglect Gap planting for instant density in thin beds Pressure-washed paths, driveway and entry Lawns need lead time A patchy lawn cannot be fixed the day before photography. If the lawn is the problem, we need two to four weeks of feeding and repair, or we recommend turf. Tell us early and it is a small job; tell us late and it is a compromise. Keeping it looking like the photos Campaigns run for weeks and grass keeps growing. We offer fortnightly maintenance through the campaign so the property a buyer inspects matches the property they saw online. --- # Pressure Washing & Exterior Clean URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/pressure-washing-exterior-clean/ Summary: Exterior pressure washing removes the grey film, moss and mould that builds on driveways, paths, render and roofs. It is one of the most visually dramatic and least expensive pre-listing jobs, and it often makes a property look several years newer in the listing photograph. Dirt accumulates slowly enough that the people living with it stop seeing it. A buyer sees it in the first photograph. Pressure washing is the closest thing to a free upgrade that exists in home preparation. Pressure is not always the answer Render, painted surfaces and older weatherboard damage easily under a high-pressure lance. Those surfaces get soft washing – a low-pressure application of a cleaning solution that kills mould and lichen, then a gentle rinse. Using the wrong method costs more to fix than the wash saved. What we clean, in order of visible impact Driveway and entry path – the first thing in frame Render, brick or weatherboard on the street-facing elevation Roof and gutters, especially where staining runs down the facade Fences, retaining walls and pool surrounds External window glass and frames Time it right Wet render photographs darker than dry render, and a freshly washed driveway takes a day or more to return to its true colour. We schedule exterior washing several days ahead of photography rather than the morning of. --- # Curb Appeal & Entry Makeover URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/curb-appeal-entry-makeover/ Summary: A curb appeal makeover updates the front door, entry lighting, house number, letterbox, hardware and entry styling. These items cost little individually but together they set the buyer's expectation before they walk through the door, which changes how they interpret everything inside. The buyer has already formed an opinion by the time they reach the front door. The walk from the car to the entry is short, and everything in it is doing work – the letterbox, the number, the path, the door, the light above it. The ten-metre rule Stand at the street and walk in slowly. Whatever you notice in those ten metres, a buyer notices more sharply, because they are looking for reasons to like or dismiss the property. A faded door, a rusted number and a cobwebbed light are three separate small signals that add up. The list that punches above its cost Front door repainted in a strong, considered colour New handle, lock and knocker in a matching finish A working doorbell – more homes fail this than you would expect Wall or path lighting that works after dark A clear, modern house number and a straight letterbox Two planters and a clean doormat Do not forget the evening Inspections and second drive-bys often happen after work, in the dark. If the entry lighting is dim, yellowed or broken, half of your viewings happen in the worst possible conditions. It is a cheap fix that almost nobody makes. --- # Full Pre-Listing Preparation URL: https://www.fixxnsell.com/services/full-pre-listing-preparation/ Summary: A full pre-listing preparation means FixxNSell takes the property from its current condition to photography-ready under a single contract. We assess, rank every recommended job by resale return, then manage the cleaning, repairs, painting, flooring, staging and landscaping to hit your listing date - typically in about six working days. This is the service the whole business was built around. Most sellers do not have a single-trade problem – they have a coordination problem. Eleven jobs, nine contractors, four quotes each, and a listing date that will not move. What a full preparation actually looks like You have one walkthrough with us. A few days later you receive a written plan: every recommended job, what it costs, and what we expect it to return. You approve the parts you want. From that point you deal with one person until the photographer arrives. Ranked by return, not by what we would like to sell you The plan is ordered by expected resale return per dollar, which means the cheap high-impact work sits at the top and the expensive marginal work sits at the bottom. Plenty of sellers approve the top half and stop, and that is a legitimate outcome. We would rather you spend less and trust the advice. Working backwards from your photography date The schedule is built in reverse. Photography date, then staging, then final clean, then trades in dependency order – paint before flooring, wet-area work before both, exterior washing early enough to dry. Getting the sequence wrong is what turns a one-week job into a three-week one. What you actually have to do Attend one walkthrough Approve a written plan Provide access Attend a final inspection before photography And if we think you should not spend the money Sometimes the honest answer is that the property will sell as it stands, or that the market in your area is not paying for the work you are considering. We would rather say so and keep the relationship than sell you a renovation you will not recover. ---