Start with the first thing buyers see

Buyers start forming a view before they reach your living room. For a villa in Al Reef or Khalifa City, the gate, driveway, garden edge and front door set the tone. For an apartment, it is the front door, the corridor outside and the entrance light. A scuffed door or a dead bulb at the entrance can colour everything that follows, however good the rooms inside are. Stand where a buyer arrives and look for what you no longer notice: a faded house number, weeds along the driveway, a sticky lock, shoes piled by the door. Clean, repair and tidy these first, because they take little time. If the corridor belongs to the building, report worn areas to the management company before viewings start. Prepared by Masterpiece Property. AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of an actual property or project.