Pre-Sale & Trade-In Detailing
The cheapest way to add real money to your sale price.
Detailing before you sell is one of the few things you can spend money on that reliably returns more than it costs. Buyers make judgments in the first ten seconds, and a clean, odour-free, glossy vehicle signals that it was cared for mechanically too. Fair or not, that is how people decide. It also photographs dramatically better, and online photos determine whether anyone contacts you at all. Our Interior + Exterior package ($250-$335) covers most private sales: deep interior clean, exterior wash and decontamination, glass, tyres, and door jambs. For higher-value vehicles or a trade-in appraisal you want to go well, the Premium Interior + Exterior ($605-$775) adds paint correction that removes the swirls most visible in listing photos and under dealership lot lighting. If there is any odour, smoke, pets, a spill history. Add an ozone treatment, because a smell is the single fastest way to lose a buyer standing in your driveway.
What Pre-Sale Detailing Covers
Stage I: Interior Reset
Deep clean, extraction, and odour treatment so the cabin presents as cared-for, the first thing every buyer evaluates when they sit down.
Stage II: Exterior Presentation
Wash, decontamination, and optional paint correction so the finish holds up in photographs and under bright dealership lighting.
Stage III: The Detail Shots
Wheels, tyres, glass, door jambs, and engine bay finished. The areas buyers check specifically to judge how well a car was maintained.
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