Is Your Home Really Ready to Sell??

First things first, try to do your best to remove personal property to make rooms look larger most homes have too many things in them, and it makes the house look small and lacking storage space. Furniture, clothes, shoes, toys, boxes, and almost anything can cause clutter. Visit a model home and notice how little furniture is displayed in the home. Reducing the furniture and other things helps the buyer see your home better, makes it look larger and also makes it more likely that they will be able to picture themselves living there rather than looking at your family photos. If possible, do not store all this extra furniture and other things in your closets, as that makes your closets look small. The same goes for your basement. Ideally, you should store the stuff away from your home at a storage facility or friend’s house. If that’s not possible consider storing it in the garage.

• Unused coats, hats, and boots.
  Wall hangings, family photos and posters.




• Kitchen appliances (especially important because they obscure counter space!), if possible the counters should be almost completely empty




• Shoes and accessories.




• Books, collectibles or collections of any kind.




• Sports equipment.

Indoor and Outdoor Cleaning-A complete top to bottom house cleaning really helps your home be more attractive to a buyer. A buyer will walk through your home and make assumptions about the condition based on how well the home appears to be kept. Don’t forget some of these easy to overlook items:

• Clean all your appliances, the oven is a must, even if your fridge isn’t staying with the house, potential buyers will look in it, clean all the shelves and the drawers too.




• Clean light fixtures inside and out and don’t forget the switch plates, you might not notice your own dirt but others will.




• Clean curtains, drapes, and blinds.




• Mow, rake, weed, and trim your yard, the front is more important for curb appeal but don’t think buyers won’t look out the back door too.




• Wash the door and entryway windows.

Repair Broken or Malfunctioning Items-even minor broken items tell a buyer that this home has not been well-maintained, and buyers tend to overestimate the cost and effort necessary to fix a leaky faucet or broken door closer. More and more homebuyers are not mechanically inclined and look at the easiest small fix-it project and think about how much it will cost for a professional to fix this problem, even more so if the buyer is relocating to an area and won’t have someone that they may know and trust to do it.

• Doorknobs (interior and exterior), doorbells, locks, and cabinet knobs.




• Toilets, slow drains, leaky faucets.




• Window locks, storm windows and screens.




• Superficial cracks on the walls or ceiling.




• All appliances.




• Peeling wallpaper or paint.

Use Paint To Improve Home's Image - Painting is often recognized as the "improvement" project that has the best impact on the price than any other work you can do. Paint accomplishes two important goals for making your home look its best: First because it brightens a room, making it look bigger and fresher, and second paint makes a home look like it was better maintained and that it needs less work by the buyer, you want them to feel as if they can move right in and start living. Stick to neutral colors and earth tones because that is what appeals to the most people. Below are some small painting projects that can really help the curb appeal:

• Front door, front storm door, front door frame.




• Mailbox, exterior light fixtures (especially near the front door).




• Shutters, downspouts, gutters, and other exterior trim.




• Any areas with stains from old problems that have been corrected, don’t forget the ceiling!

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