Tips For Selling Your Home

Tips for Selling Your Home

Potential buyers usually decide within minutes whether or not a home is right for them. As you prepare your home to go on the market, try to view it through the eyes of a buyer. Here are some tips to assist you in preparing to sell your home.

General

• A fresh coat of paint is fast, easy, and affordable – consider repainting the kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms & other areas
• Use a neutral color scheme when making any decorating choices.
• Neatness makes a home look bigger; avoid clutter
• Avoid too many personal items, such as family photos
• Cleanliness counts
• Make sure all closets and shelving units are straightened

Kitchen

• Make sure it is bright and attractive
• Consider new window treatments
• If the flooring is badly worn, replace it
• Replace any loose or cracked tiles on counters and walls
• Avoid leaving dirty dishes in the kitchen sink or on the counters
• Clean and uncluttered counters add a sense of spaciousness
• Remove any appliances or decorative items from counters

Bathroom

• Repair any dripping faucets
• Always hang fresh, clean towels in the bathrooms
• Remove any stains from toilets, sinks, bathtubs, and showers
• Clean this room every morning
• Updating old fixtures can make a big difference
• Unclog sinks, bathtubs or showers that drain slowly

Living Areas / Bedrooms

• Make sure wall surfaces are in good shape – repair all cracks and nail holes
• Make sure the windows are in good condition; replace cracked or broken glass / torn screens & wash the windows
• Also, make sure windows open and close smoothly
• Check ceilings for leak stains
• Replace faded curtains or bedspreads
• If you have a fireplace, clean it out and put in fresh logs
• Replace burned-out light bulbs and make sure light switches work
• Clean floors and vacuum rugs and carpeting
• Fix any doors or sliding glass doors that stick
• Keep toys inside children’s rooms in orderly fashion

Garage

• Clean out your garage
• Dispose of anything you are not going to move
• Make sure the garage door opener is in good working condition

Outside

• Make sure the front door and entry area are clean
• Repaint the front door if necessary
• Keep the lawn and shrubs trimmed and neat looking
• The proper landscaping can add an attractive and inviting touch
• Sweep walkways and driveways
• Consider painting or touching up your house
• Check the roof and gutters