The condition of your home will have a huge impact on how fast it sells and its eventual selling price.
Preparing your home for sale can pay you huge dividends. Many fix-ups cost little and consist mostly of time and some elbow grease. Here are some simple tips to help your home show its best.
INDOORS:
1. Clean the entire home thoroughly. Shampoo carpets, wash walls, clean sills, window screens, and blinds. Clean out light fixtures and dust shelving. Get detailed here.
2. Clean the clutter from all closets, cupboards, and cabinets.
3. Make your rooms look as spacious as possible. Store unnecessary furnishing items that make your home look crowded.
4. Arrange the furnishings so that it is easy to walk through your home.
5. Scale down the number of photos, pictures, portraits, and posters hanging on walls. Make sure you patch all the nail and screw holes.
6. As a rule, keep your curtains, blinds, and draperies open. You will want your home to be light and bright. Find ways to screen any unappealing views.
7. Make your kitchen shine. Remove clutter from countertops and cabinets and store it. Keep your sink clean and clear of any dirty dishes.
8. Clean your refrigerator, inside and out. Ensure you do the simple things, like putting an open box of baking soda in your fridge. Also, remove unnecessary clutter from the door.
9. Clean your oven. Degrease it and keep it looking as good as possible.
10. Keep scented candles burning in the kitchen and bathrooms. Pleasant fragrances will entice buyers to stay longer in your home.
11. Ensure all bathrooms are clean, scrubbed, and tidy with fresh soap, and neatly hung towels. Try to colour coordinate your bathrooms.
12. Keep all sinks in the home clean and repair leaks or slow drains.
13. Go through your entire home and touch up the paint. Pay close attention to corners where there is traffic wear. Touch up skirting boards, cabinets, and cupboards where possible.
14. Place plants or flower arrangements in strategic parts of the home. A splash of colour from plants, flowers, scatter cushions, or small rugs can give your home some real flair.
15. Make sure that your home is well-lit. Fit higher-wattage bulbs in dark areas or corners. Keep all lights on during showings, even at midday.
16. Use mirrors on walls if necessary to reflect light and make rooms look larger.
17. Make sure that all door knobs and keyed entries are working. Replace any worn knobs or handles.
OUTDOORS:
1. Clean up all around the house. Remove any debris piles, such as firewood, firewood, and landscape trimmings. Trim all hedges, bushes, and shrubbery away from the house.
Keep all garden beds weeded and mulched.
2. Put some colour by your home’s entrance with potted flowers. Keep them watered and looking attractive.
3. Keep all walkways clear, clean, and in good repair.
4. Keep all outdoor furniture clean and in good repair.
5. Clean your gutters and roof. Keep moss or algae from growing on, in, or around them.
6. Keep your yard and lawn areas clean and in good health. A green lawn makes a home look great.
7. Repair any broken windows, screens, shutters, or awnings.
Lastly, ensure your pets are taken for a walk while purchasers are viewing the property.
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