Real Estate – Selling Tips And Advice
Planning on selling your home? It can be a bit overwhelming and obviously stressful as you want to get the best price possible. Here are some real estate – selling tips to help you out:
De-Clutter:
We ALL have too much clutter in our homes. Over the years (even months) we accumulate stuff – grandma’s favorite vase, that amazing offer of the best mixer that we actually never use, etc. etc. A buyer is overwhelmed looking at too many things in your home. They want to see simplicity and also subconsciously that there is room for them and their possessions.
Get some 3 boxes together – one for items to throw out, one to keep and store, and one to sell. Go from room to room and don’t give up until you have left very few things in your room. You boxes will fill up quickly so get more. Also remove those extra clothes and shoes from closets and draws. Check out the linen cupboard, even the kitchen cupboards and drawers. Only leave what is really necessary for you to live in your home until it is sold.
You can then gift items to charity, have a garage sale, put everything else in storage (including furniture, paintings and mirrors, etc.).
Your home will look empty to you but will look absolutely fine to prospective buyers.
Remove Personal Items:
Prospective buyers do not want to see photos of your family or paintings your child did and certainly they want to see a refrigerator with a clean door and not one clogged up with drawings, reminders, etc. Put them away and include in your storage items if you want to keep them.
Clean Your Home:
Polish those wooden floors, clean your windows until they shine. This goes for the remaining artwork you have hanging and mirrors. Work magic in your kitchen with the countertops and sink. Also make sure the inside of cupboard doors and shelves are clean too. In the kitchen, this particularly applies to the drawers you keep cutlery in and other kitchen utensils. This can often look a mess so organize as well.
Tidy The Garden:
The same applies to your garden as your home. Make sure the grass is cut and the trees and bushes are not overgrown. If you do not have any flowers in the garden and it is the summer season, buy some planters and hanging baskets and put them on the patio and at the entrance to your home. Clean the patio furniture and arrange it invitingly.
Attend To Little Fixer-Upper Issues:
If you have a leak or if the baseboards need renewing, do it. These things get noticed. Many buyers will automatically flush all toilets to make sure they work.
Home Inspection:
You can go a step further and have a home inspection done. This way the inspector will let you know if there are any issues that should be fixed. The buyer will want a home inspection of their own, but this way you can honestly tell buyers that the house has had its own home inspection and that can help sell your home faster.
These simple tips will get your real estate sold sooner rather than later! They don’t cost a lot of money but they are very effective.
