This may
sound like a lot of work but it will be worth the effort in the type of offers
you may receive from buyers, who appreciate the perfected condition of your
home. As the seller, you need to know that within 15 seconds a buyer has decided whether they like the home or not. You want to remove any objections to your home for the buyer. They should feel good about everything they are seeing as they go through your home, and if there is something that is not quite perfect, the overall excellence of the home will outweigh that objection. These suggestions will achieve that result!
1. Rent a storage unit. Deposit all excess junk, furniture, clothing
and unnecessary items. Remove 50% of all items from table tops,
dressers and counters.
2. Clean, clean, clean, - deep
clean all bathrooms, appliances, carpets, walls and windows. Buyers are drawn
to spotless homes that smell clean.
3. Empty all closets and organize them. The buyers will feel the home has more room for their belongings.
4. Make sure all the blinds are
open. Buyers love a lot of light. If some areas of your home
are dark, add a lamp and leave
all the lights on.
5. Remove all personal pictures
from walls, dressers and mantels. Buyers want to decide
where their family portraits will
be placed.
6. Arrange furniture to give as
spacious a feeling as possible. Consider removing furniture
from rooms that are too crowded.
Remove any furniture that looks old and tattered.
7. Consider adding fresh or silk flowers to a
dining or living area.
8. Check for peeling paint or
dirty walls. If it needs paint, do it prior to marketing. This includes
cabinets, molding, and especially doors.
9. Kitchen work areas need to be
cleared of all appliances and knick knacks. Counter space is very important to
most buyers.
10. Clean and polish all woodwork
and cabinets. Use a product that will make them look newer and shinier. Use wood soap to clean and a product like Old
English to smooth out scratched wood trim and moldings.
11. If marketing in the winter,
be sure to take a look at your tired yard. Pick up all debris and cut down all
of last year’s plantings. Rake out
flower beds, and if the lawn is looking exhausted, rake it, too!
12. If marketing in good weather,
hose down outside of the house for webs and insects, clear and rake all beds,
wash windows and screens, and “Round-Up” any weeds in cracks of sidewalks,
curbs and driveways.
If you have any questions or need some help, don't hesitate to call us. We are happy to help you!
Steve and Linda Slaughter
Your Idaho Double Agents
If you have any questions or need some help, don't hesitate to call us. We are happy to help you!
Steve and Linda Slaughter
Your Idaho Double Agents
Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Group-Capitol Office
(208) 921-5143 (c)
(208) 921-5144 (c)
(208) 343-3393 (o)
slslaughter@coldwellbankertg.com
