Preparing your home prior to listing can help facilitate a quicker transaction and may help you in receiving the right price. We have compiled some tips to help you get started:
- Have your home cleaned thoroughly
- Remove all family photo’s throughout the house
- Take all magnets etc off of fridge
- De-clutter your home both inside and out
- Have carpets professionally cleaned, or replaced if damaged
- Repair dripping faucets and leaky toilets
- Touch up all interior paint
- Replace all burnt out light bulbs and clean all light fixtures and repair faulty switches
- Cut and edge grass, trim hedges, and weed gardens
- Paint, fix or wash railings, steps, storm windows, screens and doors
- Clean out the gutters
- Wash the windows
- Tidy up the garage and paint, wash and fix garage doors and windows
- Did we mention de-cluttering your home? We cannot emphasize enough how important
- this is, just think of what you want to see when you are on a home search!
Once your home is listed, potential buyers will be visiting your home. Here are some helpful tips for showing your home: