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Curb appeal is the cover of the book, first impressions are what people remember when they go home
You know the basic curb appeal storyline: If potential buyers don’t like what they see from the street, they might never get inside the front door. You might have done the same at some point yourself when shopping for a home.
Clutter-less means starting slow, small and remain steady
Clutter tolerance seems to run a fever cycle, much like the flu. Every so often, the cluttered household will become intolerable, sparking the home manager to brief, massive anti-clutter spasms. Piles will be shifted, boxes will be filled, stuff will be stashed--until the fever breaks. Then the clutter tide flows back n, confusion redoubled because of the flushed and furious attempts to get a grip in a hurry.
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Clean, clean and clean some more
Dirt in an open house closes the door on most sales
It's amazing how many house owners wishing to sell their property don't take a few basic steps to get it in the best shape possible before listing the property.
Cleaning top to bottom should be the starting point of getting a house ready. It costs next to nothing and can make a world of difference in the selling process. Even if a house is on the lower end of house values, giving it a good cleaning will improve the odds of selling the property close to the asking price. A dirty house will never sell for asking price, no matter what the price.
Fortunately, unless you’re living in an Addams Family-like spookhouse, there are plenty of quick and easy ways to spiff up your home and give potential buyers a reason to come inside.
Yards should look appealing and inviting, a place where you’d like to relax on a pleasant spring afternoon. An easy way to do that is to keep the grass freshly groomed – don’t forget the edging – and plant beds freshly mulched, says John Merrill, American Lawns.
Hiring a Maid Service to Clean
Cleaning top to bottom
One option for getting the best results is to hire a maid cleaning service to go over your house from top to bottom.
Most maid/cleaning services offer initial or one-time cleaning service that might include window cleaning, light fixtures, wall hangings, blinds, spot clean walls, baseboards and chair rails. They will vacuum upholstered furniture, clean exterior glass doors and dust for cobwebs.
Depending on your situation you can contract for more extensive cleaning.
Keep the house clean and maintain the new and improved interior and exterior of your home until you successfully sell. It's hard, but it's necessary. A professional cleaning service may be able to help maintain the new clean look with occasional visits.
Pay special attention to cleaning bathrooms
Bathrooms should never have a hair out of place
Getting your house ready to sell doesn't mean putting 1000s of dollars in major improvements. These are tips that usually only cost less than $75 per room, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. But these suggestions will more than pay for themselves in a higher selling price and fewer days on the market.
With a tightening real estate market, the home seller needs every advantage in their favor without over spending. Giving your house some favorable memory power is key. That means lots of personality without the person.
In other words, you want a house that is memorable from the prospects view, not your view. You want to remove your own personality from your property. Let home-buying prospects, without too much imagination, see themselves sitting in your living room. If they can sit down at the kitchen table and can see themselves sitting there on a Sunday morning sipping a cup of coffee and reading the morning paper, you've done your job. If, in the house showing process, all a prospect can see is you, then you've failed BIG TIME! Don't put your house in that position.