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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 windows and open drapes
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.
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.
Light and bright rooms
Dark rooms don't sell-- bright rooms light up the prospect with ideas of buying
Don't leave your most valuable asset solely in the hands of your real estate agent and expect them to work miracles. Each room of your house is important and we tell you how to make sure your house is putting its best foot forward.
You’ll notice that we refer your property as a house and not your home. When you’re selling a property it’s very important to no longer think of the structure as your home. A home is where your heart is, and since you’ve made the decision to sell your current structure, your heart is no longer in it. It’s out there waiting to snuggle into a new home.
Thinking of your property as a house will free your thinking and help you take a new look at the property in a way that you may never have before. And that’s important!
Part of the sales process is removing you from the property. Remember, your heart is elsewhere. You want to de-personalize your home and open it up so a prospect can see how your property might become their new home.
Clean windows should
sparkle - inside and out
Clean windows make a difference
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.