Grooming your home to sell

Grooming your home to sell

When it comes to selling your home, you must remember that lots of people are going to come looking at your place. Here are a few tips that you can keep in mind when getting your place ready to sell.

• Keep the pets out of sight as much as possible, and make sure there are no signs of pets having been in the house. Some people don’t like pets in the house at all. Remember that pets do have odours, so be sure that your house is odour free.
• A coat of paint will make the house look great.
• If you smoke, stop smoking in the house and get rid of the smell of smoke in the house. Most people today don’t smoke, and a house that smells of ashtrays is a put – off.
• Remove all the clutter from the rooms. Seeing as you’re going to be moving out soon, it will be a good idea to start packing away all those little things that you have collected over the years, and getting rid of all the clutter will make your house more presentable. It will also help prospective buyers see how their own furniture might look in the house.
• Remove any fixtures that you might want to take with you when you move from the house and replace them with good quality parts. For example, if you want to take the chandelier in your living room, replace it with a good quality piece. This will eliminate problems later when the buyer might lay claim to the fixture as part of the house. A new fitting will also show up as new, and will make the house presentable.
• Keep your sidewalk and the garden as neat and tidy as the house. For some buyers, the garden is as important as the house, and an unkempt garden will be a drawback.
• Minimize personal items such as family photos. You want the prospective buyer to see themselves living in the house, and removing your personal photographs will help them with this.
• Ask your estate agent to do a critical walk – through and inspection of your home to see if they can pick up any details that you might have missed.
• If the value of your house deserves it, consider hiring a professional stager to come in and get your house ready to sell.

Lots of luck with selling your home!

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