Tips for Selling Your Home

Always look for an Accredited Staging Professional

to Stage your home.

Get ready to move.....Start Packing!!!

Follow these general tips and your home will look better than the competition.

Staged Homes sell faster and for more money!

INSIDE:

Clear all unnecessary objects from furniture throughout the house. Keep decorative objects on the furniture restricted to groups of 1,3 or 5 items. In general, a sparsely decorated home helps the buyer mentally 'move in' with their own things.
Rearrange or remove some of the furniture in your home if necessary. Many times home owners have too much furniture in a room. When it comes to selling your home, thin out overcrowded rooms to make the rooms appear larger.
Clear all unnecessary objects from the kitchen counter tops. If it hasn't been used for three months.....put it away! Clear refrigerator fronts of messages, magnets, pictures, etc.
In the bathroom, remove any unnecessary items from the counter tops, tub, shower stall and commode top. Keep only the most necessary cosmetics, brushes, perfumes, etc in one small group on the counter. Coordinate towels in one or two colours only.
Take down, reduce, or rearrange pictures and objects on walls. Patch and paint all walls if necessary.
Review the house interior room by room and paint any room needing painting, clean carpets and drapes that require it and clean windows.
If you need room to store extra possessions, rent a storage unit.
Leave on certian lights during the day (your agent will show you which ones). During viewings turn on ALL lights and lamps.
Play light FM music every day in the house for all viewings.

OUTSIDE:

Go around the perimeter of the house and move all garbage cans, discarded wood scraps, extra building materials, etc into the garage or if applicable, take them to the dump.
Check gutters and roof for dry rot and moss. Make sure they are swept and cleaned.
Look at all plants. Plants are like children.....they grow so fast! Prune bushes and trees. Keep plants from blocking windows.
Remove any dead plants and weed all garden areas. It's always a good idea to put down fresh mulching material.
Keep your lawn freshly cut, edged and fertilized during the growing season.
Clear patios or decks of all small items such as little planters, flower pots, charcoal, barbeques, toys, etc.
Check the condition of the paint on your home, especially the trim and the front door. The first impression or 'curb appeal' is very important.

IN GENERAL:

Try to look at your house 'through the buyer's eyes' as though you've never seen it before. This exercise will help you see what needs to be done. Any time and money invested on these items will usually bring you the return of more money and a quicker sale.