Do These 8 Things Before Putting Your Home on the Market
1. Find a listing agent – you should interview and hire a professional real estate agent to list your home. When interviewing a listing agent, be sure to ask about their experience in your neighborhood. The Realtor should be able to give you a thoroughly laid out plan for how they are going to sell your home.
2. Buy more light bulbs – Go ahead and stock up on light bulbs. When showing your house to potential buyers, all light fixtures and lamps will need to be turned on. For this reason, it’s important that all lights in your home have working light bulbs.
3. Give your house a deep clean – First impressions mean a lot. So don’t let foul smells, dirty floors or dusty surfaces make a bad one on a potential buyer. Before listing your home (and throughout the selling process), give your home a deep clean. This means cleaning toilets, wiping down surfaces, mopping floors, cleaning rugs and scrubbing bathrooms.
4. Declutter the home – Decluttering and organizing your space will go a long way in appealing to potential buyers. When a home is clutter-free, buyers are able to focus on the actual home instead of on the junk, knick knacks and overflowing closets.
5. Call a handyman – When selling a house, you should have your handyman on speed dial. Make sure anything and everything that needs to be fixed (think: locks, hardware, leaky faucets, running toilets, cracks in the walls, broken appliances, squeaky doors, etc.) has been taken care of before listing a home. Otherwise, buyers may think your home hasn’t been well taken care of, which can be a turn-off for many.
6. Paint the walls – Now’s the time to re-paint your home. Start by painting over those bright orange and green walls with neutral colors. Stick to whites, light grays, light beiges, and “greige” wall colors. These shades will make your home appear bigger, brighter and more welcoming. Adding a fresh coat of paint to your home will also help
cover the wall’s imperfections and convey a blank slate to potential buyers.
7. Rent a storage unit- Selling a home successfully will involve some decluttering and purging of your belongings. For this reason, go ahead and rent a temporary storage unit.
8. Depersonalize your home – When selling a home, you want to strike the perfect balance between depersonalization and creating a warm, welcoming home. This means putting away the majority of framed photos, bulletin boards and personal items (think: photo albums, magazines, toys, equipment, awards, etc.) throughout the home. Leave a few nice, framed photos around the house to make the home appear inviting and lived in.
Bobbi Jenkins – OR Lic. # 201225723
Realtor
Leading Edge Award Winner 2019
Leading Edge Award Winner 2020
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