How to Get Top-Dollar When Selling Your Home
When you are selling your home, you want it to be in the best shape possible. This will help you to get a better price and make it easier for potential buyers to see what they are getting.
Open houses are an opportunity for potential buyers to see your home in person and get a feel for what it would be like to live in. Dedicated Moving would like to share a few keys.
Taking You and Yours Out of the Picture
When people are shopping for a home, they like to imagine. What it would be like if they were living there. How they and their family might make the home their own. Remove things that represent your life.
Domain notes that this means removing family pictures, mementos, knickknacks, and anything else that’s personal to you and storing them away.
Remove Clutter and Deep Clean
Clutter can sometimes be such a part of our lives that we don’t even see it anymore. It’s like white noise running in the background of our subconscious.
You’ll need to do a careful appraisal of every room in your home for things like unopened mail, magazines, cookbooks and kitchen gadgets, alarm clocks, and rubber duckies.
Then do a top to bottom deep clean of everything from windows to floors.
Make Needed Repairs
That loose post or kitchen cabinet knob, a torn screen, or a dripping faucet will all need to be repaired before you show your home. Scuffs on the wall can be removed with Magic Eraser and marks on the wood floor can be filled in with wood stains.
This goes for the outside of the home too. A loose gutter, a broken swing on the play set, or a missing fence post imply your home is not properly cared for. In fact, when it comes to making a great first impression, new, attractive house numbers can make a big difference – this option deserves a look.
Use a Staging Company
Staging is a powerful tool that can make a house look like it’s worth more than it really is. It can also help to sell the property faster because potential buyers are more likely to be interested if they think the house has been updated with new furniture or decor.
A staging company can help you set up your home for an open house or showing by providing furniture, art, and other decorative items that will make your home look its best. They can also provide advice on how to stage your home in order to get the most out of it.
Don’t Forget Your Home Office
A great number of homebuyers are searching for homes with an eye for having a space to make their own home office. Of course, it’s common to have files, papers, electronics, and all the items you need to work from home left out. If left looking messy and disorganized, it creates the feeling of stress and unease.
Use bins or baskets as temporary storage places for papers that you need close at hand while keeping the rest in an attractive file cabinet and converting what you can to electronic files.
You may keep the drapes closed to remove glare from your monitor. It can make your office gloomy feeling. Instead, open as many windows as you can. Gadget Review notes that there are plenty of ways to reduce monitor glare that are simple to do.
Remove Your Pets During the Open House
Many people are allergic to animals or aren’t comfortable around others’ pets. This creates a challenging situation that may result in turning people away before they even walk through the home.
Make arrangements to have them stay in doggie daycare or kennel for the day. If you have other pets like a rabbit, bird, or hamster, you’ll have to find a friend who wouldn’t mind letting them board with them for the day.
You’ll also want to be mindful of any pet odors that linger in your home. Have the carpets and furniture cleaned professionally to make a huge difference since most work with solutions that help remove pet odor.
Prepare your home for new buyers to get the most money. From getting rid of clutter and organizing your home office. To making all the necessary repairs and using new house numbers to impact curb appeal. Sell your home faster and for the best price possible!
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