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Listing Your Home - Guide For Homeowners
The key step to preparing your home for sale is to make sure it is clean and clutter-free. No prospective buyers will be impressed by a messy home as it doesn’t look like it has been well looked after. It is also a good idea to clear out storage spaces to make your house look less cluttered and show prospective buyers how much storage space there is – as everyone loves storage space!
Make sure you take down any personal items such as family photographs and trophies as this can make it hard for prospective buyers to visualize the house as their own. Another tip is to make sure that your kitchen is looking good. Over 55 percent of home buyers have said that the main decision factor when buying a home is what the kitchen looks like. Just spending a few hundred dollars updating your kitchen can add thousands onto the value of your home.
‘Curb appeal’ is a term commonly used by real estate agents to describe the importance of making sure your home looks good not only from the inside – but from the outside. A large number of prospective buyers will drive past a property before deciding to look at the inside and if they don’t like how it looks on the outside will eliminate it. Some of the ways that you can give your home ‘curb appeal’ is by ensuring your front lawn is well landscaped and watered – perhaps plant a few bushes or shrubs around and add some colorful pot-plants to your front porch. You may want to repaint your front-door to make it look more appealing and add a welcome mat.
When it comes to the décor of your house – neutral is the key. If you have brightly colored walls and furniture you may be distracting buyers from your home. Clean, neutral colors will make your house look its best and turn away a minimum amount of buyers.
Finally, eliminate all bad odors! You may be used to it – but any new visitors to your home will most likely be turned away by the smell of cigarettes or pets. If you are having people look round your home, ensure you don’t cook any bad-smelling foods on that day and spray a room spray around the house before they arrive to eliminate any odors so your house appears fresh and clean!
