How to Prepare Your Home for Sale

Preparing your home to be sold doesn’t have to be a tedious task. There are simple steps you can take to ensure that your home is ready to be shown and purchased by new buyers. By carefully planning and organizing your home, you can ensure a quick sale and a very marketable home.

We found some excellent advice on prepping your home for sale.  According to this write up, There are many ways to get the house ready.  We picked a few of the better one – read this article to get the full scoop.

Disassociate Yourself With Your Home

• Say to yourself, “This is not my home; it is a house — a product to be sold much like a box of cereal on the grocery store shelf.
• Make the mental decision to “let go” of your emotions and focus on the fact that soon this house will no longer be yours.
• Don’t look backwards — look toward the future.

Make Minor Repairs

• Replace cracked floor or counter tiles.
• Patch holes in walls.
• Fix leaky faucets.
• Fix doors that don’t close properly and kitchen drawers that jam.

Make the House Sparkle!

• Wash windows inside and out.
• Rent a pressure washer and spray down sidewalks and exterior.
• Clean out cobwebs.
• Re-caulk tubs, showers and sinks.
• Polish chrome faucets and mirrors.
• Clean out the refrigerator.
• Vacuum daily.
• Wax floors.

Check Curb Appeal

If a buyer won’t get out of her agent’s car because she doesn’t like the exterior of your home, you’ll never get her inside.

• Keep the sidewalks cleared.
• Mow the lawn.
• Paint faded window trim.
• Plant yellow flowers or group flower pots together. Yellow evokes a buying emotion. Marigolds are inexpensive.
• Trim your bushes.
• Make sure visitors can clearly read your house number.”

If you are looking to sell your home soon, make sure you pay attention to the details! A little bit of organization and planning goes a long way when trying to impress potential home buyers. Call us today with questions, 703-485-4663.