Getting your Home Ready to Sell your home in Decatur GA- Part 5 in a series. This post covers de-personalizing.
When you are selling your home, you want to de-personalize it. What does that mean? It means take your personality out of your home. Living in our homes is much different than when we are selling our homes.
*Remove the family photos from the walls. - We love our families and we enjoy their photos, But...they are a huge distraction for home buyers looking at your home. Do you want them stopping to look at your photos or stopping to look at the amazing floor plan you have?
*Remove things that show your political viewpoints - I have seen home buyers go into homes and create an opinion based on someone else's political views. What if they are a member of "X" political party and you are a member of "Y" political party? You may have alienated a buyer because they may think subconsciously that they wouldn't "fit in", in the neighborhood.
*Remove things that are of a religious nature. It's for the same reasons as the political viewpoints. You can keep your faith without turning off a homebuyer of a different faith.
*Remove the magnets, your social calendar and the children's artwork from the refrigerator. Home buyers will actuallystop to read your social commitments and see if they can figure out who lives in the house.
*Remove things that can offend. I was selling a home for a single guy once and he had posters of scantily clad women hanging up. I let him know that while he enjoyed it, he sure would turn off some buyers.
*Reduce clutter- Your personal collection of vacation memorabilia, porcelain dolls, ceramic cats may be fabulous to you, but don't let it detract from the great details of your home.
I remember when my parents came to visit and we were selling our Decatur GA home, to move up the street to another Decatur home. I had taken down all of my personal photos and anything that identified me. My mom asked "Where are all your photos?" I told her that I had de-personalized my home. That way, no matter who came to look at it, they could picture themselves living there instead of wondering who lived there.
When selling your home, you want to try to appeal to everyone. That's the point of de-personalizing your home. Stay tuned for the next post in this series of Getting Your Home Ready to Sell.
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If you are thinking of buying or selling real estate in or around Decatur, GA contact local expert and Realtor Jen Bowman, Broker Associate & e-PRO with Success Realty at 404-456-5024.
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See Part 1 of Getting Your Home Ready to Sell in Decatur GA - Kitchens
See Part 2 of Getting Your Home Ready to Sell in Decatur GA- Garage
See Part 3 of Getting Your Home Ready to Sell in Decautur GA- Curb Appeal
See Part 4 of Getting Your Home Ready to Sell in Decatur GA- Floors and Walls
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