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a Clean Home is a SOLD Home

By
Real Estate Agent with First Weber Hedeman Group

 

House Selling Tip

Do Some Cleaning

With all the homes I've shown I would agree that no one will be impressed with a home that is not clean. Among the greatest (and most affordable) investments you can make is in a complete cleaning of your house. In addition to the normal mopping and dusting you do, clean the windows (inside and out), clean carpeting, wipe down walls and baseboards, clean fingerprint marks off inside and exterior doorways including the light switches, and sweep, sweep sweep. Clean out the fireplace, add candles ( light for showings) they make a warm statement. People are typically more willing to pay higher sums of money for houses that feel as though they have been well cared for.

 

From Scott Larson of Towne Square Realty in Monroe, Wisconsin

“Your Realtor of the Region”

E- Mail scott@greencountyhomeguide.com

On the web at greencountyhomeguide.com

I think you will be surprised how affordable the Dairyland is,

so come to my land of cows and plows and visit for a day, but stay for a lifetime

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Carla Wade
Charlotte, NC

Scott, you are so right.  Sometimes you just can't get it through to a seller that if they are moving anyway.... start packing!!!  Get it clean and get it uncluttered.  I know someone right now that of course they think their house is worth a million and it won't even sell for $300,000 after a year and part of it is dirt and clutter.  When there is an inch of grease on top of your stove and no one can see you counter-tops because you have everything under the sun on them, no one wants to buy that mess.  What it the key to unlocking that stubborn door that seller have locked?

Jan 05, 2010 04:18 AM
David Slavin
Keller Williams Premier - Katy, TX
CDPE, ABR, SRES Keller Williams Premier

Right on Scott!  Dishes in the sink, unmade beds, toys everywhere is such a distraction for many buyers.

Jan 05, 2010 04:28 AM