When you're trying to sell your home, it's essential that you get it in tip-top condition. While that sounds like a no-brainer, it's amazing the resistance I hear from sellers:
- People will overlook my clutter -- they know all the stuff is going with me.
- I lived with that since I bought the home - they can fix it if they want to.
- This is the way I live -- If they want spotless, they can clean after they move in.
That last one is my favorite. Really? You won't clean? Virtually a free thing to do!
When buyers see houses that are less than sparking, they wonder what else you have been neglecting. They automatically assume that if you don't keep up with the cleaning, you're probably not keeping up with the maintenance either.
Yet I see less than clean homes every day! Here is one of my favorite recent sightings:
Can't see what I'm talking about clearly? Here's a blade of that fan:
Now this was in a nice, very upscale town house. And don't tell me that the owners couldn't dust because of the high ceilings. The rest of the house was just as grimy.
It's a shame, but my buyers wrote the house off because they wondered what else the sellers were neglecting besides the cleaning!
Yes, Mr. & Mrs. Seller - cleanliness is next to Godliness -- and a sale, too!
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