• Keep the lawn edged, cut and watered regularly.
  • Trim hedges, weed lawns and flowerbeds, and prune trees regularly.
  • Check the foundation, steps, walkways, walls and patios for cracks and crumbling.
  • Inspect doors and windows for peeling paint.
  • Clean and align gutters.
  • Inspect and clean the chimney.
  • Repair and replace loose or damaged roof shingles.
  • Repair and repaint loose siding and caulking.
  • In Northern winters, keep walks neatly cleared of snow and ice.
  • During spring and summer months consider adding a few showy annuals, perhaps in pots, near your front entrance.
  • Re-seal an asphalt driveway.
  • Keep your garage door closed.
  • Store RVs or old and beaten up cars elsewhere while the house is on the market.
  • Apply a fresh coat of paint to the front door
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1 Comments on Things to consider when getting your home ready to sell

DEC
06
2011
135,665 Points Outside Blog

Aloha Daryl,

Your Things to consider when getting your home ready to sell got me to thinking from a local Hawaii standpoint.  Most of the tips are similar.  Maybe you should do one on the INTERIOR also.  For the exterior I would also "Clean, and polish if necessary, all windows".
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