You love your home, but will anyone else?
It's a common question homeowners ask themselves when putting their home on the market. Here are a few tips and ideas to make your home more appealing to potential buyers. In most cases, sellers must live in their home while showing it -- a tricky and often frustrating situation. Keeping the buyer's eyes on features of the home and not on the seller's personal possessions or lifestyles is the key.
Tips for Inside
- Pack up as many photos, awards, trophies and personal items as possible.
- Organize closets, pantries, shelves, and garage spaces as if they were retail displays. Prospective buyers will open every cabinet and closet as they consider your home. Fold all clothes and hang like colors together. Remove out-of-season clothes to make the closets seem larger.
- Clean carpets professionally. If your carpets are buckled or worn consider replacing them with a neutral-shade carpet. Tile, grout and linoleum should also be in good, clean condition.
- Remove any furniture which blocks access or consumes a substantial portion of a room. You want your room to appear sizeable and easy to enter and exit.
- If you smoke, stop smoking in the house. Have all drapes and carpets cleaned.
- If you have friendly pets, keep them well groomed and clean any rug spots. Also keep litter boxes and yard waste cleaned frequently.
- Clean blinds and remove dusty build-up. Also take a broom to all baseboards and dust ceiling fans.
- Make the home feel as light and airy as possible. A well- lit home sells best.
- Organize pantry space and even your refrigerator.
- Clean the stove and oven. remove trash and keep dirty dishes out of the sink.
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