Selling your CT home during the winter? Here are some tips.

Selling your CT home during the winter? Here are some tips.

Although the winter and holiday season are often a hectic time to show and sell your house, there are several advantages to selling at this time of year.  One of the main being that you have a chance to show your home at its very best, decorated and cleaned.

  Nothing is more inviting than a home with the halls decked, lights on and carols playing in the background.

 Some items to keep in mind about selling at this time of the year.

• Place a holiday welcome mat outside the front door.

• Be sure to have plenty of lights on, it gets dark here in Connecticut at 4:15 this time of year.

• Hang a festive wreath on your front door. Use a color that stand out from your door color.

• Play holiday music in the background.

• Keep the house warm cozy. Entering a cold house could chill the deal.  Just prior to leaving for the showing turn the heat up a bit.

• Light a fire in the fireplace just before the agent shows your house. (But never leave the fire unattended.)

• Keep decorations on the conservative side. You want your house to be noticed, not your decorations.

• If your house is being viewed in the evening, tell your agent how to turn on the holiday lights. And be sure the agent turns the lights off, or you have a plan to be home immediately, following the showing.

• Make sure your agent turns the home security system back on after showing your house, especially if you have gifts under the tree.

• Be certain your windows are sparkling clean.

• Bake holiday cookies and treats to fill the home with enticing aromas before the prospective buyers arrive.  It is important to not over use spray scents.  The buyers will think you are masking something.

• Leave those holiday treats and hot chocolate for your guests.

  Ultimately, you want to convey the love, comfort and joy your family has shared in the house so that buyers will be eager to move in and create their own holiday memories.

   

  I have found that it is true there are less buyers at this time of year.  It is also very true however that there are much less Connecticut properties available.  Make your home stand out from the others and you can be planting your garden at a new address this year.