Before I start, I would just like to add I little disclaimer *the views I am about to make are simply things I SEE, day to day, the comments I hear from buyers, the worries from sellers and the simple reasons that I feel some homes don't sell. (it's not always the market folks and it's not always the Realtor® either).
I always stay in contact with my sellers and buyers. If you can't make at minimum one phone call a week to give a status report to your seller/buyer, you're in the wrong business. This business is built on communication. It's that simple. It is important for your Realtor® to give you what we call FEEDBACK. Positive or not, you need to know. Please listen to them. Don't lash out at them as they are trying to help you sell your home when they give you honest feedback. Remember, we don't get paid until we sell your home.
First impressions are very important. When an agent walks into a home with their buyer, they WANT to sell your home, if they are not showing your home with the idea of selling it, they're wasting their time and yours.
Let us start out on the cheap here...
•1. Are your walls dirty? Clean them, it makes everything seem brighter...a day's worth of work, and there you go. How much could that cost?
•2. PAINT the walls if needed, NEUTRAL colors. I'm not saying the entire house either. Talk about bright! Paint changes everything folks, it makes the house smell new too. A couple days of work..average size house doing it yourself....$200 maybe....and that's for the good paint.
•3. Clean the carpets..$200 make sure the deodorize them.
•4. One of the most important features of the home -The K I T C H E N! I recently sold a home in Blackwood, NJ that was well kept throughout, the seller totally trusted me and did everything I asked. A little touch up paint, not much needed... I sold the home in 28 days for more than ANY other house in the same development. With so many houses in the area and my clients costing more than most, my client turned to the buyer at settlement and he just had to asked the buyer, "why my house"? the buyer turned to him and said , "Your Kitchen is Beautiful." Wow...THAT'S FEEDBACK! Here is that kitchen. The moral..it doesn't have to be a huge kitchen nor does have to be worth $50,000, just a nice, well kept modern kitchen.
•5. Bathrooms - We all spend a lot of time in our bathroom. Next to the kitchen, it is the most used room in the house. Why don't we treat it like that? With a little updating in the bathroom such as towel racks, new mirror, some paint...these little things could go a long way...trust me, I hear it all the time...clients saying "we would have to rip out the bathroom, lets pass to the next house".
One very important final note.
You may not need to do any updating or fixing, but take a good look around, be honest with yourself. Is there clutter, dog smell, dirty walls, holes in the wall...is your house out of date? These things can cost someone selling a house a good, reasonable offer and they all add up.
Thanks for reading.
Dave Sulvetta REALTOR-Associate
Cell 856 889-8163
Century 21 Hearst
Camden County NJ Realtor, Camden County Real Estate, Gloucester County Realtor, Gloucester County Real Estate, Burlington County Real Estate
http://www.davesulvetta.com
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email; dave@davesulvetta.com
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