Day #4 of The 12 Daze of Listing (Your Lancaster Home for Sale)
Do you have a Home for Sale in Lancaster County, or one that you are thinking of Listing for sale within the next few weeks? I've been getting into a holiday mood, and thought it might be helpful if I shared my rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas as The 12 Daze of Listing -- or -- How to Prepare Your Lancaster Home for Sale in 12 days!
4. On the 4th Day of Listing (your Lancaster home):
Clean out the basement! Yes, I know it's just as scary as your haunted attic and just as smelly as whatever it is that is growing under your kitchen and bathroom sinks. But really, it needs to be done. Just think of how spacious your basement will look once everything is put in its place!
If you have a finished basement that is already being used as a family room or playroom, you will want to make sure that it looks tidy and inviting. What a bonus you have here! (Like the home shown here, that I sold on Banyan Circle Drive in Hampton Chase!) You should play it up to its fullest potential. If it is crammed with old, worn out furniture that you've been saving since your first apartment while you were in college, you might want to consider purchasing some matching slipcovers. I know I can't even suggest that you throw those lumpy and worn pieces out! So making it all match (so that it looks like it belongs together!) might at least help your cause. Market the bonus room that it is!
If it is an unfinished basement and mainly used for storage, nothing will scare your buyer away quicker than a dark, damp, dreary, musty, mildewy (you get the picture) basement. They will leave their agent (me) there, amongst your cobwebs and puddles, to fend for myself! Run that dehumidifier! If you have water leakage or dampness, now is the time to discover the cause of it and try to remedy it. And disclose it! Many times it's only a matter of making sure that the soil around the foundation of your home is sloped away from your house. Many times its a downspout that is dumping a tidal force amount of water right at the foundation of your home - a simple and inexpensive downspout extension can do the trick here.
Go through your stored clutter items (just like you did on Day 3 in the attic) and throw out all of the clutter stuff that you don't need. Are you saving that broken treadmill for a reason? How about that box of old camping equipment that you swore you'd never use again after you shared your sleeping bag with a snake? I bet there is a local boy scout troop that would love to have it! If it's junk stuff you don't need, give it away, donate it, throw it out -- whatever it takes to make your basement look like the bonus room that it should be!
It's time to de-clutter your basement, run your dehumidifier, and disclose any water leakage or damage that may have occurred. Make it the inviting bonus room that it is!
Check back soon for Day 5 of "The Twelve Daze of Listing"
If you are looking for a home with a finished basement visit Homes in Lancaster PA -- Real Estate in Lancaster County where you will find more real estate tips, Homes for Sale and information for Buyers and Sellers of Lancaster Real Estate.
Missed the beginning of the series of Listing your Lancaster PA Home for Sale? Check them out below:
For more information on Lancaster PA Real Estate, or questions and/or concerns about buying or selling a home in Lancaster County PA, please contact Jeannie Kontis at (717) 330-5137 or email at Jeannie@JeannieSellsLancaster.com.
Jeannie Kontis, RealtorⓇ, is a member of the award-winning Bob Wells Realty Group of Long & Foster Lancaster Real Estate, Inc, and serves buyers and sellers of real estate throughout Lancaster County.
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