So you’re home is on the market and it’s Winter in Toronto, Ontario. Although of late, we’ve seen unseasonably
warm temperatures, and as we all know that can change in an instant. Here is a simple check list to maximize the presentation of your home during this frosty time of year and hence maximize your offers.
- Make sure all pathways to and around your home are cleared. In light of Toronto weather, as you know potential buyers, if their serious will not only want to walk to your house but also around it. Keeping it clean tells buyers this is a good purchase, this home has been well taken care of.
- Keep the front inviting. Some seasonal planters will create a welcoming entrance.
- If you are planning to have open houses keep a boot mat at the front door, maybe even 2 and an addition mat that can help to soak up some of the salty melting ice. This may sound excessive but believe me in Toronto this can be done without spoiling the aesthetic impression at the front door. After all, there is nothing worse then when you walk into an open house and the floor is soaked with salt and melting ice and the agent is asking you to take off your shoes (understandably) but there is no where to step without getting your socks soaked. Then when you leave you get soaked again and have to put your wet salty socks inside your shoes. Not a nice first impression.
- Keep the heat on and the gas fireplace lit. The buyers have taken off their shoes and all they can think is how cold their feet are. Why is it so cold? This can be distracting and prevent a potential buyer from warming up to what a cozy home this could be.
It’s getting darker earlier, use light timers to keep the home looking bright and cozy from the inside and out, day and night. Remember “curb appeal, curb, appeal, curb appeal..”
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