How to Make Your Home Shine for Buyers!
You've listed your house and it's up for sale in Richmond, VA! If you have an agent like one of us here at The Murray Morris Group, we’ve sat down and discussed all you need to know about showing your home and showcasing its best advantages. We’ve also talked about how showing your home is essential in the real estate business, especially when you want a quick sale! So, as you know, a home’s first impressions are everything. Just like a job interview. I mean if you think about it, your home is essentially being interviewed for the job of protecting its next family for many years! You wouldn’t want to buy anything sight unseen, would you, definitely not your next home? So, if your Richmond VA real estate agent hasn’t given you the “scoop”, here are ten recommended tips to follow when showing your home:
Tip #1 Let your agent or the buyer’s agent host the showings
Your potential buyers will be more open and inquiring when they are dealing with an agent rather than the home owner. Let’s face it, if potential buyers were to make any negative comments, ask about current repairs, or suggest different decorations you’d feel a little insulted if you were right there! Richmond VA buyers know and understand that, so instead of being inquisitive and imagining themselves in your home they may feel rushed and intrusive. The longer your potential buyers stay, the more comfortable they get with your home. Which means your chances of getting a great offer have increased!
Tip # 2: Be Flexible 
Many home buyers in Richmond VA are on a tight schedule. They are fitting your home in the best they can between going to work, taking kids to school, or after school activities. Time is tough to come by, so try to be flexible about all requests for showing your home. Realize at the very beginning, most will come on the weekends and late evenings, but any time of the day can find someone asking to visit your home.
Tip # 3: Be Ready for Last Minute Visits
If you are still living on the premises, it's especially important that you be ready for any requests made for the same day. This could be your buyer so it’s going to be important to clean up after yourself on a constant basis, and not wait until your Saturday chore day. No your home has not just become a museum; however, buyers are attracted to clean, neat, and tidy homes. You don’t want to clean like crazy right before a showing, do you? Or worse, have your agent call you at work, because someone wants to go see it right now and you remember breakfast dishes are out and the bathroom is a mess!
Tip # 4: Climate Control
The last thing you want when showing off your home is for the potential buyer to be in a hurry to leave because your home is too hot or too cold. They won’t take the time necessary to look over everything and make an accurate and informed decision about your home. Be sure to keep your home at a comfortable temperature, even when you aren’t home.
Tip # 5: Quick Checkup Before Leaving
Before leaving in the morning or right before a potential buyer is coming to visit, take a look around your home. Are magazines and newspapers out? Are there dishes in the sink? Have you left toiletry items on the bathroom counter, clothes on the floor? All of these items will be distracting to your potential buyer.
Tip # 6: Light The Way
When you walk into a room you want to feel an open, fresh and bright atmosphere. Not a deep dark dungeon. This is the same feeling you want to give your potential buyers when they visit. Open curtains to let in natural light during the day time. At night, turn on the lights in every room. Buyers will not likely be drawn to a dark, dimly-lit house.
Tip # 7: Educate Your Buyers
When someone is looking for a home, they are looking for more than the perfect floor plan, price or location. If you have recently had your home appraised or inspected, place copies of each report on the dining room table or kitchen counter top. If the appliances are new, provide the warranty papers. Do the same with anything new that is a big ticket item, like water heater, washer and dryer, roof, or HVAC system.
Tip # 8: Communicate With Your REALTOR®
The agents at The Murray Morris Group will go over everything about your home well before it’s shown, but these are a few of the things you might want your agent in Richmond VA to know if they fail to ask you about them. If you have really good neighbors tell your agent. Is there a teenager that does your baby sitting for you? Is there someone who will cut your lawn when you need them to? Is the neighborhood family oriented, do you have get-togethers, pot lucks or a baseball team? These are things potential home buyers can not see but your agent will want to let them know.
Tip # 9: Curb Appeal 
Picture yourself driving up to your home. What do you see? A well-manicured lawn, weed free flower beds, trimmed hedges, no garbage or litter of toys anywhere insight? An important part of showing your home is making sure that the outside looks just as appealing as the inside.
Tip # 10: Ask For Feedback
Once your potential buyers have completed their tour, invite their feedback by placing comment cards by the door. The information provided could be potentially helpful during your next showing, and it will make them feel as though you value their opinion.
Looking for the Best Agent in Richmond Va?
Are you in the market to buy or sell a home in the Richmond, Virginia area? The Murray Morris Group specializes in catering to the needs of each and every one of our clients. You can read their testimonials here. Put your trust and valuable time in the hands of industry experts! Your showings will always be the best they can be! Give us a call today! We’ll work diligently on your behalf by putting your needs at the forefront of every transaction.
Shannon Murray & Scidney Morris
Contact us at 804-874-5030 or email mmg@themurraymorrisgroup.com
Legendary Service | Exceptional Results | Clients for Life!
Comments (0)Subscribe to CommentsComment