Preparing your home for sale First Impression.
What will be the impression of your house to a potential homebuyer when they drive by or stop to walk inside to see the house?
Is the curb appeal inviting, and welcoming?
Curb Appeal is the first impression of the interested buyer, that either encourages or discourages a transaction. It is essential to attract interest in your home.
I would encourage the homeowner, the seller to take a drive in the neighborhood and find the house with the most inviting curb appeal, and make theirs look better, more appealing. Potential buyers are drawn to uncluttered landscaping and uncluttered homes.
And that takes us to the exterior of the house.
- Look around the house and do minor and major repairs.
- Look at the entrance of the house. A clean inviting manicured front yard and a grand entrance, is appealing and inviting. And don’t forget about the entrance door. Make it a focal point.
And now is time to make the inside of the house appealing.
- The first thing is to take a look inside the house and make a list of upgrading and repairs.
- Repair and upgrade your house with the Return on Investment in Mind.
- Smaller repairs and upgrades are worthwhile and major repairs and upgrades just to sell the home is not wise.
- If there is a leaking roof and plumbing issue, it should be repaired.
- You should hire a certified professional to check all: electrical, gas, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, roof, appliances… as future homeowners prefer to move in the house and enjoy it vs doing repairs and remodeling.
Floors, buyers are looking down at the floor to see what they are walking on. If the floor is in a bad shape, they downgrade the value of your house.
Carpet – deep clean, no spots or change it;
Wood flooring – repair, refinish, and clean.
A clean decluttered inviting house gets a higher Return on Investment.
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