Getting Your House Ready to Sell

How can a buyer get interest in purchasing your house? Impression is the keyword. You just need to get your house ready to sell by doing some preparations so that you can make an awesome first impression. To get the best results we suggest you pay for a home inspection by a licensed professional home inspector. Remember your buyer will most likely get one, so why not have everything fixed that a home inspector will find before your buyer gets it! If you can’t afford to pay for a home inspection, usually around $300 to $400 or so, then there are other first impression type of things that you can do yourself.

So, what are a few things you can do to give your house a great first impression? These are the steps for getting your house ready to sell quickly to a buyer.

Beautify your Exterior (also known as curb appeal)
Make the outside look appealing. The goal is to make your exterior look pretty and fresh to impress your buyer. Remember, the exterior is the FIRST thing that your buyer sees when they go to look at your house. There are two sensory organs of a buyer you must impress. Those are eyes and nose. So make the outside LOOK presentable and SMELL presentable. Here are some steps you can take:- Get the grass, trees, flowers, and plants tidy and fresh by mowing and watering them- Clean up the curb and walkway; some potted flowers on the sides can help as well.- Freshen up the smells around your exterior by adding flowers and by getting rid of any pet waste, etc.- Clean all of the windows and doors.- Get rid of ALL clutter outside. This includes moving your grill to the shed, putting bikes in the garage, etc. etc.

Make the Interior Look Cozy
Make the inside of your house feel homelike to a buyer. Try to put your own personal feelings aside, remember, it’s not about YOU anymore, it’s about appealing to a new buyer. These are some steps you can take:
- Clean up the tile floors; scrub it if there are some bad spots.
- Get rid of spider webs on your ceilings and walls.
- Wash the carpets with a fragrant soap.
- Get your furniture placed tidily and do not OVERCLUTTER your house with unnecessary furniture pieces.
- Clean out your closets. Don’t jam pack them with stuff. Allow the buyer to see the available closet space.
- Clean the garage, basement, and attic
- Get the windows opened and clean, it will bring freshness to your house inside
- If you have pets, bathe them.
- Put some fresh fragrance in air conditioner.
- Purchase some of those plug-in air freshners (glade, airwick, etc.)
- DePersonalize your house. This is VERY important. Don’t have too many family pictures all over the place, don’t have too many knick knacks, etc. DeClutter/DePersonalize.

Repairing and Replacing
Some Repairing and replacement is necessary to do, if there is some broken furniture, equipment, or appliances. Just check out:
- broken or missing doors
- cabinet handles
- ceilings
- ventilation filters
- broken tiles in bathroom and kitchen
- faucet
- wallpaper
- some furniture

Get your friends’ opinion
Ask your friends to judge your house HONESTLY. Tell them that the truth will help you more then them just saying something positive so they don’t hurt your feelings about something. Ask them to judge your house on SMELL, LOOK and FEEL. Ask them what they feel are positive features of your house and what are some negative features….and when they tell you these things LISTEN TO THEM.

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