Are you considering selling your home? Victor Amadi at PRODUCER Realty has great advice for preparing your home to show and sell for top dollar!
We often tell clients; the way you live in a home is different from the way you sell it. Potential buyers are much more likely to return to a home that impresses them at first glance, while homes that appear disorderly or poorly maintained rarely sustain a buyer's interest.
Here are six problems your home may have that can instantly turn buyers off:
1. Landscaping
If your landscaping is messy, overgrown, or looks cluttered in any way, you need to fix it. Buyers make positive or negative conclusions about your home within the first five minutes. Don’t lose the battle before you even begin.
2. Home Odors
Because homeowners become desensitized to the odors in their homes, they rarely realize how obvious odors can be to visitors. This is particularly true of pet owners and smokers. You should rid you home of odors before you start letting buyers through it.
3. Carpet and Flooring
One of the most visible areas of your home is your flooring. If your carpet is worn or dirty, get it replaced or cleaned. If you have vinyl flooring with the corners coming up, get it glued down. If they are wrinkled, get them stretched.
Special note: Replacing flooring in smaller areas, such as kitchens, with high quality flooring could bring in a better price.
4. Paint and Walls
Paint is one of the least expensive ways to “spruce-up” your home. Consider painting outside trims, shutters, and interior walls and doors.
5. Clutter
Excess clutter is a big buyer turn-off. You have to move anyway, so you may have to pack away items that make your home feel good to you, but turn off buyers. This includes nick-knacks, furniture, pictures, wall hangings, plants, etc.
6. Signs of Pests
If you have any sign of mice, rats, roaches, spiders, or bees, you should immediately contact a local pest control company and have them treat the property. There’s no better way to show your home is filthy than by infestations. You should Remove all spider webs with a broom.
There’s no doubt about it: first impressions count with buyers.
Watch the video for 6 Problems that can turn buyers off and the solutions for them!
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