Preparing Your Home For Sale
The condition of your home’s exterior is most important when it comes to buyers appeal.
- House number should be easy to read.
- Lights on timers to ensure house is lit up after sunset.
- Eaves troughs, and down spouts in good repair.
- Garage/car port clean and tidy.
- Litter picked up.
- Cracked or broken window panes replaced.
- Doorbell and door hardware in good repair.
- Touch up trim paint on doors, window frames, fascia, etc.
- Mow, edge and weed the lawn frequently until the home is sold.
- Overgrown shrubbery should be cut back to show as much of the exterior as possible.
- A low-cost investment in seasonal flowers or ground cover will add a personal touch.
- Inspect the roof for necessary repairs and any visible broken shingles or tiles.
- Stucco water stains can be repaired using a mild bleaching agent.
- Wash all windows inside and outside.
Interior
- Warm and welcoming!
- Lights should be on and drapes should be left open during daylight.
- Heat set at comfortable temperature.
- Fresh flowers/plants in various rooms.
- Chipped plaster and paint touched up and repaired.
- Doors and cupboards properly closed.
- Leaky taps and toilets repaired.
- Burned out light bulbs replaced.
- Squeaky door oiled.
- Mirrors, fixtures, and taps cleaned and polished.
- Seals around tubs and basins in good repair.
- Floors cleaned, garbage containers emptied.
- Inside of closet and cupboards neat and tidy.
- Valuable property, out of reach, out of sight, or locked away.
- Pets absent, where possible, or contained during showings.
- All torn screens should be repaired or replaced.
- Avoid repainting the entire house unless current colors are very loud or offbeat.
- White or light pastels are the easiest to work with and they make your room look larger.
- Fireplace lit in cooler weather.
- Air conditioner turned on in warm weather.
- Countertops neat and polished.
- Appliances cleaned.
- Inside of closets and cupboards neat and tidy.
- House number should be easy to read.
- Lights on timers to ensure house is lit up after sunset.
- Eaves troughs, and down spouts in good repair.
- Garage/car port clean and tidy.
- Litter picked up.
- Cracked or broken window panes replaced.
- Doorbell and door hardware in good repair.
- Touch up trim paint on doors, window frames, fascia, etc.
- Mow, edge and weed the lawn frequently until the home is sold.
- Overgrown shrubbery should be cut back to show as much of the exterior as possible.
- A low-cost investment in seasonal flowers or ground cover will add a personal touch.
- Inspect the roof for necessary repairs and any visible broken shingles or tiles.
- Stucco water stains can be repaired using a mild bleaching agent.
- Wash all windows inside and outside.
Interior
- Warm and welcoming!
- Lights should be on and drapes should be left open during daylight.
- Heat set at comfortable temperature.
- Fresh flowers/plants in various rooms.
- Chipped plaster and paint touched up and repaired.
- Doors and cupboards properly closed.
- Leaky taps and toilets repaired.
- Burned out light bulbs replaced.
- Squeaky door oiled.
- Mirrors, fixtures, and taps cleaned and polished.
- Seals around tubs and basins in good repair.
- Floors cleaned, garbage containers emptied.
- Inside of closet and cupboards neat and tidy.
- Valuable property, out of reach, out of sight, or locked away.
- Pets absent, where possible, or contained during showings.
- All torn screens should be repaired or replaced.
- Avoid repainting the entire house unless current colors are very loud or offbeat.
- White or light pastels are the easiest to work with and they make your room look larger.
- Fireplace lit in cooler weather.
- Air conditioner turned on in warm weather.
- Countertops neat and polished.
- Appliances cleaned.
- Inside of closets and cupboards neat and tidy.