If your planning on selling your home, the most important part of the sale is the 1st impression and the presentation. Be sure to use specific scents and green cleaning products to spiff up the look and fell of your home. Their is nothing like a home that is clean and smells fresh walking into it.
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It’s that time of the year again. We gain an hour of daylight and hopefully, some drier weather.
Daylight savings is this Sunday. With it, many people come out of hibernation and those long put off New Year’s resolution goals seem to be more attainable. For instance, that cluttered closet or garage that needs organizing, or those rooms that need painting. Now is the time to do it before it gets too warm and we start longing for the rain again.
This is especially true for those that are contemplating selling their home. Here are a few tips that can help you prepare your home for sale without costing you an arm and a leg.
Probably one of easiest ways to make a quick improvement on the inside or outside of your property is to get rid of big pieces of furniture or equipment. For instance, that treadmill that has now become a clothes rack or that extra patio table that you have outside. When items like these are removed it gives a room space that can change the entire perception of a room.
Remove any items on the kitchen countertop that do not need to be there. This alone will open up a kitchen and show space. Also, the front of a refrigerator enhances a clean kitchen if its without drawings, calendars or newspaper clippings.
Another helpful tip is the 4 Box Technique. Find 4 Boxes and label them with 4 categories: trash, donate/sell, storage and put away.
Trash – This should include any item that you do not need or want but cannot donate or sell.
Donate/sell – Be generous. Think about the uses someone else might get out of the items versus the use it gets in your home, buried in cabinets or closets. Consider the financial benefits of selling your stuff at a garage sale. Rule of thumb, if its not a family heirloom and you haven’t used it in the last 12 months, toss it.
Storage – Put items in here that you cannot part with but do not need on a regular basis. Make an inventory of the items as you box them. Group similar items together. Remember one good way to clean out closets is to store out of season clothing.
Put Away – This should be your smallest category. These are items that need to be out on a regular basis. Monitor yourself by determining if you have a place for each item.
A well organized house appeals to more buyers and will sell faster and for a higher price. Additionally, buyers feel more comfortable purchasing a well cared for home BECAUSE if what they can see is maintained, what they can’t see has probably also been maintained.
In preparing your home for the market, spend as little money as possible. A brand new roof will impress buyers, but they aren’t likely to give you enough extra money to pay for it.
There is a big difference between making minor and inexpensive “polishes” and “touch-ups” to your house, such as putting new knobs on cabinets and a fresh coat of neutral paint in the living room, and doing extensive and costly renovations.
Give every room in the house a thorough cleaning and remove all clutter. This alone will make your house appear bigger and brighter. After all is said and done, you can make a new resolution: “To not collect as much clutter in my new house.”
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