Mega-Valuable Home Preparation Tips

If there is a word that is universally loathed it must be the word prevention. Normally we don’t prevent things from happening. We just try to fix what’s already wrong and put off everything else.

Preventing home buyers from finding a little blunder throughout your house is something to dread for. But hey, if you want to sell fast and for top dollar, then this must not be ignored.

Here’s how to do it without compromising your sanity.

The first step in preparing your home for sale is in decluttering the house top to bottom. You’re moving, why not start packing what you don’t use (which will be a lot as you’ll find out). Your closet should have about 50% free space. I know it’s harder for the ladies, especially with many shoes and what not.

Book shelves should also occupy only about 50% of the designed space. Go to places like Ikea or model homes to get an idea. They’ll have only 2-3 books on a shelf where you could easily jam 7-8 books.

This will give you the ilusion that there’s more space and it makes buyers want to fill in that space.

You want them to do that (hint, hint!)

Keeping your home neatly organized can work wonders, but we are after the buyer’s pockets. Yes, we want to ask them for 3-5% more than the home that just sold. We can do that if we can have the buyer feel like they are home.

Here’s a tip I got from a home seller when I was showing a home with a client. She had the cleanest house I’d seen out of hundreds and hundreds of homes. What’s more interesting, they had 2 young kids.

Unlike other homes, there was not a single toy in sight, no hand prints on the wall or dust to be seen or detected even with a white glove. I had to ask her how she kept it so clean and how long did it take? Did they allow the kids to play? I mean this was unbelievable.

She actually cleans less than the average person. It was simply a habit and it was methodical. One day she’d focus on one thing and the next day on another. Since you’ll be showing your home to home buyers you want to keep your home clean at all times. Cleaning your home top to bottom everyday would just be insane, but by focusing on small areas at once, you may keep the house clean and ready to demand for more money than the homes around you for sale.

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