Remove personal items:
We tend to store an excess of items, souvenirs from our travels, clothes, shoes, but remember, if you haven’t used them in over a year, you probably don’t need them. You want to present buyers with an impersonal, clean environment so they can imagine the home perhaps decorated with their own photographs, furniture, and art objects. The goal is to make it easy for a potential buyer to see the house as their future home. This applies for the exterior of the house also, remove Christmas lights, flags, wind chimes, A clean slate with simple landscaping will appeal to every buyer.
Declutter the spaces:
When you have too much furniture the space looks smaller. Minimize the furniture to the minimum, give the buyers the chance to visualize the space with their own furniture. Also, clean everything off your kitchen counters. Essential items that you use daily can be tucked away in small boxes that you can place in a closet when they’re not in use.
Remove items that you do not want to sell: If you plan on taking certain built-in appliances, or fixtures with you, remove them prior to showing the house.
Make sure the house smells fresh for showings:
D0 NOT USE CANDLES, instead, open the windows for an hour and ventilate the house. Remove what causes the odors, pets, avoid using the microwave or stove before the showing, you can use Febreze because eliminate odors, not add. Remember that everything has to be neutral, from the color in the walls to the odors. The fragrance that you like may be unpleasant for other people, do not take any risk.
Minor repairs:
Replace door knobs in the kitchen cabinet doors. Fix leaky faucets and doors that don’t close properly, as well as kitchen drawers that jam. Replace burned-out light bulbs. Paint the doors and change the knobs. Paint the walls in neutral colors, preferably white or beige.
Cleaning and organizing:
Interior – Wash the windows glasses inside and out and allow more light in the house, clean under the furniture. Organize the closets and the kitchen cabinets, even inside the fridge. Exterior – Make the exterior of your house more appealing and welcoming by painting your front door, pressure clean the driveway and the sidewalk, hire a landscaper to fix your garden, mow your lawn and remove weeds every week. Keep your walkway and porch clean and accessible. Hire a handyman to fix any cracks and paint the driveway.
Pressure-wash the roof:
Roof gets dirty over the years and we do not take care of it because we never look at it but when you are selling, the condition of the roof gets a lot of attention, that is why we need to make it presentable.
Take professional pictures:
Professionally photographed homes sell 32% faster than other listings, according to VHT, a real estate photography company. Professionally photographed homes command a 47% higher asking price per square foot, according to Redfin (Washingtonpost.com).
Make any corrections in your address online: Search for your home address online and see if there are any errors, if you notice something wrong, contact the site and correct it. Remember that around 50% of the buyers find your home through the internet.
List your property:
You can list your home in Zillow, Redfin or other sites that give you that service for free, however you can get more results if you list your home in a hyperlocal site like brickellmania.com, people who look in this website are looking specifically for properties in Brickell.
