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Prepare your home for sale
Make your home more appealing to the "buyers' eye"...
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Buyers see your home differently than you do. That's why it's important to "package" you home for the "buyers'
eyes."
Buyers look for a home's appeal and that leads to quicker sales.
Homeowners are usually more tolerant about their homes' shortcomings
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Six ways to improve your home's appeal
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The effort you put into
repairing and cleaning your property is likely to be returned
in a fast sale at an attractive price.
- Impressions are formed quickly as buyers approach your
property the first time.
- Close your garage doors.
- Mow your lawn and keep it edged.
- Paint your house because this can do more for the sales appeal than any
other factor.
- Put colorful flowers in front of your house.
- Remove all toys, garbage, garden tools and other
items from your yard.
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While waiting to be let
in, the first thing a buyer looks at is the front door.
- Paint or stain your front door.
- Replace your old door mat with a new one.
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Buyers look closely at
your home's basement.
- Buyers look for bad wiring, leaky pipes, signs of
decay, etc.
- Clean your basement's floor.
- Clean out your basement and remove everything that
you will not take with you.
- Make sure the basement is well lit.
- Stack items neatly against the wall.
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Your Kitchen is an
important room so make it attractive and well-lit.
- Remove your kitchen appliances from your counters.
- Put fresh flowers on your table to enhance your kitchen's
appeal.
- Make sure there are no odors in your kitchen.
- Replace or clean existing your curtains or blinds.
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Your bathrooms must be
clean, bright, and odor-free.
- Hang bright, fresh towels in your bathrooms.
- Install a new shower curtain or make sure that the tub /
shower doors are clean.
- Place an air freshener in your bathrooms.
- Place colorful soaps on your sink and bathtub area.
- Polish all your bathroom fixtures.
- Remove stains from all ceramic surfaces.
- Replace worn throw rugs with new ones.
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Your Living Room
- Clean your fireplace and put logs in it.
- Polish the woodwork.
- Keep it uncluttered or crowded by placing large
furniture in storage.
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