Steps to Prepare Your House for Sale

IF You want to sell your home for the best price. Start by contacting a real estate agent and making a list of needed projects, to maximize the potential of your home.

Use this list to get the best possible price before listing your home for sale:

1. Contact a Real Estate Agent

An agent experienced with the market in your neighbourhood area is the most qualified person to determine how potential buyers will perceive your house.

2. Evaluate Your Home Appeal

Home appeal is critical because many prospective buyers will only drive by your home. Ideally, you want every person who stops and looks at the house from the street to be sufficiently appeling that they want to come in to see more.

Home appeal is made up of three primary components:

Front Entrance

The front door, porch and any surrounding windows and structures form the main point for your home.

 A freshly painted door and polished door can make it more attractive. Easy-to-read house numbers, a freshly painted mailbox and clean driveway are also important. The doorbell should work. Sometimes an entrance can be dressed up with a couple of potted plants don’t over do them.

Landscaping

Another major component of home appeal is landscaping. This includes the lawn, plants and such structures as retaining walls, walkways and steps. The trees and shrubs need to be well trimmed. Garden beds should be well defined and freshly mulched.

And, keep in mind that many homes have overgrown shrubs that hide the house and make it look much smaller.

Also, consider cleaning the concrete surfaces to make them appear new again.

Home's Exterior

Look at the rest of the front of your house. Is the paint in good shape? Are the windows clean and clear of spider webs? Move any pet bowels of the pouch.

3. Update the Interior

Kitchens and Bathrooms
Kitchens and bathrooms can present problems. The question is whether renovating a kitchen or bath (or adding a bath) will ultimately pay for itself. If a kitchen is not updated, you should clean and declutter Often a fresh coat of paint, a new countertop and a new floor are sufficient to bring a kitchen up to speed without great expense.

The same is generally true of bathrooms.

Reduce Clutter

The next major issue to consider when getting your house ready for sale is often the least expensive and the most troublesome: getting rid of clutter. This is where the advice of an honest outsider, or better yet, a professional is important.

 If you are unable to take on the clutter problem immediately, the best thing to do is to put things into storage keep only what you have used in the last 3 months until you're ready to sort through them or move.

Walls, Floors and Countertops

Regardless of the surface, if you are going to refurbish it, choose neutral colours.

With paint, that nearly always means off-white. With floors, stick to lighter colours. In most cases, if you haven't done much painting recently, it makes sense to repaint the entire interior.

If carpets are in good shape, a professional cleaning will usually suffice. If they are old or stained, you are better off either replacing them, or removing them and refinishing the floor underneath, in some cases a good clean and rugs will do.

In the bathroom and kitchen, replacing an older vinyl floor can easily brighten things up. Use quality materials and avoid patterns and colours that are busy.

Fixtures and Outlets

To check electrical fixtures, go through each room and try each electrical outlet by plugging in a portable lamp. Test every light switch, replacing bulbs when necessary. Test the faucets in the kitchen and baths. Note any that are leaking or otherwise in need of servicing will be mentiond in a building report.

4. Prioritize Your List of Home Improvement Projects

You have now identified things that you will need to do to prepare your home for sale. Look at your overall list and decide on the things you want to handle yourself. Nearly all do-it-yourself projects take longer than you think, so be realistic about what you can accomplish on your own call on all friends to help and save cost.

Determine the projects you are unable to do yourself. Group the projects by category. Many times service professionals prefer to receive larger projects, and you will save money by having everything repaired and updated simultaneously.

5. Remember to Use Patience

Complete your list of repairs before listing your home on the market. Your house will be more desirable to potential buyers and command a higher selling price.

 Avoid putting yourself in the position of showing the house before it's ready still keep in mind your budget and sale time.

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