Home Sales Tips

1. De-Personalize.
Pack up those personal things. Buyers can't see past personal artifacts, and you don't want them to be distracted. You want buyers to imagine their own photos on the walls, and they can't do that if yours are there!

De-Clutter!
• If you don't use it you don't need it, why not donate it or throw it away?
• Remove all books from bookcases.
• Pack up those knickknacks.
• Clean off everything on kitchen counters.
• Put essential items used daily in a small box that can be stored in a closet when not in use.
• Think of this process as a head-start on the packing you will eventually need to do anyway.

Remove/Replace Favorite Items.
If you want to take window coverings, built-in appliances or fixtures with you, remove them now. If the chandelier in the dining room once belonged to your great grandmother, take it down. If a buyer never sees it, she won't want it.

Make Minor Repairs.
• Replace cracked tiles.
• Patch holes in walls.
• Fix leaky faucets.
• Fix doors and cabinets that don't close properly.
• Consider painting your walls neutral colors.(Don't give buyers any reason to remember your home as "the house with the orange bathroom.")
• Replace burned-out light bulbs.