Tips For How To Sell Your Home & What To Avoid
Have you ever found yourself wondering how to sell your home? Many buyers can find the selling process slightly daunting and overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Looking at jumping into the selling market? Here are a few tips on how to avoid the most common mistakes when selling your home.
Not Completing Repairs
Let’s be realistic here. Chances are you’re not going to totally gut your home and refinish every square inch just to put it on the market but when looking at how to sell your home, completing minor repairs and maintenance should be at the top of your list. Put yourself in a potential buyers shoes.
If you wouldn’t buy the house because of a necessary repair than a prospective buyer will probably have the same feeling. Fix broken switch plates, patch holes, give the walls and ceiling a fresh coat of paint, tighten up that loose banister…little efforts go a long way. This includes curb appeal. When listing your home, make sure to weed those gardens and keep the grass neatly cut as first impressions really do count!
Don’t Fail To Prepare
The old saying goes ‘if you fail to prepare, prepare to fail’ and that absolutely rings true in the real estate market. Nowadays most buyers will check out your home online before even considering booking a showing. This means that their first interaction with your home will be through pictures.
Before a photographer even steps foot into your home, you should declutter, depersonalize and give your entire home a good scrub from top to bottom. Give everything a onceover…yes, we mean everything. Doors, trim, walls, bathrooms, pretty much every nook and cranny. You’d be surprised how much dirt builds up in places that you don’t even think about.
Opting Out Of Staging
Unless you have a keen eye for design, our top recommendations for clients is to have it professionally staged. Staging your will not only help to showcase your home’s best features, it will also add value to your listing overall. Want to see the results of staging first hand? Check out our blog on home staging 101 to learn more about the profound effects of home staging.
Not Making Your Home Available For Showings
When people ask us about our strategy for home sales, one of our top pieces of advice on how to sell your home is making it available to buyers. We know that selling your home can be an uncomfortable process for some. Keeping your house spotless alone can be a huge feat. However, one of the biggest things that can negatively impact the sale of your home is limiting times for showings.
We aren’t saying that waking your kids up to show your home at 11 PM is a good idea, but during this process, you may need to scoot out on a weeknight at the last minute or vacate the premises for an entire weekend for open houses. When push comes to shove, being flexible and opening your home to buyers on their schedule will go a long way in the selling process.
A successful selling process starts with hiring a knowledgeable Realtor. Let us use our years of experience to guide you through the journey of selling your home. Give us a call today!