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Here are some fast
fixes to increase your home's
salability--without spending your profits. |
Sell Your Home!
By Jeanette Joy
Fisher
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Increase Your
Home's Appeal
without Spending a Lot of Money
You don't have to spend a
great deal of money to attract more buyers to your
home at sales time. Remember, your home is in the
limelight once you place it on the market, and
people will be looking at it more closely than
they would if they were just making social calls.
Making sure your house is spotlessly clean,
odor-free, and devoid of clutter will go a long
way toward getting more and higher offers, but
there are other small and inexpensive things you
can do that can pay big dividends when it comes to
selling your home. The time to begin is BEFORE
your home is put on the market.
First, hold a garage sale to rid your home of as
much clutter as possible. After the sale is over,
call your local charity and donate everything
that's left over. Everything else that you don't
use on a daily basis should be packed away or
placed in a storage unit so your home will seem
more spacious and open.
One source of clutter that's often overlooked is
the kitchen refrigerator. If you're like most
folks, your fridge is covered with magnets, pieces
of paper, recipes, your children's artwork,
photos, and a hundred other things. While they say
"home" to you, they say "clutter" to potential
buyers, so clear off the refrigerator before your
home goes on the market.
Next, make sure the entryway invites people into
your home. Put out a nice, friendly new doormat,
put pots of flowers on the porch, and make sure
the door is clean. If the front door needs paint
to make it say "welcome," do it. It's an
inexpensive way to make a favorable first
impression on potential buyers.
Inside the home, some home stagers recommend that
you set the dining room table with your finest
place settings, including candles and nice cloth
napkins. However, you want to be careful that your
home doesn’t look too "staged." The idea is to
give buyers a feeling for how nice it would be to
entertain in your home once it has become THEIR
home.
You can do this with
candles and a gorgeous flower arrangement. If you
don’t have flowers in your garden to cut and need
to skip the expense of florist flowers, cut
branches of trees and bushes. Fresh greenery
provides eye appeal and also makes buyers feel
connected to the outdoor natural environment from
inside your home.
This small dining area has
a bowl of fresh fruit which adds color and
suggests a healthy lifestyle.
Make every effort to
eliminate any unpleasant odors. If you don't
detect any odors yourself, bring in someone else
and ask them to walk through your house and tell
you if they smell anything unusual. You may be
surprised at what you find out, but unpleasant
smells are one of the biggest turn-offs for
buyers, so don't skip this important step.
Fix all squeaky doors or sticky drawers,
especially in the kitchen. Since it's one of the
focal points of most home searches, everything in
the kitchen must be in perfect working order to
make the most favorable impression upon potential
buyers. That also means clearing off countertops
to make sure buyers can see how spacious and
efficient your kitchen really is.
When it comes to selling your home, you want it to
stand out from the competition, but you don't have
to spend large sums of money to accomplish that
goal. Some common sense and some good
old-fashioned elbow grease will go a long way
toward selling your home more quickly and for more
money.
Copyright © 2006 Jeanette J. Fisher
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