How to Make Your
Home Attractive to Buyers
By Jeanette Joy Fisher
In today's real estate
competitive buyer's market, you need to give your
home every advantage to rise above your
competition. One of the best ways to do
that--decorating your home with potential buyers
in mind--helps you impress home shoppers enough to
make a quick offer for your asking price.
The first step in decorating for sales success
involves cleaning and decluttering your home.
Clutter may not be synonymous with dirt, but
psychologically that's exactly the impression it
will have on potential buyers. So get out the
broom, vacuum, scrub brushes, and packing boxes
and get your home spic-and-span! You'll be amazed
at the difference just doing that will make. After
you've seen the transformation, you'll then be
able to decide how much paint and other minor
repairs your home will need. The results may
surprise you, and save you lots of money.
If the house needs it, next will come the things
that cost money, so start with paint and fixing
minor things like squeaky doors or balky drawers,
especially in the kitchen. Buy some potted flowers
and place them in various rooms to add color and a
cheerful feel.
These flowers were picked
from the garden. Take a look at your garden. Even
cuttings from bushes and trees add nature's
bounty.
The goal is always to try
to see your home through the eyes of a potential
buyer. If it's something that bothers you, it'll
bother them, as well. If you're not sure what to
do in order to easily, quickly, and inexpensively
make your home more attractive to buyers, have a
friend walk through the house with you and make
suggestions, especially about any negative things
that jump out during your walkthrough.
The changes don't need to be major. In fact, they
generally shouldn't be major. You're only
concentrating on adding enough appeal to your home
to entice a buyer to make an offer. When in doubt,
think about the last time you walked through a
model home in a new housing development.
Everything in the home was fresh and new, and
every aspect of the model was carefully staged to
allow you to envision yourself in the home. That's
the kind of feeling you want to instill in folks
who tour your home, although you don't want to
break the bank in the process.
There's no reason why you can't get a higher price
for your home, and more quickly, if you're willing
to spend some time getting it ready for sale by
making it as clean, clutter-free, and attractive
as possible, even before the first potential buyer
walks through your newly-painted front door. It
just takes time, some good old-fashioned elbow
grease, a relatively small investment in paint and
flowers, and some inventive imagination.
Copyright © 2006 Jeanette J. Fisher
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