Before you sell your home, you need to take certain things into consideration to make sure that your potential buyer is impressed with your home.
To understand what your buyer might want to look for when they enter your home, you need to walk through your home like it is your first time and closely check on things that you might find unusual or not impressive. You also need to look around to see if there are things that need to be repaired around the house. No buyer would like to come to a home that has broken items or things in need of repair. Look into the closest details and repair these little things.
In doing this, you will not just get a good idea about what to get rid of but also discover what needs repairing around the house. This is an extremely important factor when it comes to selling your home. Another important thing, which is note-worthy, is don’t just concentrate on the inside, take a look at your backyard, and ask yourself, “Does it look messy? Perhaps the grass needs to be mowed?” Check these too. Don’t forget, the outside is just as important as the inside for many people.
Let us then take a look at 8 different factors to consider doing around your home that will help it sell:
1. Clean it all, inside out: Cleanliness is known to be one of the most important factors that many buyers look at when they enter a home. Although it may sound like something very small, this could indeed be the deciding factor whether someone chooses to buy your home or not. Many sellers often overlook this factor because they find it pretty, but in reality, it is a crucial factor that must not be overlooked. Even if it has got to do with the rugs or carpets, clean them. The kitchen, the bathroom and every room of the house. Make sure everything is cleaned top-notch! Often times when buyers notice that some areas of the house require cleaning that they might have to do at a later stage, they may offer to pay a lesser price for the house.
2. Get rid of all that clutter: Ask yourself, how would you feel when you enter a house that is filled with clutter? This is why it is really important to declutter. Since you are moving out, you might as well get packing anyway. Pack everything, from all your personal items to items that you won’t use. The buyer should feel like they are entering their future home, and not yours. Take into account all things that may make the buyer feel like an outsider. Get rid of things like fridge magnets. Let them feel home when they enter.
3. Highlight parts of the house that you would like your buyer to notice: If you feel like there are special parts of your house, that are beautiful just the way they are and can attract your buyer, then you need to make sure you bring these to their attention. In a big house, it may be impossible for your buyer to go through every single area and part of the house, so make sure you highlight these focal points. This could be something as simple as using bright colors in certain areas, or having different kinds of plants. There is just no end on how you can attract your buyer to a certain area of the house.
4. Beautify the landscape: Take all precautions when it comes to selling your house. This also includes taking care of the backyard or front yard, for instance. Get rid of dead branches, fix any driveway cracks, paint the fences, if you have any, this will help your buyer feel more welcomed to the house. Groom your plants. Make them look pretty so that it attracts the attention of your potential buyer. Clean all areas outside, removing the dead leaves fallen on the ground. In fact, the first impression comes from the outside of your house before your buyer goes inside. So make sure, it’s impressive.
5. Allow for natural lighting: Keep the curtains wide open. Make sure that there is natural light flowing into the house. Buyers will be curious to know about the amount of sunlight entering the house or is the house a dark place with no natural sunlight peering in. Add lamps in areas where it’s dim to make sure that there is some sort of lighting there. Open up all the windows and turn on the lights when you are showing around the house. Remember that a bright room looks more inviting and bigger!
6. Repair & Repaint: Now is the time to ensure everything is in tip-top condition. Be sure to list all items that need fixing; it might be the walls need a fresh coat of paint, a fence needs fixing, a broken screen, a hole in the plaster wall … all these little things which won’t cost you a fortune to action will, in fact, lose you thousands when it comes to price. People will look for excuses to negotiate the price down, so don’t give them any.
7. Keep your closets organized: Make it look as though there is enough storage available in your house. Having closets that are filled to the brim will only show that you don’t have enough storage space. So keep it a little less crowded to make it look like there is sufficient storage space available. Keep dividers, and extra boxes, this will help your closet look a lot more organized and make sure you get rid of things that aren’t important.
8. Remove your personal items: Make sure that you remove any personal items from your house before a potential buyer walks in. This is important because your buyer should feel like it is their future home and not make them feel like they stepped into someone else’s house. Your house should be welcoming to anyone that enters and make them feel like home. This will greatly influence your buyer’s decision whether they want to buy the house or not.
These are just few of the things that you should do or rather keep in mind before you sell your house. It will help sell your house faster as these precautionary steps can influence the decision of the buyer.