Steps You Should Take Before Listing Your Home

 

 

For obvious reasons, selling a home is much more complicated than buying a home. From setting the the right price, to understanding contracts; needless to say selling a home can be a very tiring process. When thinking of selling your home, the first step you should consider is choosing a good real estate sales professional who you can trust and like working with. A good real estate sales professional will ensure that you stay focused on the things that will help you to sell your home. This blog post will address the steps that you need to take when preparing to list your house.

 

 Remove Personal items and Décor

When it comes to putting your house on the market, there will be many different people looking at your home. The goal is to encourage positive feedback from the prospective buyers, therefore it is best to create a neutral showing environment. You should remove any items that reflect your tastes and lifestyle. It has been proven that some buyers have a difficult time getting attached to a home that reflects the seller’s lifestyle choices. This mostly happens when such lifestyle choices conflict with the buyer’s lifestyle choices.

 

Hire a Home Inspector Before Listing Your Home

One your home is under contract, the first thing that the buyer to do is to hire a home inspector to inspect the property. One thing you can do as the seller is to hire a home inspector yourself. In Jupiter, a home inspection is usually costs around $400. That’s a very insignificant cost in within the big picture of selling your home. In terms of real estate sales, inspections are the number one reason why deals fall through. Of course hiring a home inspector will cost you some money out of pocket, but the benefits far outweigh the costs. Getting a jump on the inspection process will allow you to make the necessary repairs before the buyer orders an inspection of your property. If the buyer orders an inspection and there is a laundry list of things that need to be fixed, buyers will typically second guess purchasing this home.

 

Give Your Home a Good Cleaning

While everyone’s definition of “clean” is different, when listing your home, it is imperative to clean your home thoroughly. If you can afford to, hire a professional cleaning crew to spend the entire day giving your home a deep cleaning. When a house is not cleaned thoroughly, it can be hard for an interested buyer to emotionally attach to the home.

 

 Shampoo or Replace Your Carpets

Carpets show the most wear in tear than any other aspect of your home. If you have carpet within your home, it probably could use some TLC. If you have newer carpets in the home, a deep cleaning may do the trick to restoring that fresh look to your carpets. If cleaning does not restore them, you may want to strongly consider replacing them. Carpets hold a lot of dirt and odor, especially if you have pets. They must be clean and odor free in your showings. That’s why this is a very important step if you want to compete for top dollar for your home.

 

 Think About Re-Painting

If it’s been a while since you’ve had the interior of your house painted, then you might want to consider making some touch ups. If you have left over paint from the last time that you painted, it would be wise to touch up any holes, scrapes and scratches, or hand prints. Touching up existing blemishes is a very easy and inexpensive way to add tremendous value to your home. If you your exterior paint needs some touching up, make sure that you take the time to do it. This could also include posts for mailboxes, sheds, and house trim.


Rent A Storage Space

If you currently live in your home, which most people usually do, then you more than likely have plenty of clutter in your closest and/or your garage. This is typical. Where the issue comes into play is a lot of the homes that you will be competing against are either empty or practically empty. To stay competitive, it is a great idea to rent a storage unit. Take all of the stuff that is not essential to you living in your home and put it into the storage unit.

Dylan Snyder is a seasoned real estate professional serving the Jupiter real estate market, Palm Beach real estate market, Palm Beach Gardens real estate market, North Palm Beach real estate market, and the surrouding Palm Beach County area. Along with being a top producer in Jupiter real estate, Dylan's professionalism and expertise in luxury and waterfront real estate sets him and his team of real estate experts apart from the competition. For more information on Jupiter and Palm Beach real estate for sale, contact Dylan at (561) 951-9301.

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