Apon entering your home the buyer takes about 5 seconds to form an unconscious opinion of your home and then they look to confirm that opinion during the remainder of their viewing of your property. Hense the importance of conveying a great first impressoion consistence theme of stlyle and at feel throughout your home for their visit. We all love our homes and believer our tastes and prefrences are impectable and would like to believer other are of the same mindset. But through time and experience we know that is not always the case. So our challange is to turn our home into a house that the buyer will see as a potentalial home that can furfill an idealized espresson of these tastes and preferncnes. What follows is a high level lists of suggestions that both help depersonal and emphazie the postive attriburtes of your home. Along with suggestions to eliminate are posible negative influences on the buyer. Try implement as many of the suggestion as you can considering your time, budget and personal circumstantes.
Remove any that is unnessary around the the house(While retaining useful decor) and remove the items to temporary store off the premiscies. If your down sizing sell, donate to charity, friends and relatives. This is also a benfit to reducing the amount of items your have to move out later.
Remove personal items, (Pictures, trophies, momentos, etc.
Make sure none of your rooms have more funishing than necessary. Especially, if your condomium is limited in space to begin with.
Go throught every closet, kitchen Cabinent, and bathroon cabinent, storage space etc. and remove and organixe as much as possible
Professinally clean carpets, drapes, window covering as neccesary,
Dust and/or clean all trim windows, mirrors, and doors etc.
Remove water stains from any metal sufaces usulay in the kitchen or bathroom polish as neccssary
Removel prominet stains from any surfaces and or funiture that will be used for staging
Eliminate any sources of strong odors and mold or mildue
Any rooms that need a fresh paint job, especially entrance way, kitchens and bathrooms (makes sure your hire professonal painter who knows how to spackle, prep, repair and caulk a room to remove imperfetions)
Touch up trim, or dooors
Repiar or replace any Doors, windows, any obvious feature of the home that is damanged
pitted light dated light fixutures
well worn door knobs or cabenti knobs
towes bars, toilet paper holdders , toilet seats
Closet doors and or knobs
Refinish or replace obviouslly damanged floorgin
Remove, Replace or re-arrange furniture to the architext featues of each room
Add or place pictues, mirrors, plants and assories to compleemnt the feel, and prominate focial point of each room
Coordinarte bedding, pillows, rugs and mattes to complete design theme
Utiilize candles, scents, and air freshers as appropriae
Main Entrance both exterior and interior
Kitchen and Bathrooms
Master Bedroom
Kitchens and bath reflect the style and age of you home. They can make or break the sale. Entrance ways set the tone of your home and create the first impression in the buyers mind. The Master bedroom and its closet are the most private and personal space of the home. Help the buyer feel like moving right on in.
