These 79 ideas and suggestions will help you improve your sales price from $1000 TO $5000. Here are ways to help you sell your home (some are quick and easy fixes) faster and for the best price!
SETTING THE “STAGE” these are some preliminary thoughts…
You will benefit from using some ideas compiled in the list below. Beyond the obvious considerations of home’s location, size, current condition, and design, buyers look for special qualities that appeal to their emotions.
It is your job to prepare the ground, “set the stage” for a buyer to fall in love with your home. Think about what has made your home so special to you and try to highlight these features. Although no home is perfect, you have to try to become aware of its shortcomings. Once you do, you’ll have the opportunity to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative by making your home more visually appealing.
For example: a long dark corridor will appear shorter if the wall is papered with vertical stripes in pastel colours; or by hanging a few pictures on the walls and installing cheap lights above them, you’ll stop the buyer’s eyes in their tracks. The monotonous tunnel effect will be removed immediately!
Selling your home, while rarely a “fun” experience, can be painless and profitable if both you and your agent put in the effort. It is this cooperative venture that will meet your goal of selling your home quickly, with the least amount of hassle, and at the best price and terms for you.
GENERAL
1. Make those minor repairs, no matter how small.
2. Whatever the season, do a spring cleaning.
3. Host a garage sale or box up clutter.
4. Create the illusion of spaciousness.
5. Give your rooms a light and bright look.
6. Use color and lighting to draw attention to the best-selling features in your home.
7. Hide unsightly views: Take down the heavy drapes, let the light in.
8. Eliminates unpleasant odors.
9. Avoid eccentricities: Take down those beaded curtains!
10. Accessories can make or break a room: Avoid clutter.
11. Show photos that show your home during other seasons.
THE FRONT DOOR AND PORCH OF YOUR HOUSE
12. Create a cozy place in color: flowerpot, paint the front door.
13. Invest in a new doormat.
14. Curtains open, windows bright.
THE ENTRANCE OF YOUR HOUSE
15. Create a dramatic focal point eg flowers, poinsettia, antiques.
16. Add spaciousness with a well-placed mirror.
17. Improve the appearance of the floor here, if not anywhere else (except the kitchen).
18. Clean out your coat closet.
19. Create the illusion of an entry hall if you have a non-narrow table, an open bookcase, a railing, your own lighting area.
THE LIVING ROOM AND FAMILY ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE
20. Treat these rooms as stage sets – the game room suggests good family life, a guitar is warm, a dictionary, a half-finished crossword puzzle – let the buyer imagine living in your home.
21. Highlight your fireplace, decorating the mantle or on top with a painting.
22. Improve the flow of traffic in these rooms.
23. Call attention to exposed beams or a cathedral ceiling.
24. Don’t let the television dominate or be the focal point of the room.
THE DINING ROOM OR DINING ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE
25. Set the scene by setting the table and adding a centerpiece.
26. Turn a large dining room into, say, a dining room and small library, or add a desk.
27. Visually expand a small dining room: remove the leaves, place it against the wall, remove any extra side chairs or large pieces.
THE KITCHEN OF YOUR HOUSE
28. Use props to set the scene: open cookbook, basket of eggs, bunch of carrots on a cutting board, ceramic mixing bowl with whisk, etc.
29. Make It Smell Good: Simmer Christmas beer, bake bread, bowls of lemons, fresh coffee, cinnamon sticks, etc.
30. Expand your counter space, store small appliances, use a mobile cart.
31. Create more storage space: neat and tidy shelves, hanging shelves for pots.
32. Kitchen Window Accent: Plants, bird feeder on outside window.
33. Make small kitchen look bigger: repaint white (walls recede), light curtains, mirror.
34. Highlight an eating area, set the table, fruit as the centerpiece.
THE LAUNDRY ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE
35. Make it cheerful and attractive.
36. Double-serving corner table or chair, sewing area, set the scene.
THE STAIRS OF YOUR HOUSE
37. Make them safe: lights, no clutter, rails, carpets or safe corridors?
38. Add Visual Interest: Plant support at landing, wallpaper can taper.
39. Improve the appearance of the steps, clean or paint.
THE BEDROOMS OF YOUR HOUSE
40. Create a “suite” effect in the master bedroom (“Big is better”): Avoid busy patrons, small desk, chair with lamp, etc.
41. Arrange your closets, clear the clutter, clear the floor, organize the shelves, smell.
42. Add storage boxes under the bed if you need more storage.
43. Depersonalize teen bedrooms, at your peril!
THE BATHROOMS OF YOUR HOUSE
44. Create a look: plants, glass container with shells, paintings, clean towels, magazine rack, etc.
45. Color: Gray and Pink, All White – Add some accent colors.
46. Invest in a new shower curtain and/or bath mat.
47. Upgrade (not replace) your floor covering, scrub and clean.
48. Put out clean towels and soap.
49. Add a pretty bowl of potpourri.
THE BASEMENT OF YOUR HOUSE
50. Make it as nice as possible: erase all signs of damp or mold.
51. Increase the power of all light bulbs to illuminate.
52. Set it up as a game room or teen room: ping-pong table, bright posters.
53. Highlight a workbench area, dust, clean and organize.
THE DRIVEWAY AND GARAGE OF YOUR HOUSE
54. Arrange the tickets for the first impression.
55. Expand and enhance the look of the garage with lights, a clear floor, organized shelves.
YOUR YARD
56. Avoid a unkempt, unkempt look: Prune, mow and edge carefully.
57. Mark property lines if there are no fences or lines.
58. Use flowering plants to decorate your garden.
59. Call attention to special trees: flowers at the base to attract attention.
60. Play on flat areas: badminton set or volleyball net.
61. Set up a backyard lounge/dining area: picnic table or rocking chairs.
62. Let your pool help sell your house: clean, open early or close later, if it’s winter, have a picture of the pool in summer, make a pool fact sheet that includes costs, pool time maintenance, installation date, pool size, and pool items included with your home.
THESE ARE IDEAS #63 TO #79, READ THEM CAREFULLY.
THEY COULD BE KEY TO YOUR SALE!
WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS SHOWN
63. Be willing to show your house (pretty much) at any time. Yes, it’s inconvenient to show your house at dinner time, but if people buy your house, isn’t a reheated dinner worth it?
64. Have a family game plan for the last-minute display: dust the table, put the dishes in the dishwasher, have the kids clean their rooms, hide those wet pantyhose hanging from the shower rod. Don’t you dare apologize for the state of your home. ! (This will cause buyers to start with a negative)
65. Air out your house an hour before showings: Smell better, windows wide open on a nice day with a light breeze ruffling the curtains.
66. Set your thermostat to a comfortable temperature, this is not the time to economize.
67. Build a fire in the fireplace to set the mood.
68. Turn on the lights in each room: light up your home.
69. Take the pets out and send the kids to play with the neighbors (if possible).
70. Stay out of sight when showing your home – Buyers are uncomfortable when you’re around. The benefit is that they can more easily imagine the house as their own when you’re not around.
71. Never volunteer information (you won’t be there if you follow the advice above). Resist the urge to tell them how great it is to have a bus stop out front for your kids, as you’ll find out later that prospective buyers don’t have kids, work the night shift, and love to sleep in late in the morning. .
72. Don’t feel compelled to apologize for what you may see as one of your home’s weaknesses, you may be moving due to traffic noise from that newly built road, but the buyer may be moving in your area due to the proximity. from the highway for quick commutes. Let the seller do the work of selling.
OTHER IDEAS AND CONSIDERATIONS
73. Draw a floor plan if you don’t have one – it’s a visual selling tool and they’ll remember your house much better after they leave.
74. Some buyers want to know what their monthly costs are for heat, electricity, water, and sewer, and sometimes they also want to see the warranties on appliances. Have this information available if requested.
75. Tell everyone you know that your house is for sale. Why keep it a secret? Word of mouth is a great help in selling.
76. Stay optimistic, it’s easy to get discouraged after your house has been shown ten or twelve times, but you’ve done everything you can to make your house more salable, so don’t take it personally. Keep in touch with me, I will be updating you continuously regarding market activity. Remember that someone will walk through your front door and fall head over heels in love with your home. After all, you did.
77. Don’t be afraid to accept your first offer. If you have priced your home correctly, we may receive an offer within the first week that is very close to the asking price. Don’t panic and think that your house is priced low, it means that potential buyers appreciate your house and want it very much.
78. Don’t forget that every buyer wants to feel like they got a “deal”; that’s one of the reasons you built some negotiation leeway into your price in the first place.
79. Don’t be afraid to call me at any time with what may seem like the smallest of questions. That’s why I’m here, to serve you and sell your house in the shortest possible time, with the fewest inconveniences and at the best price and terms for you.
By following most of the items on this list, you’ll be sure to receive thousands more dollars when you sell your home.
