| How do you prepare
a house to sell?
Doing whatever you can to put your house's
best face forward is very important if you want to get close
to your asking price or sell as quickly as possible. Short
of spending a lot of money, here are several ideas for making
your home show better:
- Sweep the sidewalk, mow
the lawn, prune the bushes, weed the garden and clean
debris from the yard.
- Clean the windows (both
inside and out) and make sure the paint is not chipped
or flaking. And speaking of paint, if your home was
built before 1978, new federal law gives a buyer the
right to request a lead inspection. If you think you
might have some problems, do the inspection yourself
beforehand and make any fixes you can.
- Be sure that the doorbell works.
- Clean and spruce up all rooms,
furnishings, floors, walls and ceilings. It's especially
important that the bathroom and kitchen are spotless.
- Make sure the basic appliances and fixtures
work. Get rid of leaky faucets and frayed
cords.
- Make sure the house smells good: from
an apple pie, cookies baking or spaghetti sauce simmering
on the stove. Hide the kitty litter.
- Put vases of fresh flowers throughout
the house.
- Having pleasant background music
playing in the background also will help set your stage.
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