Thursday 27 February 2014

Things To Do Before Selling Your House

By Suzanne Herrman


While selling your house isn't a stress-free endeavor, there are ways to make a home sell faster and for a good price. Before you put a home on the market, you need to do a little bit of work to make sure that the home looks as attractive as possible to buyers. So before you put that "for sale" sign up in your yard, consider completing the following tasks.

Prospective buyers often have a difficult time imagining their belongings in your home. To make this as easy as possible, make your home look as generic as you can. This means you need to remove personal photos and memorabilia and remove as much clutter as possible. If you have ever toured model homes, you will see that these homes are uncluttered and somewhat impersonal.

Cluttered cupboards and closets crammed with clothes and boxes also can be unattractive to buyers. By cleaning out and organizing storage areas, it provides buyers with the illusion of large amounts of storage space. Pack away as much as possible and this will make every inch of your house look clean and clutter-free.

Removing the clutter is great, but if your carpets and floors are dirty and dingy and the home doesn't smell fresh and clean, buyers will still be turned off. Hire a professional Prairieville carpet cleaning service and have them spiff up your carpets as well as your area rugs. Clean carpeting makes a room look warm and inviting.

Professional Baton Rouge carpet cleaners also often offer additional cleaning services, such as tile and grout cleaning as well as air duct cleaning. All of these cleaning services can make your home look fresh and new, which certainly will appeal to buyers. You can even ask about upholstery cleaning, which is a service that many carpet cleaners also offer.

Window cleaning is also an excellent service to consider when selling a home. Dirty windows make a home look a bit depressing and not well maintained. Clean windows highlight the beauty of your yard and view, and further emphasize the fact that you care about the home and have taken good care of it through the years. People are always more apt to buy a home in good condition that has been maintained properly.




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