How to sell your house quickly
Prepare your House for sale in few easy steps
Planning to sell your house easy and quickly? Now is the perfect time to prepare it for listing!
It will take you just a few weekends to do the work, if you follow these simple steps. After that just get ready to have your house for sale, go fast, probably even faster than you were hoping for.
Make sure all works fine.
Check all your faucets, sinks, walls….anything and everything that could be a problem for your potential buyer.
- Check and repair all walls. If needed repaint them in a neutral, generally pleasing color.
- Fix any leaking faucets and running toilets.
- Check all the lights, make sure they all work, if needed change the bulbs, fix the switches etc
- Replace caulking around tubs, showers and sinks.
- Make sure all the windows are easy to open and close and that none are broken.
- Replace or repair damaged window screens.
Make it nice, clean and make some space
Once you’ve done all the repairs make sure that your house for sale is sparkling clean, trust me the importance of cleaning and decluttering cannot be overstated.
Remove all excessive furniture and stuff, anything that could make your house for sale look overstuffed and claustrophobic. Not only it will make your house look better, but it will also make cleaning easier and faster. You can donate things to the charity, but also consider giving them away through Craigslist or neighborhood sharing groups, this can also help in getting some leads to sell your house faster.
Recyclers are often willing to pick up and haul away large metal items for free.
Deep clean your house. Pay special attention to kitchens and bathrooms, and clean the inside and outside of your windows. This makes an enormous improvement in the overall appearance of your house.
Make sure that all of your drawers and closets are organized and neat. Often potential buyers will open cabinets and closets, so be sure that all looks good. Well organized and cleanstorage areas will show your buyers that you take care of the house. In addition it will allow them to visualise how their stuff will fit.
Make sure your house for sale looks great from the street
You will want potential buyers to be in love with your house from the first look. Make them look forward to coming inside, make them want it right away. So be sure to extend your cleaning and repair efforts to the outside of your house too.
Make sure all bushes are trimmed, same goes for all shrubs and trees. Make sure nothing is touching your roof or siding.
Clean and repair broken downspouts and gutters.
Clean and repair concrete areas, such as driveways and walkways. Clean or paint over any oil or grease stains, make sure there are no weeds coming up through the cracks.
Put out some pots of annuals, or whole year greens it will make any space look better and marrier. Get a nice and big new welcome mat and make sure the house numbers are easy to see.
It doesn’t take much to make your house beautiful and welcoming, both inside and out. This is a small extra effort but it will bring a very positive result on your sales outcome.