Selling your home is a decision you will rarely, if ever, have to make. So, when the time comes around for you to do so, you’ll want to make sure that you do everything you can to make the most out of that sale. After all, how much you manage to earn from the sale could very well be the deciding factor for many other homeowner decisions you make next. Here are some tested and proven tips to boost your home’s sellability.
1. Remove Some Furniture
Homebuyers need to be able to imagine themselves living in your house, so getting rid of some furniture – either by setting them aside in storage or selling them outright – will do a lot of good toward this end. This also has the added benefits of making your home look neat and spacious in pictures for online and print listings and allows homebuyers to more freely move around when they decide to come take a look at the property. Just remember not to overdo it and keep the pieces and fixtures that are integral to making a home look like, well, a home.
2. Keep Things Plain and Simple
Everyone has their own vision of how they want their home to look. If you’re the type to reflect your strong personality or unique lifestyle in your living space, you will want to consider that your vision may clash with that of the homebuyer or give them the impression that they’ll have a lot more work to do to make the house feel like their own. Set aside hobby pieces, lifestyle mementos, and perhaps even the things you consider to be conversation pieces before you let prospective buyers take a look. If you have rooms painted in striking colors, also consider repainting. The goal is to make your space look the least customized.
3. Make the Necessary Repairs
The cost of a leaking faucet is a lot greater when you’re in the process of selling your home. Why? It could cost you your sale. Homebuyers know that your house has been lived in, but it’s best to not let them feel that. Deal with the necessary repairs like faulty plumbing or a busted outlet and especially with the cosmetic repairs like cracked windows and tiles. Homebuyers also usually hire a home inspector to get a good look at a property, and anything that they find that makes your home substandard will work against your sale.
4. Tidy Up Your Exterior
Homebuyers will naturally have to first go through your property’s exterior before seeing what’s inside. That means their first impression of your home, which always has a massive impact, will be based on what they see on the outside. Make an effort to tidy up your landscaping (if you have a yard), clearing out the path to your front door, making your trees and plant life neat, perhaps even repaint your exterior.
Whatever you decide to do to spruce up your home, gear toward the goal of giving your prospective buyers what they want to see – a space to visualize their lives in and reducing the amount of work they have to do to move in.
If you don’t have time for these tricks, however, you can still sell your home to an investor like Blue Hen Homebuyers. As a home investor, we buy all kinds of homes, regardless of their age or condition. Call our offices today at 910-802-2222 to learn more about how we can help you.