Part One: De-Clutter We all get comfortable when we “live” in our homes. Admit it. Even if you are a clean freak, you still “Clean Up” before you let anyone visit. When selling your home, you have to change your evil ways and become receptive to visitors at all times. It sounds very difficult – but really, it can be done. Step One: Declutter. I’m not sure that’s a word, but it is a nice start. Get everything out of the closet you don’t wear – everything out of the cabinets you don’t use. Pack up everything you can do without for the next couple of months and box it up and store it. You are going to move anyway – right!?!? So, start now. Remember: the way you LIVE in a house and the way you SELL a house are two different things. You want top dollar for your home – the greatest investment you have every made????? Then become an aggressive sales person. There is no excuse for losing thousands of dollars when selling your home. Next post is STEP TWO in getting your home ready to sell – “Staging your home for Sale”. Call me if you have any questions: Sylvia Moore Myers NextHome 180° Realty 478-283-4483 Email: NextHome180@gmail.com
Part One: De-Clutter We all get comfortable when we “live” in our homes. Admit it. Even if you are a clean freak, you still “Clean Up” before you let anyone visit. When selling your home, you have to change your evil ways and become receptive to visitors at all times. It sounds very difficult – but really, it can be done. Step One: Declutter. I’m not sure that’s a word, but it is a nice start. Get everything out of the closet you don’t wear – everything out of the cabinets you don’t use. Pack up everything you can do without for the next couple of months and box it up and store it. You are going to move anyway – right!?!? So, start now. Remember: the way you LIVE in a house and the way you SELL a house are two different things. You want top dollar for your home – the greatest investment you have every made????? Then become an aggressive sales person. There is no excuse for losing thousands of dollars when selling your home. Next post is STEP TWO in getting your home ready to sell – “Staging your home for Sale”. Call me if you have any questions: 478-283-4483.
Part Two: Staging your home for sale. There are a few tricks to staging your home to show that cost absolutely nothing. Now that you have decluttered the place, look around at shelves, coffee tables, end tables – even your bathroom counter top. Make sure all that stuff you use to have on those places is packed and ready to move. Now get to decorating. Place decorative candles, fresh flowers, interesting books and place those in THREES. Yes, three of something and ONLY three. Two candles and a small decorative dish. Flowers, a book and a candle. Three folded kitchen towels on the kitchen counter. Don’t ask why three, just do three. Studies show pleasant items in threes are appealing to the masses. Not 10 magazines; not every toothbrush you own, just three of something pretty and mix it up a bit. A small painting above a table and on the table a vase of flowers and another smaller decorative item will work. In a child’s room, place a decorative pillow, and perhaps two stuffed animals on the bed (Nothing else). You are not tricking a buyer – you are removing YOU from the house so the buyer can see the BUYER living there. Remember, you are now Mary Poppins and you live in Wonderland. Keep up the staging until you move. Call or write if you have any questions: 478-283-4483 This post is (c) 2015 Sylvia Moore. Use only with permission.
