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Prepare Your House For Sale |
Weekly Checklist
Be prepared to spend a few hours each week maintaining your house while you’re selling it. It doesn’t have to be done on the weekend. In fact, you should stagger the tasks. That way your house isn’t it its worst shape on the Friday before the weekend showing. Share the workload with other family members.
| During the warm months, maintain your landscape by mowing the lawn, trimming shrubs and plants. If you have a water sprinkler system then set for hours when you have no potential buyers strolling around the yard. | |
| Sweep walkways, driveway, front porch and decks. | |
| Wash your windows when required. | |
| Dust the furniture. | |
| Sweep, vacuum and mop your floor accordingly. Do this more often when required. Give your throw rugs a good shake outside. | |
| Clean the shower and tub areas. | |
| Organize storage spaces. Observe the half-full rule. | |
| Replenish indoor flowers or outdoor planters for new showings. | |
| Pay your bills and put mail and statements away. |
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Items you should consider tossing: expired food and medications, old newspapers and magazines.
Entrances: secure all light fixtures and make sure they work. Replace if broken.
Living Room/Family Room/Great Room: dust and clean the furniture. Vacuum underneath the sofa’s seat pads if they are removable.
Lighting: clean all light covers or diffusers until they sparkle. Don’t forget to clean your lampshades. You’ll be surprised how much extra light you’ll be getting just by cleaning.
Showing: download the showing to-do list from our website.
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