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De-personalizing Your House
This is very important. You want your buyers to visualize themselves live in your house, not you living in it. Personal artifacts distract so you have to put them away – photographs, souvenirs, trophies, medals and certificates, posters, religious items, and family heirlooms.
If you’re a collector, then pack away your collectibles and valuables. Don’t forget your refrigerator’s door as it is one of the most common place to hang cute magnets, memos, postcards and all sorts of personal stuff.
The other reason to de-personalize has to do with safety. Buyers rummaging through your house are strangers and it would be better if they don’t know who lives there, or have access to any other personal data.
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De-personalize! This is very important. You want your buyers to visualize themselves live in your house, not you living in it. Personal artifacts distract so you have to put them away – photographs, souvenirs, trophies, medals and certificates, posters, religious items, and family heirlooms.
Do not conceal problem areas in your house. This is unethical! Home buyers are savvy and if they see through your tactic you can be assured any potential deal is dead. Even if you manage to get past the buyer, it’s not likely you can fool their home inspector. The money spent fixing and upgrading will hopefully increase the value of your home to offset the repair costs.
When you have a smell that refuses to go away, consider renting an ozone machine. It’s best to hire a professional as you need to be out of the house for a few days. In the worst case scenario you will need to repaint your walls and replace the underlay and the carpet.
Family/Living Room: define your focal point. Be it the fireplace, a bay window open up to a beautiful view, or a ‘built-ins’ wall. Re-arrange your furniture so that your eyes naturally gravitate towards the focal point. Decorate and furnish around it sparingly. There should not be anything blocking your focal point.
Mistake #2: Refusing to prepare your house for sale because you’re selling into a hot market where demand exceeds supply. That may be true, but your house will worth even more if you follow our four-step plan.
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