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Repairing Your House
Buyers expect a trouble-free home. They want to buy a house, move in and start enjoying it right away. They don’t want to waste time and money fixing up the place. If you don’t repair your house, it will be seen as a fixer-upper and you will not be able to attract the right kind of buyers, nor will you get the price you want for it.
Buyers, in an effort to protect themselves, will always inflate the actual cost of the repair. A simple fix that might cost you a hundred dollars now will cost a thousand dollars once the buyer has seized upon it.
Knowing whether you need a pre-listing home inspection and understanding the difference between repair and renovation can save you money and headaches.
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If you’re a collector, then pack away your collectibles and valuables.
Entrances: repair doors that don’t shut properly. Replace worn weather strips.
Tobacco Smell: paint the ceiling if it has turned yellow. Rent yourself a power paint sprayer to save time.
Master Bedroom: sort clothes in the closet like they do at the store: by style or colour.
Pets: one option is to find someone to pet-sit them during a showing. Otherwise, keep them in a kennel and let the buyers know you have pets. Keep your fingers crossed that the buyers won’t mind.
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