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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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Some people keep lots of plants in their house. They add colour and a sense of comfort but too many plants cause clutter like everything else. Besides taking up valuable space, plants collect more dust than does furniture because they don’t get cleaned as frequently and their growth is often kept unchecked. Limit the number of healthy plants to one or two per area. Give the rest to your friends to plant-sit.
Landscaping: neatly trim all the bushes.
Garage: store toxic items if not out of sight then out of reach from children and pets.
Kitchen: consider collapsing the leaves or removing an insert from the table to create floor space. Putting away unused chairs will also help.
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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