Top Tips: Selling Your Home

TOP TIPS: SELLING YOUR HOME

Give your home every competitive market advantage with these tips curated by homebuyers and Better Homes & Gardens ® magazine. Our experts are sharing the must-haves and surprising deal breakers to sell your home in the shortest amount of time for top dollar.

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CURB APPEAL The first impression of a house can be generated within seconds, before even stepping inside.

Make potential buyers feel safe and welcomed as they approach your home.

• Tidy your landscape and toss debris.

• Trim overgrown bushes and trees.

• Repair masonry and paver stones.

• Power wash driveways, walks, patios and lanai screen enclosures.

• Paint the front door an inviting color and enhance the hue with a welcome mat.

• Clean or paint exteriors.

WALL PAPER MUST COME DOWN • Allow potential homeowners to visualize inside a blank canvas by stripping walls.

MAKE FLOORS STAND OUT • Avoid replacing flooring, but make sure carpets have been shampooed.

• Have your grout lines professionally cleaned.

• Polish wood, marble and travertine floors.

REPAINT INTERIORS & EXTERIORS • Select hues that will enhance your home.

• Paint molding and trim white.

• Consider tackling impactful alterations instead of major renovations.

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RENOVATED KITCHENS & BATHROOMS SELL HOMES KITCHENS • Change drawer pulls and cabinet knobs to stainless steel or brushed nickel.

• Remove as many brass fixtures as possible.

• Paint or re-stain cabinets.

• Add stainless steel appliances.

• Change old countertops to quartz or granite.

• Consider installing a stainless steel undermount sink and a pullout spray faucet.

BATHS • Buy white towels and change dated light fixtures.

• Add stylish drawer and cabinet pulls.

• Replace outdated mirrors with picture frame styles.

• Update décor with a new shower curtain or consider a seamless shower door.

• Re-grout the tub and shower.

• Steam clean the grout on tile floors.

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Š 2018 Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC. Better Homes and Gardens is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation licensed to Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Better Homes and GardensŽ Real Estate Franchise is Independently Owned and Operated.

MAXIMIZE THE LIGHT • Buyers value great lighting, and it is one of the most requested qualities, after location.

• Banish heavy drapery.

• Trim back bushes and trees.

• Make all windows spotless.

• Use higher wattage bulbs.

• Remove window screens.

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DECLUTTER • Plan and start decluttering a few months in advance.

CLEAN UNFINISHED SPACES • Stage utility rooms, garages and storage closets.

• Consider a dehumidifier instead of plug-ins or deodorizers.

• Revamp a garage by painting the floor; don’t forget to paint the concrete block foundation.

© 2018 Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC. Better Homes and Gardens is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation licensed to Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate Franchise is Independently Owned and Operated.

BUYERS DO MOST OF THEIR RESEARCH ONLINE • Maximize your online presence by doing pre-photo preparation, such as putting everthing in its place and getting pets and kids out of the house.

KNOW THE MARKET • Get familiar with the price points in your neighborhood and city.

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