Your home
is one of the single most important financial investments that you can ever make in your life. When the time comes for you to put your home on the market, you want to make sure that you get the maximum return for your investment. To assist you in that process, your friends at Signature Properties Group have put together a few practical ideas that will hopefully help you as you navigate these waters.
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Preparing Your Home for Selling by Anna Johnson and Kay Love
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he sheer logistics of tangibly getting your home ready for the market can be a daunting, sometimes unnerving, task, especially if you have occupied the house for quite some time. Since sorting through all the “stuff” that comes with preparing your home for sale can be overwhelming, we offer these simple suggestions that you can implement to make sure your house is ready when that time comes. 44
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DECLUTTER. That “stuff” accumulates the longer that you live in a place. A good rule to follow is if you haven’t worn it in the last year, give it to charity. This will help thin out those closets and make them look more spacious. If you’re downsizing, it might be time to decide that there’s just no room for those old high school trophies that have been collecting dust in the attic for years. A good idea is to take pictures of such memorabilia to preserve the memory without taking up space. Discard furniture you no longer need
or put items in storage in order to make rooms feel more spacious. Giving your home a fresh coat of paint is one of the most cost-effective ways to spruce up your home, and it can be a great DIY project. REPAIR DEFECTS. Does your house have leaky faucets? Rusted drains? Loose drawer handles? Making these small fixes can make a big difference to those potential buyers with detail-oriented minds.
