GET YOUR HOME READY FOR PHOTOS

When your home is getting photographed you want it to look the bests it's ever looked. Below are some tips to help you prepare. When you are getting ready, look around the room like you have never been there before and notice things that are our of place or cluttered. Before our photographer arrives to take pictures of your home please open all blinds, turn on all lights, and turn off all fans.

Outside:

Please have the cars out of the driveway and parked in front of the house. Please do some general yard work; trim overgrown plants, rake dead leaves, mow, and edge

Do some general clean-up: Arrange deck furniture neatly, pick up toys from the yard, sweep the patio/deck and walkway if needed

If you can, hide your trashcans and roll up your hoses.

Inside:

Make sure toys are picked up and out of sight in every room

Pick up any shoes, especially in the entry area

Clean any french doors or glass front/back doors

Clean windows that are streaked or dirty.

If you have pets, make sure the dishes are hidden, and the litter box and crate too if possible

Check for burned-out light bulbs and replace them

Hide the paper stacks- bills, mail, magazines

Hide the trashcans

Kitchen:

Clean off counters of most items- dishtowels, food, dishes, etc.

Wash and put away the dishes

Remove everything from the outside of the refrigerator

Bedroom:

Make all beds. Pick up all laundry and neatly put toys where they go (preferably out of sight).

Bathrooms:

Clean up the bathrooms- no shampoos, razors, towels laying around, etc.

Put all toilet seats down

Hang towels neatly on pegs or towel bars, but do not throw them over the shower rod.

Clean off the counters. nothing out except decorative items and hand towels

Clean out the shower- no shampoo bottles, face cloths, etc.

Living Room:

Pick up remote controls

Straighten furniture and pillows