Based on my experiences of restoring hundreds of homes to maximize marketability, I hope the following tips will help you get the best price at your home.
Preface
When you decide to sell your house you may be tempted to put it on the market immediately and see if someone will offer you "as is" offer. It was that potential buyers looked beyond the appearance of the surface and "see the possibilities". Unfortunately, that day is almost gone. Today's buyers want to move in without needing repair or cosmetics almost.
"But I guess someone will offer me an offer." "What have I lost?"
Risk is that you do 20 shows and not receive offers. It spreads like wildfire in the real estate agent's community. It is difficult to come back from a bad first impression.
The most successful real estate agent will instruct you to put it at the top top level before putting your house on the market. There are many details to achieve this goal and we have identified five key areas. We call them "The 5 C & # 39; s".
1. Clutta
2. Cleaning
3. Cosmetics
4. Curve appeal
5. Communication
Clutter
Potential buyers are ruthless. For them, everything stands out like a painful thumb. Small imperfections may not seem to be important to you, but they may become disruptors of trading.
Clutter is a wonderful wheel to work on for the first time. If your closet is full, your room is furnished, your storage area is packed, you need to get things home from storage. The result will be a more spacious and easy-to-live look and feel.
Many companies like "pods" will drop storage containers. You pack them, pick them up and keep them, then deliver them anywhere. In an 8 '# 8' # 16 'container, it is about an average of $ 1,300 for a six month storage period, the average time it takes to repair and sell a house.
This opaque process is a great opportunity to throw away unnecessary things. Some items may fall in Goodwill Industries and be tax depreciation. For other things, garbage bin 8 '# 8' is about 400 dollars. Most people underestimate the garbage can of the required size.
As a last resort, many realtors deal with 'recession' which can help arrange the effects of housework in the most attractive way. Some stepladders have furniture warehouses to improve the overall presentation.
Cleaning
Promising buyers notice dust, dirt, dirty like a nasty mother in a comedy routine. Another reason for falling in love with your house is all scratches. Even if you hire a professional cleaning service, please walk home with a spray bottle and a paper towel.
A good source of all kinds of cleaning is the Better Homes & Gardens website http://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/house-cleaning/.
The floor is one of the first things people notice about your home. Carpet dirt, wooden floor scratches, tiles and linoleum cracks all break potential transactions. Ideally, cleaning is relief, but in some cases it will be necessary to replace the flooring, repair the floor of the wood, re-paint the walls and woodwork.
Carpet cleaning is best done by experts who use steam cleaning equipment at a cost of approximately 50 cents per square foot. When borrowing a carpet machine, please repeat it several times until the water of the take-up bucket becomes dirty. In the case of a hard floor, first vacuum it and wipe it with a damp cloth containing wood floor cleaning chemicals. If dirt permeates the finish, you need to polish them and refurbish them.
The appliance needs to clean the inside and the outside completely. Please use degreasing solution on cooking utensil, exhaust fan lattice, and surrounding surface of cooking area.
Cosmetics
"Cosmetics" means to show or feel the exposed surface like a new one. This means cleaning, repainting, or replacing flooring, wooden flooring, walls, woodworking, furniture, furniture. You can not clean, you will re-emerge. Please replace what you can not re-float. You can see old and old, but you refuse or replace.
If your carpet is over 5 years old, you should probably replace it with a cost of about 3 dollars per square foot at the price of 2013. (Carpet over 2 years old will be exchanged.) The hardwood floor costs about 4.50 feet to repair and about 6.00 feet to replace it. The cost of the new linoleum and tile is about the same as a 1 square foot carpet.
You can use the appliance's new parts to make the appliance a new one. A new burner, grill, drip bread can make the stove look neat and clean. If the appliance is outdated or old, you can also consider the new appliance. A new refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, microwave oven costs about $ 2,000, but you can get an extra $ 5,000 for the house.
A dark dark basement can also break the contract. If the wall is dirty, soaked with water, if mold is visible, please rinse off, please paint twice and paint white paint. This also reduces moisture and smell. The floor can be easily deformed by first rinsing thoroughly first, then applying epoxy paint twice. For a 200 dollar investment, you can sell your house faster at a higher price.
Curve appeal
There is a proverb that you have only one chance to make a good impression. An unattractive exterior can color the way buyers recognize the interior. A stunning look and feel makes the prospect more tolerate what they see inside.
According to research, the roof is attractive 40% of your curve. If it is dirty or discolored, a perfectly good roof seems to require replacement. It will professionally clean up for about $ 300 and the roof problem will be gone. Make sure they are using EPA approved chemistry without hurting your low pressure nozzle and your green. Most roofing shops will also move while washing away your siding and windows.
Grasses where weeds are prevalent can also be turned off. With a $ 30 spray tank and a $ 12 weed killer, weed grass can be removed in a few weeks. Later, the best way to green the lawn is to use granular fertilizer that supplies feed with a timed release scheme for liquids that produce only short-lived green flashes.
You should cut out your spine so that it is neglected or not growing up. In some cases, it seems old or unsightly and it is recommended to replace with fresh plants.
If your siding or trim does not clean up with power washing or other means, you will need to repaint it. Depending on the size of the house, this costs from $ 2,000 to $ 5,000, but usually you can make up for it at a higher selling price.
Communication
The main communication source of residential houses on the market is the MLS website accessible only to real estate agents. When you try to sell your house without a real estate agent, you have almost no place to go for listing almost everything. Some large real estate companies also have their own website listing each house on the MLS website. Many sites with names like "House Search" are camouflaged real estate sites.
This means you will realize that it is very difficult to sell your house without paying the real estate agents fee of 6%. However, some real estate agents will work harder than other real estate agents to sell your house. Find something that provides value-added services like professional photographers who have lenses and lights to make your photos as attractive as possible. Also, please find a realtor who brings a "stuttering house" in a warehouse full of furniture to enhance the look and feel of your home.
We do not recommend investing other than attractive photos and explanations. Buyers do not like videos. Because I want to quickly click on the picture I want to see rather than waiting to see the video.
In all communications, please make sure that your home can provide what your communication promises. Otherwise the show leads to disappointment.
Sixth C - compromise
There is a sixth "C" that we have not taught about Comp Comprises. That is, when you fully cover 5 "Cs", you still need to go down in price. There were too many opportunities if the seller refused good offers from pride and stubbornness and was later forced to accept lower offers later.
We would like you to enjoy what you read about the five C's.
