Preparing Your Home For The Marketing Process
The following tips will help to prepare your home for the selling process:

• Stay on top of your lawn mowing and yard maintenance.
• Tidy up your front landscaping.
• Place a new, colorful welcome mat at your front door.
• Decorate front door area with potted plants.
• Put a fresh coat of paint on your door.
• Move all toys, bicycles and scooters away from the front of the house.
• Clean all your windows.
• Invest in a new doorknob and lock. This will jazz up your door and provide greater security.
• Make sure your street numerals are polished and in place, or invest in a nice new set that stands out among your neighbors.
• Place a seasonal wreath or arrangement on your door.
• Repair any loose shingles on your roof.
• Paint and repair gutters.

Once the exterior wows your potential buyers, you’ll be to continue to make an impact on them when they make their way inside. You can almost think of it as preparing for a formal dinner party. For starters, you can:

• Remove all the clutter. Make sure the kitchen and bathroom countertops are as clear as possible, try to keep toys organized in closets and shelves, temporarily remove any excess knickknacks or family photos if you tend to have a lot.
• Hang fresh, clean towels in the bathrooms.
• Touch up your paint is your walls have rough spots. You probably already have the extra paint sitting in your garage.
• Vacuum your floors each morning. You may also want to think about getting your carpets cleaned before potential buyers view your house.
• Make sure all your faucets are drip-free.
• Replace any nonfunctioning bulbs in your light fixtures and vanities.
• Thoroughly clean all your appliances, including the inside of your oven and microwave.
• Place a beautiful centerpiece in the center of your dining room table.
• Eliminate odors as much as possible. Place potpourri in the bathrooms, use air freshener and deodorizer, especially if you have indoor pets or there’s a smoker in the house.
• Let the light in. Open all your blinds and curtains. If your house’s natural light leaves some rooms dark during certain portions of the day, turn on your lights if you know your house may be shown that day. If you have any decorative or track lighting, be sure it is on.
• Clean your fireplace.

If you have too much furniture, place some of it in storage.

Add some final touches. A couple of fresh bouquets of flowers and some nice potted plants in decorative containers can do wonders.

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