Friday 25 April 2014

How To Sell A Home: A Great Guide

By Madeleine Glazier


Although it can be a big challenge, selling a home is not at all hopeless as you can sell yours as fast as possible with some pre-planning and creative tricks. If you want to know some of these, follow the tips below for that successful selling experience.

Take stock of your kitchen. This room is the heart of a home, so make sure yours is up to scratch. This might include making some quick upgrades to this all-important room. While you might not want to spend the money on granite or all new appliances, painting the walls, updating cupboard hardware and cleaning out all of the cupboards and pantry are easy ways to make this room more appealing.

First impressions are important, so make sure your home is welcoming and has plenty of curb appeal. Clean up the exterior and spruce up the entry. Clean the windows, pull up all of the weeds, pressure wash the driveway, clean out gutters and place a few potted plants by the entry. You also could consider painting the front door, replacing the front door or updating the door hardware. The most important thing is to make sure that every element in your yard is as attractive as possible and there are no signs of disrepair or poor upkeep.

It is also important that your home's interior gets good impressions. Cleanliness and freshness in your home's overall scent should be ensured. A bouquet of flowers or maybe a little dish with cookies or candies by your front door is good. In that way those who walk in would feel that wonderful appeal your home makes in their senses. Do not leave clutter or anything that is of your own personal things like photos or your knickknacks and accessories. It is fine if you leave some carefully chosen accessories, just pack the rest up. This should also help in your initial "packing up" stage. Cleaning out and reducing the amount of things stored in your closets should also be done. Buyers would find it more appealing to find organized closets and cupboards not crammed with stuffs.

When it comes to sales, it's all about the marketing, so make sure your home is being advertised to its greatest advantage. These days, most people begin searching for their new home by going online. Make sure that your home is listed on every possible real estate website, and that the listings include tons of fantastic pictures. While your realtor should be listing the home on a variety of social media and real estate sites, don't be shy about putting your listing up on Facebook. After all, your friends might show it to their friends who will show it to their friends and so on.

Be sure to contact a real estate team such as 1stInsite when you are ready to sell a home in Alamo or Lafayette or if you own Moraga real estate, Walnut Creek real estate, Orinda real estate and Danville real estate. The realtors at 1stInSite can help any client sell or buy homes around Contra Costa and Alameda counties.




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