Tips To Sell Your House:

Tips to Sell Your House

Is it time to sell your house? Are you moving to a new neighborhood? Are you relocating for work? Are you moving to downsize? No matter the reason, selling your house is an important process in your life that should be taken very seriously. Here are some important tips to use to sell your house.

Take Your Pets with You

Make sure you take all pets with you, while the relator is showing your home to potential buyers. Not everyone is a cat or dog person. Not everyone likes gerbils or hamsters. Even snakes and turtles that are in tanks might not be a welcome sight for potential buyers.

Lighting

Make sure you light up your house as much as possible. You can do this by cleaning the screens and windows, removing blinds and drapes, changing lampshades and increasing the wattage of light bulbs without going over the maximum allowed by the fixtures. Trim back any trees or bushes outside of the house that could prevent natural light from entering the home.

The Price is Right

Once you find out what your house is worth, reduce that number by 15 or 20 percent. This will help market the home much better for potential buyers. This will surely provide you with multiple buyers who will make multiple offers, even in some of the most difficult markets to sell a home. This takes a lot of courage to do, but it will be worth it in the end.

Make Quick Fixes

Make quick fixes around the house prior to putting it on the market, but do not make major changes. You likely won’t get your money back from any major upgrades to the home prior to putting it on the market. Minor fixes like new curtains, fresh paint, new hardware on the cabinets and cleaning the grout in the tile will go a long way to selling your home.

Always Show-Ready

Once your home is on the market, it needs to be show-ready all the time. You can never be caught off guard here. This means that you should clean it daily, even if it’s just running the vacuum and dusting furniture. Don’t let the kids leave toys all over the house or in the backyard.

The Kitchen Sells the House

A house with an outdated kitchen will have a ton of trouble selling, even in strong markets. This is the one major upgrade you should do prior to listing your home for sale. An upgraded kitchen can make all the difference these days. Even if you spend just a couple thousand dollars on paint, new hardware, new fronts for the cabinets and new counters; you could land an offer that is $10,000 or higher than what was listed.

Remove Personal Items

When putting your house up for sale you must remove personal items. Potential buyers don’t want to see your diplomas, trophies or pictures of your children. They want to wander around your house and try to picture themselves in the house.

Contact Universal Relocations today to learn more about how to sell your house.