Selling Your Home? Kitchen and Bathroom are Key Selling Points

Thinking about selling your home? Before you place it "on the market" take a look around. Once your listed, you now have a "paper trail" of information on your home. Place your home on the market when it is ready to be placed there.

The following is a guideline. Read it over thoroughly to help you prepare yourself and your home for the next step. Take a notepad a and good look around your home. Pretend YOU were the buyer. Be critical, and take notice on what you would want to changed or remedied. Statistically buyers prefer "move in condition"; "fixer-uppers" tend to go for a lower price.

So, take a walk and look around. Maybe your home is ready to "sell" or maybe just a few small alterations could increase your value and.or decrease the amount of time actually spent "on the market" before its sold.

So let's begin with this question. "What is the first thing you notice when approaching a house?" The answer is..... your actual property-AND even your neighbors' property. Keep your grounds well maintained: if there is snow, make sure it is shoveled and kept safe. You may need to mow the grass a bit more often, or trim those hedges. If you feature flower beds, keep them weeded and groomed as well. Regarding your neighbors' property, (unless your good friends who have a good sense of humor) DON'T tell your neighbor to clean their yard. This is not polite.

Let them know that you are going to be selling your house and let them know that the higher the price you get for your home, will actually help increase the price of their home. Ask, if they would mind if you could clean up the leaves in front of their house, so they don't blow over into your yard....because you want everything to be perfect. Make a joke that your neurotic. Be as diplomatic as possible. This way, you will have their help, permission and support during this time. If they say no-fine, at least you tried. Yet, if you disclose your situation like this, I'm sure they would want their own value to increase off of your work.