Enhance Your Home for a Quicker Sale
Before putting your home on the market, you can enhance its interior by:
- Cleaning every room and removing clutter. This alone will make your house appear bigger and brighter.
- Some homeowners with crowded rooms rent storage units and move some of their furniture out, creating a sleeker, more spacious look.
- Hiring a professional cleaning service every few weeks while the house is on the market
- Removing items from kitchen counters, closets and attics.
- Repairing soiled or strongly colored walls with a neutral shade, such as off-white or beige. Applying the same color scheme to carpets and flooring.
- Checking and repairing cracks, leaks and signs of dampness in the attic and basement, as well as • repairing cracks, holes or damage to plaster, wallboards, wallpaper, paint and tiles.
- Replacing broken or cracked window panes, molding and other woodwork.
- Inspecting and repairing plumbing, heating, cooling and alarm systems.
- Repairing dripping faucets and shower heads.
- Buying new towels for the bathroom to be displayed when prospective buyers visit.
- Sprucing up a kitchen in need of major remodeling with new cabinet knobs, window treatments or a coat of neutral paint.
- Consider bringing in a professional “Stager” to set the scene throughout your home.