You Do NOT Need To Spend A Lot Of Money To Get Your Home Ready To Sell For Top Dollar

Contrary to what you may have heard, you do NOT need to spend thousands of dollars staging your home, re-decorating, hiring a professional stager or renting costly furnishings just to prepare your home for sale. With a little personal effort, common sense and time, you can have your house looking perfect for photos and ready to show to buyers.  It is very simple really. Follow these steps to make  your home show at its best, outshine the competition, and sell for the most money possible. 

Un-Personalize

Walls – Remove pictures and other items specific to your family

Bath Items – Put your essentials in an accessible box.  Leave your bathroom drawers immaculately clean

Favourites – Remove or replace built in items that you want to take with you.

De-Clutter

Closets – Trash or donate what you don’t need

Surfaces – Clear off your kitchen counters, nightstands, coffee tables etc.

Storage – Consider renting a storage unit

Organize

Picture Perfect – Align items in your kitchen and bathroom cabinets

Ultra- Organize- Alphabetize collections of CD’s, music, spices, canned goods etc.

Coat Closets – Organize your closet and belongs

Repair

Paint loud coloured rooms in the house a neutral colour

No Drips – Fix any leaky faucets

Open Sesame! – Address doors that creak or drawers that jam.

Clean

Flooring – Wax wooden floors and steam carpets. Clean and vacuum daily

Dust – Dust furniture fixtures and those hard to reach spaces

Bathrooms – In the bathroom, re-caulk around the tub and sink. Polish all metals 

Spruce Outside

The Grass – Mow and maintain your lawn

Outside - Clean you window and pressure wash the exterior

Plants – Trim Shrubbery around the house

With a little effort and preparation you CAN get your home ready for sale for very little cost - perhaps simply the cost of a couple cans of paint.  If you want advise as to what should to be done just give us a call at 902 446-3113. We are more than happy to come visit your home, give you a market value analysis along with simple suggestions to prepare your home to get top dollar in today's market.