You've cleaned, repaired, painted, de-cluttered, and de-personalized -- all good tips to prepare the inside of your home for potential buyers. But make sure your spruce-up strategy doesn't stop at the door.
Here are a few tips for staging the outside of your home to make sure buyers take the next step and come inside:
1. Paint the front and garage doors. Replace them if dented.
2. Professionally touch-up exterior paint or have the siding power-washed. Clean the gutters and windows.
3. Wash and repaint or reseal decks, and tidy any surrounding plants. Make sure any patio furniture is clean and in good condition.
4. Replace any missing roof shingles.
5. Clean, repave or repair the driveway.
6. Replace any outdated or damaged light fixtures.
7. Repair or replace any landscaping bricks.
8. Clean all landscaping beds. Replace bedding material and add seasonally appropriate plantings.
9. Trim or prune all trees and bushes, and fill in bare dirt under large shade trees.
10. Maintain the lawn, including weeding and trimming.
11. Ask a trusted friend or neighbor to tell you what you've missed, and make those fixes.
Do some or all of these things and you'll have a greater chance of selling your home quicker today in a buyers market. All Realtors® are not createded equal and all companies are not the same. I am a trusted advisor to all of my clients and as their full time professional Realtor®, I have made a difference and I will work with you to get the same results.
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