Preparing Your House For Sale - The Art Of Cleaning And Staging A House

. To help you through the process, take a cue from these helpful guidelines.

1. De-clutter. The first thing you must do after make the decision of selling your house is emptying it of your personal things. Things that are of value to you may appear only as clutter to your prospective home buyer.

2. De-personalize. Take off your personal touches around the house. Make sure that it appears as any other home in the block - with no personality and no soul. The first important step towards that is to cut your emotional ties to it. For a moment, forget that it is where you shared so many special memories with your family and friends. After that, you can put down one by one all the things that remind you of how special the place once was.

3. Clean up. After removing the clutter, the unnecessary things that should not be there when your buyer arrives, you must start scrubbing up and cleaning up. A clean home can be more appealing than a highly stylish one, especially since every other person has a different taste for style.

4. Spend for repairs. Even if your house is well-maintained, there may still be things that need improvement. Make it as homey and as comfortable as possible. If there is a system repair that you always put for later, now is the time to have it done.

5. Never leave it empty. Basic pieces of furniture that are constant in every home are ideal items to fill up the spaces in your house. Avoid going overboard, however. Choose the items you will leave out and choose them well.

6. Take extra effort arranging the front lawn and the garden. The front lawn is naturally the first thing that meets your prospective buyer's eye. If you do not get your prospective buyer off the car and look through the inside of your house, you have little chances of setting it off for a sale. There is no need to overdress your lawn. Grooming it up and cutting down the clutter is oftentimes enough.

7. Look through the house in another person's point of view. After doing the necessary repairs and arrangements, it is time that you look through the house this time not as the owner but as the prospective buyer. Does it come appealing enough? Is it inviting enough from the outside? Are the interiors neatly arranged? Does it come as a nice place to build new memories?

8. Allow a professional home stager to boost the appeal of your home. As with home repairs, this will cost some extra money on your part. But as it will help speed up the selling process not to mention increase the value of your home, it is definitely worth every single penny.

by: Beverly Manago

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