subject: Preparing Your Barrie Home For A Real Estate Sale [print this page] Preparing Your Barrie Home For A Real Estate Sale
As a seller, you want your home to sell quickly and at the best price possible. In order to have buyers lining up outside your Barrie real estate home, you need to do some careful planning and know how to professionally spruce up your home. First, disassociate yourself with your Barrie real estate home. This will involve making a mental decision to let it go, fully aware that the house will no longer be your home. You should then depersonalize you home by packing up any family heirlooms and photographs. This will ensure that prospective buyers viewing your home do not get distracted and are instead able to imagine their photos on the wall. It is also important to de-clutter your Barrie real estate home by getting rid of items that you have not used in say over a year. Remove all books from the bookcases; pack everything up and clear the kitchen counters to give you a head start on the packing that you are eventually going to have to do. Next, you should rearrange your kitchen cabinets and bedroom closets. A well organized storage area can only raise your esteem in a prospective buyer's eyes as they are likely to glean that you have been taking good care of the rest of your Barrie real estate home. Take note that almost all homes will show better with the least amount of furniture in them. Be sure to remove furniture items which block paths and walkways and store away the book cases. Leave out just enough furniture in every room to showcase the purpose of each room, while leaving plenty of space to move around. Remember to take care of all minor repairs such as fixing leaky faucets, patching holes in the walls as well as replacing cracked floors and tiles in your Barrie real estate home.
