When buyers go to an open house, they want to see the home in its most pristine form to help them envision their lives in it. The only thing dirt and clutter does is make buyers see the home as dysfunctional and too small to accommodate them.
Avoid making the wrong impression with your property by ensuring these 5 places are always clean before an open house.
1. Garage - The garage is much more to buyers than a safe place to keep their cars. Its a gargantuan of extra storage space they can use for just about anything. So when preparing your home for prospective buyers, ensure that all your tools and equipment are placed neatly on the shelves and keep as much of the ground space free so the buyers can get an idea of the amount of additional space they can get from the garage. Also, make sure all the counter tops and shelves are dusted off and the floors are swept clean.
2. Backyard - Buyers love yard space. What they love even more is having it well landscaped. Ensure the lawn is cut low and all the leaves are raked away. They patio also needs to be cleared of any dirt and the BBQ and lawn furniture needs to be properly cleaned. All these details add to the appeal of your backyard and gives the buyers a great idea of what they can do with it if it were theirs.
3. Indoor Storage - this means all closets, drawers and cupboards. You would be fooling yourself if you thought prospective buyers wouldn't open every door of your home during an open house. They will look! Make sure all these storage areas are kept neat and organized. When buyers see how well-kept these areas are it helps to emphasize how useful these storage spaces will be for them. Along with keeping the storage spaces organized, you need to ensure that there's nothing out in the open that you don't want seen, namely anything that may be offensive to guests.
4. Laundry Room - Aside from the kitchen, the laundry room is one of the most used areas of the home. Its expected to be dirty. But no one wants to use an untidy laundry room, or picture themselves in one anyways. This is a particularly important room for moms who are constantly burdened by laundry duties week in and week out. As the seller, you need to ensure the laundry room is as pristine as possible to spark excitement in the buyers to actually have a functional and attractive laundry area. Make sure there's no dirty clothes in the hampers or dryer sheets on the floor. Put everything in its place and make the room spotless.
5. Appliances - This is a biggy, especially if your selling them with the home. Most people will ensure the outside of their appliances are clean but neglect the insides keeping spoiled foods in the fridge or letting the stove build up gunk inside. This is a HUGE no-no! Buyers don't want to see their future appliances being mistreated by previous owners. They want to know that, although they're buying used appliance, they were handled with the utmost care guaranteeing them additional years of use.
After cleaning your home and getting everything ready for your open house, be sure to go over our list and ensure all these items are clean. Once you have all these areas covered, you're guaranteed to be a hit with home buyers at your next open house.
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