Curb appeal is very important when your house is up for sale.
If a potential buyer is driving buy, you want the house to look
its best to entice the potential buyer to want to come in and
have a look.
April is too early for planting, but not too early for yard work.
- Put a nice wreath on the front door.
- Rack the grass, not only will it look better, but it will
loosen the soil for the new grass.
- Is it time for fertilizer
- Clean out the flower beds.
- Remove all the dead twigs, broken branches, garbage
and dried leaves left from the fall.
- Clean out the window wells.
- Give the light fixtures a good washing.
- Sweep the drive and the walkways.
- Remove any garbage or debris from the road in front
of your house.
- This is a good time of the year to borrow or rent a
power washer for a few hours. Wash the drive,
the sidewalks, the deck, the siding, fascia, soffit,
eaves and anything else that needs a good cleaning.
When the potential buyer drives buy your house, you want them
to think, that if the outside looks this good, they will want to see
the inside.
It is recommended that during the evening hours, at least until you
go to bed, that you leave your outside lights on. Don’t forget to
leave a light on in the living room inside the house as well so the
house looks inviting. Use timers.
Today, many people move because of work transfers. The husband is
working in the city where they are going to relocate to, and the wife
and children are still at the old house waiting for it to sell.
The couple looks on the internet to find houses in the right size and price
range. After work, when it is often dark, the husband drives by these houses,
to take a look at then, their location, their curb appeal, the neighborhood, the
location, and the amenities close by.
Turn on the outside lights in the evening, stand in front of your house.
If some one is driving by in the evening hours, how does it look? Is there
anything you can do to improve its evening curb appeal?
You never know who that one buyer for your house is going to be, and you
never know when they will drive by, make it easy for buyers to see your house.
As a Home Stager, my job is to look at the Sellers house through
the eyes of the most discriminating home buyer and give the Seller
my honest and professional recommendations on all of the improvements
that can be done in the house to position the house to be more
competitive and appeal to the greatest range of potential buyers in
the target market.
The final decisions as to what suggestions are or are not implemented
are entirely up to the Seller.
I had a Home Staging Consultation recently, a listing that had expired.
After the Consultation, the very motivated Seller implemented the majority
of the suggestions and the house sold firm in 3 days.
The more motivated the Seller, the more suggestions they are apt to
implement. The more suggestions they implement, the more apt
the house is going to sell faster and for a higher price.
Home Staging can help, but in the end, it’s up to the Seller.
