The most stressful time in any person’s life and most people do it at least 5 times … yes, moving home is a real pain in the gluteus maximus. I’m not even going to talk about the lawyers, the costs, the buyers and sellers, and all the other hoops one must jump through. Today I’m just going to focus on getting your home ready for resale … which will involve a lot of cleaning. So, without further ado, here’s what you need to do to make sure that some poor schmuck actually wants to buy your old house.
SCRUB DOWN | No one is going to want to buy a dirty house and so the first thing you are going to have to do is clean it from head to toe and every nook and cranny in between. Put on those rubber gloves and prepare to get liberal with the bleach. Aside from the basic dusting and vacuuming, here’s what else you need to focus on:
- Mold | This is a major issue and if you have any mold or damp areas in your house, you are going to want to get it sorted asap, because people might buy a dusty house, but they will never by a damp and moldy one.
- Carpets | Giving your carpets a quick vacuum might make them look good to you, but you’ve become accustomed to their greyness and so it’s time to call in the professionals from electrodry.com.au so that they can sort it out once and for all. You probably will have forgotten what the original colour of the carpet was.
- Windows | You’re probably going to want to get professionals to clean the windows as well, but at least you can do them yourself if money is an issue. The windows at the front of your house will be the first thing a potential buyer will see, so make sure they sparkle.
DEPERSONALIZE | There is a fine line when it comes to personalization of your home. On the one hand, people are going to want to see a lived in home that they can imagine their own family moving into and being happy in, however if you go too over board and have all the pictures your kids have even drawn on the fridge and a wall dedicated solely to pictures of your cats, then people will struggle to visualize their own family here, so play it somewhere in the middle and you’ll be fine.
FIX THE BROKEN | This doesn’t concern whether your TV is on the blink as buyers won’t care about that stuff, but you need to fix any broken doors and window as well as cracked walls and ceilings. All the little cosmetic details add up and if your home is spotless, you’ll make a sale very quickly, however if the buyers keep seeing cracks and broken bits, they are never going to make you an offer.
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