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Preparing Your FSBO Home to Show |
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It is very important that you cover all bases adequately when you are selling you are selling your home on your own. You must have a FSBO home that is in very good condition and ready to be shown to potential buyers.
It does not take much effort to prepare your FSBO home for show but you need proper planning and a little bit of work on your part to guarantee success.
Outside of Your FSBO home
- It is very important to make the outside of your FSBO home clean and attractive as it is the first thing potential buyers will see.
Potential buyers get attracted by the curb appeal, or the way your home looks from the outside, therefore if you spruce it up a bit, it will make them to view the inside of the FSBO home.
- A neatly manicured and well-kept lawn implicitly indicates a well maintained FSBO home.
While your home is on display for sale, make sure to cut your lawn weekly. You should also make sure to rake leaves and to sweep the sidewalks on the weekends while your home is on display for sale.
- If you have shrubs and or trees, to make it look more pleasant, remove debris and dead limbs of the shrubs and trees.
It would be better to plant extra flowers for color or to add potted flowers to lighten up the landscaping.
- Repair your fences, if there are any repairs or need work. Touch them up with stain or with paint.
- Keep large pets with neighbors so they do not interfere with the showing of your FSBO home.
- Put away lawn equipment, toys of your children, and any other outdoor equipment.
Inside Your FSBO Home
- Next thing that comes in the list is to make the inside of your FSBO home presentable for showing. It has been proven that people purchase spacious, clean, and solid homes. Most of the buyers are turning off to buy homes wit dark colors and clutter.
- This means that you must dispose of everything that you can possibly live without. A good rule of thumb is this; the room is probably very cluttered if you cannot see your baseboard.
- You may donate needless things you may have to a charity or have a garage sale to dispose of. You can place the larger items that you must keep in storage. Use white or an off-white paint if you are planning to paint your interior.
- Make sure to replace your light bulbs with brighter, higher wattage bulbs. This will indeed make your home look bright and spacious. Make sure to clean everything carefully including carpets and mirrored surfaces.
- Clean the oven and all appliances. If you have any chrome fixtures, then make sure to polish them. Be sure any light fixtures are secure and in good repair.
- Make sure that your home is free of odors such as from smoke or from pets.
- Fix any loose doorknobs, repair any broken windowpanes or leaky windowsills.
- Also, be sure to repair any leaky pipes and to reapply caulk as needed.
The above tips will get you started on preparing your FSBO home for show. It is a good practice to view your FSBO home as though you are the buyer and to be particularly hard on yourself so a potential buyer won't have to be.
You may worried that you may overlook something, in such case take the help of a friend or neighbor to do a walk thru of the home and to critique your efforts. By this you will have a complete and thorough preparation and will enhance the appeal of your FSBO home.
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