“I know many people who are planning to list their homes for sale in the springtime. Some people have asked me how to prepare their homes, so I prepared 36 tips, which I will list in 3 postings. The second 12 tips, which I call “Buckets of Fun” (because they focus on painting & gardening) are:
13. Paint the interior walls a neutral color. If you can’t paint the walls off-white or eggshell, paint the home a light beige. Concentrate on the living areas, kitchen, and master bedroom.
14. Replace or paint over tired or dated wallpaper. Also remember your wall paper should appeal to 80% of buyers, if it doesn’t replace it or prep the wall and paint over it.
15. Paint the front door. The color can be different than the house color but should coordinate with the shutters or molding. It should be a neutral color or in earth tones.
16. Paint the exterior of the house or paint the trim. If the paint job needs to be done, paint it! Buyers consider an exterior paint job to be BIG work and they will deduct BIG dollars if it isn’t done.
17. Paint the garage door to freshen it up. If it doesn’t work right have it repaired.
18. Kill the Red Ants. You can buy a treatment that kills red ants for the entire summer season for less than $40 for the typical yard. Buy it and use it. Nothing kills a sale faster than the potiential buyer being bitten by fire ants.
19. Remove overgrown plants and replant. Your home should be framed by plants, not hidden by them.
20. Fill holes in your yard with fill dirt and then sod. Sod the yard where needed.
21. Plant flowers to make a great first impression. I suggest red or yellow flowers. If your flower beds are being “visited” by cats, plant Society Garlic – cats hate it and the purple flowers are very nice.
22. Water the yard and plants weekly. No one wants a dead lawn.
23. Mow the yard weekly in the Summer and at least every other week during the rest of the year. No one wants a jungle.
24. Clean the pool if you have one. It should sparkle. A dirty pool reminds people that a pool requires work – you want to remind people how much fun a pool can be.
Regards,
John Sizemore, REALTORMORE Service - MORE Agent
John Sizemore, REALTORMORE Service - MORE Agent
The Sizemore Team services residential Real Estate needs in the Texas communities of Spring, The Woodlands, Oak Ridge North, Shenandoah, Conroe, Magnolia, and all of surrounding S.W. Montgomery County, TX.
(reprinted with written permission, copyright 2008)
For this and any other information regarding real estate in Moses Lake, WA, or if you are ready to list or buy a home with me today, call me at 509-431-5804. I look forward to serving you with great customer service!!
Sincerely,Connie Suehiro, REALTOR
Gary Mann Real Estate
Moses Lake, WA 98837
509-431-5804 direct
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