REALTOR Tip: Get Your Home Ready for the Spring Housing Market in the Triangle
The following compilation of tips is a collective from our Fonville Morisey Wake Forest office with contributions by: Jennifer Arthur, Keith Dbal, Leah Flach, Beth McCormick, Marsha Myers, Kaye Odum, Laura Pedersen, Yvonne Scott, Karen Turner, and Nancy Vales. Thanks to all for sharing their insights!
We recently wrote about how the Triangle housing market is primed to be a buyer’s market this spring. If you’ve been thinking about selling your home in 2014, we encourage you to get off that proverbial fence and list it. However, we also encourage you to contact your Fonville Morisey Sales Associate who can best help you determine the right price in which to sell it for keeping in mind every property is unique! Your FM Agent knows how to price it best.
With that in mind, we thought whether you’re thinking about listing your home for sale in the Triangle or you’ve already made the decision, it’s time to get your property ready for that sale. We did an extensive list of Seller’s Tips around this time last year so when we asked our Wake Forest office to come up with their own tips and tricks, not surprisingly yesterday’s are still the same today. Take a look!
It’s time to spruce up your lawn and garden to show its very best side. Clean it up and plant some flowers (or bulbs) and add flower pots to the front porch or step as well. Cut back on the shrubs, especially those blocking windows and the sunlight from penetrating through them. Buyers LOVE light!
Speaking of windows, be sure to wash all of your windows and insert the screens to let the sun and fresh air in too.
Don’t forget to pull the weeds too! In fact, breathe new life into a tired entrance way by mulching flowerbeds and natural areas. Remove/replace old, faded, broken flower pots and welcome mats with refreshing spring colors!
And if you need to – power wash or paint the exterior of your home as well. Sometimes all your property may need is a good power washing to make it new again…and sometimes, it’ll need a fresh coat of paint. Use your judgment there but remember, you’re trying to catch the eye of the prospective buyer!
Keep in mind, the home you currently live in has now become a property to market and as such, as a homeowner you need to consider how to make it appealing to the prospective buyer. The number one thing you should do – de-clutter. Better yet, depersonalize and neutralize. Take down all the family pictures and items that collect dust. If you can include home staging in your budget, that is very helpful. Even if all the Stager does is take what you currently own and re-position those items in such a way that it looks like a model home where buyers can then visualize their furniture in your space.
Give new life to rooms, removing personal bright colors on the walls (or wallpaper) in favor of using crisp soft or warm neutral tones.
Homebuyers in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding communities look for all these things. Remember, they want to be able to visualize themselves and their possessions taking new residence in your space. Give them a reason to! Your Fonville Morisey REALTOR® will work with you on how best to do this with a budget you can manage.
We recently wrote about how the Triangle housing market is primed to be a buyer’s market this spring. If you’ve been thinking about selling your home in 2014, we encourage you to get off that proverbial fence and list it. However, we also encourage you to contact your Fonville Morisey Sales Associate who can best help you determine the right price in which to sell it for keeping in mind every property is unique! Your FM Agent knows how to price it best.
With that in mind, we thought whether you’re thinking about listing your home for sale in the Triangle or you’ve already made the decision, it’s time to get your property ready for that sale. We did an extensive list of Seller’s Tips around this time last year so when we asked our Wake Forest office to come up with their own tips and tricks, not surprisingly yesterday’s are still the same today. Take a look!
Curb Appeal – It’s the First Thing Your Buyers Will See
It’s time to spruce up your lawn and garden to show its very best side. Clean it up and plant some flowers (or bulbs) and add flower pots to the front porch or step as well. Cut back on the shrubs, especially those blocking windows and the sunlight from penetrating through them. Buyers LOVE light!Speaking of windows, be sure to wash all of your windows and insert the screens to let the sun and fresh air in too.
Don’t forget to pull the weeds too! In fact, breathe new life into a tired entrance way by mulching flowerbeds and natural areas. Remove/replace old, faded, broken flower pots and welcome mats with refreshing spring colors!
And if you need to – power wash or paint the exterior of your home as well. Sometimes all your property may need is a good power washing to make it new again…and sometimes, it’ll need a fresh coat of paint. Use your judgment there but remember, you’re trying to catch the eye of the prospective buyer!
The Front Door is Usually a Focal Point – So Make it So!
Get your front door area ready. Sweep, remove any cobwebs, clean the door itself and add a fresh coat of paint to it if it’s needed. Polish and clean the outdoor light fixture at the door too. That’s definitely a piece you don’t want to forget to clean!Make the Inside of Your Home Sparkle AND Inviting!
Keep in mind, the home you currently live in has now become a property to market and as such, as a homeowner you need to consider how to make it appealing to the prospective buyer. The number one thing you should do – de-clutter. Better yet, depersonalize and neutralize. Take down all the family pictures and items that collect dust. If you can include home staging in your budget, that is very helpful. Even if all the Stager does is take what you currently own and re-position those items in such a way that it looks like a model home where buyers can then visualize their furniture in your space.Give new life to rooms, removing personal bright colors on the walls (or wallpaper) in favor of using crisp soft or warm neutral tones.
Homebuyers in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding communities look for all these things. Remember, they want to be able to visualize themselves and their possessions taking new residence in your space. Give them a reason to! Your Fonville Morisey REALTOR® will work with you on how best to do this with a budget you can manage.
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