Listing tips for sellers-

Deciding to sell your home is a crucial decision and the selling process can be quite demanding. We are committed to making the sale of your home quick, easy, and profitable.    

Here's a checklist to help you get started:

Suggested Exterior Improvements

• Painting: Touch up your house's exterior paint before you put it on the market. Paint and/or clean the front door.
• Lawn: Keep your lawn freshly mowed and neatly trimmed. Clear debris from the lawn and the border of your home.
• Sidewalks: Sweep your sidewalks daily.
• Shrubbery: Remove or replace any dead or dying trees, hedges, or shrubs; prune anything that looks unsightly or overgrown.
• Flowers: Filling flowerbeds with seasonal flowers is an inexpensive way to add color and charm to your property. Consider placing a flowerpot by your front door.
• Repairs: Be sure that all gutters and downspouts are in place and clean. Replace missing roof shingles and broken or cracked windows.
• Make sure the garage door is greased and working properly and the house address numbers are easily visible. Replace stray or warped roofing shingles. Straighten sagging gutters. Repaint or replace your mailbox if it shows signs of wear.
• Windows: Keep your windows spotless inside and out throughout the marketing period.
• Eliminate or hide clutter: Clear everything out of the garage that you don't need. Suggested Interior Improvements
• Clean, scrub, and polish: Keep your stove, oven, refrigerator, microwave, and other appliances spotlessly clean inside and out.
• Clean and spot-treat all carpeting. Polish wood floors and vinyl flooring. Clean walls, doors, and woodwork.
• Eliminate odors: Buyers will notice strong smells as soon as they walk through your front door. Eliminate smoke, mildew, and pet odors.
• Fix dripping faucets and running toilets: If any of your sinks or bathtubs drain slowly, unclog them.
• Get rid of clutter: Keep clutter off of kitchen counters and dirty dishes out of the sink. Straighten all closets.
• Make cosmetic improvements: Painting isn't expensive if you do it yourself, but be careful when selecting interior colors. Avoid cherry red, canary yellow, emerald green, and other bold colors with strong visual impact. Make sure hinges and knobs are tightened and doors close properly.

Suggested Staging Tips

Here are some staging tips that you can use to increase your house's emotional appeal.

• Kitchen: Aromas from fragrant goodies like freshly baked gingerbread or just-brewed coffee bring back wonderful memories of home.
• Bathrooms: Always have fresh towels in bathrooms. Buy new shower curtains; old ones are usually spotted with mildew. Put new soap in the soap dishes.
• Clear everything off your refrigerator: Most folks use magnets or tape to stick everything from vacation snapshots and finger-painting masterpieces. Clear everything off.
• Comfort: Keep your house warm in the winter and cool in the summer. A house that's too hot or too cold isn't inviting.
• Flowers: Vases of colorful, fresh flowers spotted throughout the house make a wonderful impression on prospective buyers.
• Front Yard, Driveway & Porch.  Remove all clutter, dead trees and plants.  Add a colorful pot of annual flowers at the front door and a new welcome mat.  Make sure the porch light is working.
• Bright & Light.  Clean windows, blinds and curtains.  Let in as much light as you are comfortable with; turn on all lamps and lights for showings.
• Bathrooms & Kitchens Sell Houses!  Clear off counter tops of appliances and most of the decorations.  These rooms must be hotel clean.  Buy new hand towels for bathroom and kitchen.  Hang a new white shower curtain in bathroom.  Kitchen sink should be free of sponges and cleaning tools.  Trash cans should be out of sight and emptied daily.
• Manage Strong Odors.  Place a box of baking soda in the refrigerator.  Air out the house daily.  Change the cat box daily.  If someone smokes in the house please ask them to stop smoking IN the house while it is on the market.  I prefer natural scents like vanilla extract in a dish or natural herbal potpourri.  Be careful of overpowering scents from artificial deodorizers and scented candles.
• Pack Up Early!  You will need to pack up personal items, collections, remove big pieces of furniture so the buyers can see the house…you are NOT selling your stuff!  You will be packing soon anyway when the house sells.
• Use Neutral Colors.  Shades of beige are the best colors for walls, flooring, and furniture.  Pops of color can be added with throw pillows, flowers and accessories.  Use new slipcovers on furniture if needed.
• Open Up Storage.  Closets and drawers need to look spacious and orderly.
• Look Up.  Remember to clean the tops of ceiling fans and light fixtures; remove cobwebs.
• Dirty Laundry.  Keep laundry hidden from view in a covered basket.
• Repairs.  Fix anything that is broken or get rid of it.
• Garage.  Make room for a car or two.  Remove grease stains.