Seller’s Tips – Prepping Your Home for a Buyer

Preparing your home for a potential buyer? While some may think that a simple dusting and hiding of laundry is sufficient enough, there are actually a few things you can do to help attract potential buyers into seeing the potential in your home. A potential buyer does not want to see YOU and your family in the home, they want to be able to imagine them and their family – doing this will help attract them to wanting to possibly bid on your home.

Tips to help elevate your home and prepare it for a potential buyer, you can:

Consider furniture arrangement – Have an oversize couch? A leader lazy-boy in the centre of the family room? One of the worst things a potential seller can do is make a room look smaller than it actually is. Consider the furniture you have, it’s placement and how you can make it so that the space is clutter free and spacious. This will help buyers see the potential and envision their furniture in the space.

Highlight the natural beauty of the home– Have you been hiding the marked hardwood floors? Maybe you’ve hidden those large hall windows with curtains because it’s too bright – these finishes are ones that a potential buyer is looking for and at. By highlighting the natural beauty of the space may just attract a potential buyer who grew up in a home with hardwood floors or large bay windows. Your dislike, may be another’s like.

Declutter the clutter – What you consider organized chaos may come across as just messy to another. Before a showing, put away those small items that can pile up. For example, have an avid reader in the home? Put them on a shelf or stack them up nicely. Magazines? Loose papers? Stick them in a pile or a drawer. You don’t want to make your home seem messy because that may be all they see.

Whether you are selling for the first time, or are seasoned, these tips will help make the process a much more bearable and exciting experience. As a homeowner selling, you want to help a potential buyer see all the potentials in your home, just as you saw the potential in it.

Whether you’re looking to buy or sell in the Kamloops area, for a greater probability of success you need a dedicated professional. I can guide you through the process and be counted on to protect your investment!

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