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Staging Your Home For Sale

You never get a second chance to make a good first impression!

Look at your home “through the buyers eyes”, as though you’ve never seen it before. Any time or money spent on clean-up and repairs will come back to you in a better selling price.

Inside

• Inspect the house, room by room. Paint if necessary. Clean carpets or drapes if they need it. Clean dirty windows.

• Clear unnecessary objects from furniture. Keep decorative objects on the furniture in small groups of no more than 5 items.

• A clean kitchen is important! Clear refrigerator front of messages, pictures, etc. Clear away unnecessary or rarely used items from countertops. Keep appliances clean.

• Sparkling bathrooms sell homes! Remove unneeded items from countertops, tubs, shower stalls, commode tops. Keep only your most needed cosmetics, brushes, etc. in one small group on the counter. Coordinate towels.

• Rearrange or remove some of the furniture if necessary. Sparsely furnished rooms appear larger.

• Make closets look bigger. Remove and pack away items that can be stored elsewhere.

• Take down or rearrange pictures or objects on walls. Patch and paint if needed.

• Repair items like loose doorknobs, leaky faucets, or cracked moulding.

• Lighting cheers up the home. Open the drapes or blinds and leave lights and lamps on during showings.

• Have the radio on soft background music during the day for all showings.

• Have a lockbox installed ... very important! If we don’t have a key, we can’t show it!

Outside

• Go across the street and look...

• Start with the lawn. Keep it trimmed, edged and watered. Fertilize if needed.

• Trim all bushes and plants. Keep plants from blocking windows. Weed and clear planting areas. “You can’t sell a house if you can’t see it”!

• Check gutters and roof for dry rot. Repair shutters, gutters and downspouts as needed.

• Paint the mailbox!

• Check the house for paint problems, especially the front door and trim.

• Go around the perimeter of the house with “buyer’s eyes”.

• Store all garbage cans, wood scraps, extra building material, etc. in the garage.

• Clear patios or decks of “clutter” such as small planters, flower pots, charcoal, BBQ’s, toys, etc.

• Inspect all windows and screens, and repair, or replace as necessary.

Directions To Our Office

RE/MAX Peninsula - Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

825 Diligence Drive Suite 126 Newport News, VA 23606

Erin Melton - Licensed In The State Of Virginia
Bryant Melton does NOT have an active real estate license

Erin - 757.784.1358  Bryant - 757.784.1359  Fax: 1.866.737.9752

Email: meltonteam@cox.net

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