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How to Increase Your Home’s Value
at No Additional Cost!

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You can increase the value of your home by hundreds, even thousands of dollars without paying any additional money. When your home shows well, you avoid many of the pitfalls of the selling process. You reduce the amount of time it is on the market. You avoid the heartache of listing your home for month after month and even face the problem of having your listing expire. The good news is that it doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg to get your home ready for sale.

This report makes many suggestion for improving the interior and exterior of your home. When you carefully follow these suggestions, you will greatly enhance the value of your home.

The Interior of Your Home

Buyers want the most home for their money. That means they want lots of room and a warm inviting atmosphere. The first thing you should do is rent a storage unit. Your objective is to clean and de-clutter both the inside and outside of your home.

•      Remove all extra furniture from each room. Put it in storage. Only keep those furniture items that are necessary for living in your home.

•      Clean your closets. Pack all the clothes your are not using and put them in storage. If necessary, purchase a closet organizer and use it as directed. It will significantly increase the perceived room in your closets. Although many peoples home are a mess, they expect neatness in a home they intend to buy.

•     Open your blinds and draperies. Let as much light as possible into your home. It will increase the perceived size of your home. Be sure to clean the blinds, draperies and windows.

•      Clean your kitchen very carefully. This is one of the most important rooms in your home when it comes to selling. Get rid of all the clutter on your countertops. Organize your drawers and cabinets. Potential buyers will look inside. You want them to see as much room as possible.

•      Clean all your appliances. Take the pictures, artwork, calendars, magnets, etc. off the fridge.

•      Carefully and thoroughly clean your bathrooms. They should be spotless. Remove all personal items from the tops of the counters. Hang your best towels up. Repair all bathroom fixtures or replace if necessary. Your bathroom should appear spotless.

•      Clean your floors and carpets. Wax your wood floors. Shampoo your carpets. Use bleach to clean the grout on your tile floors.

•      Dust everything that can be seen and some items that cannot be seen. For example, move your refrigerator and clean it. Clean all dead insects from your light fixtures and window sills.

•      If you have plant, prune them. Throw out any plants that are dying.

•      Remove any posters are artwork, especially in your teen’s bedrooms. Put all the toys away in your younger children’s rooms

•      Clean your utility room. Fold the laundry and put it away. Don’t leave any items lying on the floor, washer or dryer.

The Exterior of Your Home

•     Move out your cars and tools. Clean and sweep the garage. Remove any garbage.

•      Pick up any items in your yard. Mow the yard and keep it watered. Edge the sidewalks and flower beds as needed.

•      Weed your flower beds. Trim your trees and shrubs. Remove any dead plants, flowers or shrubs.

•      Sweep your sidewalks, patios and porches. Carefully clean the entrance to your home.

•      Fix any broken sprinkler heads.

•      If you have pets, make sure any pet areas are clean and odor free. Remove your pets from your home when showing it to potential buyers. You want them to feel free to walk about the home and yard without concerns about pets getting loose or distracting the buyer.

•      Water your lawn between 10 pm and 6 am. Use ammonium sulfate to bring out the green in your yard.

•      Clear out all gutters and clean the roof if necessary.

•      Make sure your gates open and close with ease. Fix any broken or sagging fence pieces.

•      Make sure your doorbell works correctly. Clear your front door of any items and dirt. Clean the door and make sure it opens and closes very easily.

•      Move any firewood away from the home. You don’t want a home inspector to note that the firewood may be conducive to termites for fire ants during an inspection.

•      Park the cars down the street or away from your home during showings.

If you just follow a few of these simple suggestions, you will significantly increase the value of your home. The bottom line is this… you want to clean and de-clutter both the inside and outside of your home so that it gives the appearance of being well maintained, more roomy and inviting than comparable homes on the market. If two homes are similar in size, but one shows better, the home that shows better will sell quicker and for more money.

Work with a full-time professional real estate agent.  Choose your agent by asking questions.  Find out how knowledgeable they are about houses currently for sale in your price range and also of houses that have recently sold. A good listing agent can get your house sold quickly and at Top Dollar without you having to put a fortune into your home.

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