Experience shows that taking time to prepare your home increases desirability, provides a marketing "edge" and results in shorter market time while assuring the highest return.
Before Presenting Your Home to Buyers
Go through the Marketing Preparation Guide to prepare your home for sale.
Before Buyers Come to Your Home
- Turn on all inside lights, even during the day.
- At night, turn on outside lights.
- Turn on soft music.
- Keep heat at 68 degrees.
- Keep pets in a separate area; change litter boxes daily.
- Put money and other valuables away and out of sight.
- Keep draperies and shades open.
- Open all doors inside the home except closets.
When an Agent Shows Your Home
- A buyer will likely spend more time previewing your home if you are not in the home.
- If you can't leave the home, group children around the television with the volume on low, or have them play in a specially designated area.
- Don't precede or follow the buyer through your home.
- Let the sales associate show and sell your home.
