Small tips that help sell your home:
Outside Appeal
- Trim shrubs and mow lawn
- Weed flower beds and plant flowers
- Clean porch lights, replace light bulbs
- Power wash siding if necessary
- Clean roof, gutters and downspouts
- Paint front door if necessary
- Clean screens and windows
- Make sure the garage-door opener functions properly
- Remove excess lawn furniture
- Ensure exterior doors and locks work smoothly
- If you have a pool, make it crystal clear
- Repair any loose boards on fence
Inside Appeal
- Refresh paint where necessary
- Clean windows to let the light in
- Clean/polish floors
- Replace burned out light bulbs, brighten lighting with more powerful bulbs
- Make sure doors are operating properly
- Clean fireplace, lay logs for fire
- Straighten all closets and declutter
- Vacuum/shampoo rugs
- Tidy up/discard what you are not going to move
- Clean ventilating hood/fan
- Clear off countertops to make kitchen look spacious and neat
- Make sure drawers slide smoothly
- Stack items neatly in cabinets
- Put out fresh towels in baths
- Clean bath fixtures, sinks, tubs, toilets
- Clean or replace shower curtains
- Clean television screens
- Polish furniture
- Clean glass in china cabinets
- Tidy up laundry area