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Preparing a home for selling

Date Published: 24th September 2009
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If you are prepared to sell your house, you should take care that your home is in the position to be sold. First of all, make sure to note down some points about what needs to be done to your house. Be careful about each and every small thing and inspect your property so that you could come up with problem areas. Once you have identified the problem areas of your house or apartment , start taking steps to correct and repair them because first impression of your house will leave a lasting effect in the mind of the buyer. Also, if the house is in a good condition, you can demand a higher price.

If your property whether residential or commercial property is in a prime condition, then showing your house to any buyer or real estate agent would not be a problem for you and you can easily negotiate prices with them. In this situation, you would be able to sell your property easier and quickly. Following are few steps which you can keep in mind while selling your property


9) First of all, lay more emphasis on the front entry. Make sure that doors or gates are in good condition well polished or painted so that it leaves a good impression and the buyer feels like moving ahead and visiting your house. Take care of your door bell, look whether it’s in working condition or not and place a clean doormat in front of your door and see to it that there should not be any water logging in front of your main gate.

10) Make sure that your house is painted well and the paint is not peeling of the walls and if you have wall paper, take care that it should not be torn from anywhere also see whether woodwork needs repairing or not

11) Also check the mechanicals of the house like lights, bulbs, switches etc and replace switches that are not working and repair broken switch plates.


12) Bathroom is the place in house which tends to get dirty easily and dirty bathroom, vanity, sinks will leave a bad impression. So make sure, there is no dirt accumulated on tiles or wall is painted properly and no water is accumulated on the floor and toilet bowls are not dirty.

13) Another important area of house is the kitchen and people inspect it carefully and see to it that kitchen is neat and clean or not. It does not matter whether the kitchen is big or small, just make sure things are not scattered here and there and gas stove is clean, utensils are at the appropriate place etc

14) Also, check if any plumbing work is required. See to it that pipes or toilets are not choked or leaky.

15) If you have any garage, make sure that it is clean and it should not overflow with things not used in the house and also take care that switches and light-bulbs are working properly.


16) Last but not the least; make sure that the store room of the house is neat even though it may not be having adequate space. Just place things properly and it will look neat and more spacious.

These are the few tips which should not be overlooked because if we take care of these small things, it can get us high price and will help in selling house quickly. There are many properties , which even though may be second hand but are maintained so properly that you feel like you have bought a new house.


Neha Chawla writes on behalf of 99acres.com, which is an internet portal dedicated to meet every aspect of the consumers needs in the real estate industry. At 99 acres, you can advertise a property in India , search for a property, browse through commercial and residential property.
Tags: first impression, real estate agent, problem areas, doors, woodwork, paint, dirt, taking steps, tiles, switches, bulbs, bathroom vanity, wall paper, gates, sinks, doormat, prime condition
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