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Improving Your Home's Interior

Curb appeal draws buyers into your house, but appealing interiors make the sale. It doesn't take much to eliminate potential distractions and have Buyers focus on your home's best features.

REMEMBER - YOU NEVER GET A SECOND CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION.

Get rid of clutter: Eliminating clutter and excess furniture makes rooms appear larger. Store, sell, or give away surplus or bulky furniture. Put them in a box. Rent a storage area for a few months and put the box in the storage unit. Closet space sells houses too. Clean and organize closets, bookcases, and drawers.

Profit from your clutter: Ironically, the clutter that reduces your house's value is far from worthless. On the contrary, your clutter is someone else's treasure. Make a donation to your favorite charity and earn a tax deduction (be sure to ask for a donation receipt). Or, have a garage sale.

Clean, scrub, and polish: Your stove, oven, refrigerator, microwave oven, and other appliances must be spotlessly clean inside and out. Scour walls, floors, bathtubs, showers, and sinks until they sparkle. Don't forget to clean the ventilating hood in your kitchen. Whether you do the work or hire someone, make sure that your house is spotless.

Eliminate odors: Smoke, mildew, and pet odor are the worst impression to leave a potential buyer with. Cleaning drapes and carpets helps get rid of odors. Remove ashes from the fireplace.

Fix drippy faucets: Homebuyers often turn on faucets and flush toilets to check water pressure and drains. Make sure any faucets that drip or have slow drains are unclogs and working properly.

De-personalize: It might sound like the opposite of what you'd want to do to make a home seem happy and lived in, but you want buyers to view it as their potential home. When a potential homebuyer sees your family photos hanging on the wall, it's harder for them to visualize their pictures instead. They also might start to take more interest in looking at your pictures and where you've been rather than looking at the features of your home. Putting away family photos, sports trophies, collectible items, knick-knacks, and souvenirs can help simplify your home and allow potential buyers imagine it as their own.

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