5 Key Actions to Sell Your Home

5 Key Actions to Sell Your Home

When you’re ready to sell your home, you want it to spend the least amount of time on the market and to sell for the most money possible. So, before you put your home on the market to compete with other homes for sale in Naples, consider these five key actions to increase your chances of doing just that.

Action #1. Hire an Agent Who Specializes in Luxury Properties

When it’s time to sell your home, don’t go it alone. It’s best to work with a real estate agent and to forgo the for sale by owner route.

Agents are real estate professionals who possess the skills to list, competitively price, market, and negotiate the best terms possible for the sale of your home. If you have a luxury property, a luxury home specialist can engage the right network of real estate brokers, agents, and other industry contacts, to reach house hunters who are qualified to buy your residence.

Action #2. Declutter

Clutter can visually shrink spaces, making them appear less functional and accommodating. A residence that looks cluttered can give buyers the impression that it simply doesn’t have ample storage, or that the home may be quickly outgrown.

Before your home hits the market, you should perform a thorough decluttering. Go through each room and make sure that its contents suit the purpose of the space. Minimize knickknacks and tchotchkes on kitchen and bath counters, and on other surfaces throughout your home, to keep things from appearing crowded. Doing so can keep your residence from being over-personalized, too, and enable potential buyers to visualize their own furnishings and future in your home. Store unnecessary items while your property is on the market (you may need to temporarily place them into a rented storage space).

Also, when it comes to your kitchen cabinets and pantry, as well as cabinets in baths and space in bedroom closets, be sure to keep items pared down and organized in order to showcase ample storage and spaciousness.

Action #3. Deep Clean Your Interiors

Before buyers see your home, it should be as clean and as polished as possible. When you clean your residence, scrutinize it with the eyes of a potential buyer and pay attention to areas you might otherwise overlook.

Clean dingy baseboards and touch them up with white paint, if needed. Clear dust from light fixtures, ceiling fans, and especially bathroom ceiling exhaust vents, which can accumulate layers of dust over time. Shampoo carpets to lift stains and remove subtle odors to which you may have become accustomed.

Do a detailed clean of your kitchen and baths, ensuring that counters and appliances shine, kitchen cabinets are free of grease or oils, and that tile and grout appear clean and not dingy. Examine your entire home with a critical eye and leave no stone unturned, because homebuyers won’t. (If you aren’t able to perform this level of deep cleaning, you can always hire professionals to do the job).

Action #4. Create Curb Appeal

Curb appeal is your home’s handshake and introduction to potential buyers. Great curb appeal can make the difference between a homebuyer doing a rolling stop past your home or stopping to learn more. Before your home is listed, take time to ensure that its exterior and landscape present well to potential buyers.

Pressure wash dirt from your home’s exterior, refresh chipped stucco, and give your home a fresh coat of paint, if needed. Do your best to maintain a green and trimmed lawn and trimmed greenery–not just for open house day, but as much as possible, since you want to stay prepared for showings to interested buyers.

Don’t forget to grab buyers’ attention by adding some color to your landscape. Consider planting low-maintenance perennials near your entrance. Or, even easier, accent your steps or flank your door with some potted color!

Action #5. Stage Your Residence

Making your home appealing to buyers means presenting it in a way that prompts them to envision and desire a future there. In order to appeal to a majority of homebuyers, it’s wise to design your spaces with a color palette that’s neutral and to use bold colors sparingly, perhaps through furnishings like wall art, accent pillows, and other accessories.

Staging your home helps each space in your residence to demonstrate a clear use. For instance, if your living room has a window seat, stage it as a reading nook by adding throw pillows and stacking a few books. If your kitchen has a breakfast bar, be sure to add place settings to paint a complete picture of a space where a family can enjoy a meal and spend quality time together.

Staging helps show buyers that your home has everything they could want. You can stage a spare bedroom as a home office with a desk, chair, and bookshelf, or as a home gym, using exercise mats, a few hand weights, and a body-length mirror leaned against a wall. Give your backyard patio the feel of an outdoor oasis with comfortable seating, potted tropical plants, and a small plug-in water feature.

REALTORS® Alexandra Janz and Juergen Haeringer Are Your Premier Real Estate Brokers

At Alexandra Janz AJ International Group Naples, the team of Alexandra Janz & Juergen Haeringer, Broker Associates & Luxury Properties Specialists with William Raveis-Florida, LLC, help clients realize their dreams of purchasing a luxury home and basking in the glow of the Naples and Southwest Florida luxury lifestyle. Alexandra is not only an expert in the real estate market in Naples and Southwest Florida, but in international markets as well.

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