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Easy Ways to Make Your Home
Sell Faster
Creating a Positive Mood
4o Suggestions and ideas to
Highlighting the Good
• Open the draperies, pull up the shades, and let in the sunlight
• Turn on all lights, day or night, and install higher wattage light bulbs to show
improve your home’s appearance and help you prepare to sell it faster! Cleaning and Freshening Up
your home more brightly
• Use plants in transitional areas of your house
• Create the feeling of a spacious entry area by using decorative accents and
removing unnecessary furniture
• Paint interior walls a neutral color to brighten the home and make it look
bigger
• Have a family “game plan” to get the home in order quickly if necessary
• Remove clutter from each room to visually enlarge them
• Keep your home dusted and vacuumed at all times
• Replace carpet if it does not clean up well
• Air out your home for one-half hour before showings, if possible
• Lightly spray the house with air freshener before the buyer arrives
• Improve traffic flow through every room by removing unnecessary furniture
• Putty over and paint any nail holes or other mishaps in the walls
• Repair or replace any loose or damaged wallpaper
• Clean all light bulbs and light fixtures to brighten the home
• Wash all windows inside and out
• Remove and/or hide excess extension cords and exposed wires
• Remove all smoke and pet odors
• Repair or replace banisters and handrails
• If you have a fireplace, highlight your decorating
• Make the most of your attic’s potential
• Open doors to areas you want potential buyers to see such as walk-in closets,
pantries, attics, etc.