{"id":2879,"date":"2017-09-14T16:29:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T23:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2024-11-27T04:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:43:02","slug":"getting-a-house-ready-to-sell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/getting-a-house-ready-to-sell\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018Glass Bubble\u2019 and Joy of Decluttering: Getting a House Ready to Sell"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Getting a House Ready to Sell” is part three of our six-part “How to Sell a Single Family Home” series. Check out Part 1: How to Find a Real Estate Agent<\/a> and Part 2: Pricing a Home for Sale.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a remarkable difference between what your house looks like day-to-day and what your house looks like when you have people coming over. Day to day it\u2019s probably got some clothes on the floor, toothpaste in the sink, bread left out in the counter, kids\u2019 toys spread everywhere, dishes in the dishrack. When you throw a party you sweep all of that away like it was never there, light a few candles, buy fresh cut flowers for every room, and place an orchid on the bathroom sink.<\/p>\n

When you prepare your home for sale, you have to live like you\u2019re throwing that fancy party every day, and you\u2019ve got to up the stakes. While your friends understand that you didn\u2019t have time to vacuum or clean stray marks off the wall, prospective buyers won\u2019t. An un-prepped home gives them the leverage to negotiate the price down, make a lowball offer, or walk away from your single-family home altogether.<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s not enough to persuade you to take the time to prepare your home, look at the upside: Consumer Reports says there\u2019s a 3-5% value increase for a clean, decluttered house.<\/a><\/p>\n

Preparing your house for sale isn\u2019t an easy process: there\u2019s a lot to be done and you have to do it on top of working, spending time with friends and family, and doing all of the other small tasks you need to take care of. Preparing your home is worth it,<\/em> though, and we\u2019re here to help you.<\/p>\n

We put together an all-inclusive guide for how to declutter, then clean, prepare the exterior of the home, and then stage and show the house.<\/p>\n

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On a scale of 1-10, a tidy pantry is an 11. Don\u2019t you agree? Photo by @sharrahstevens.<\/a><\/p>\n

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