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How To Ensure Your Home is Ready For the Potential Buyers

Posted on | May 27, 2009 |

Tips for Home Sellers

One of the biggest challenges sellers face when they put their home on the market is to ensure it’s “ready for the buyers.”    The tasks of picking-up and ensuring the home is clean can be painstaking. However, with a daily morning ritual and using the following checklist, you can minimize the effort and be show-home ready each day.

Let’s begin with a list of the items you’ll need:

  • Plastic bins (I recommend 4 to 5)
  • Pre-moistened wipes (polish and glass cleaner)
  • Laundry basket
Here’s a check-off list that you can print and keep handy.  As you’ll see, the list is sorted by room.  
      
Bedrooms:  

  • Make beds 
  • Place clothes in laundry basket
  • Dust with pre-moistened polish wipes

Bathrooms:

  • Place items such as shampoo, conditioners, etc.. in plastic bins under your bathroom sink. 
  • Using pre-moistened wipes do a quick wipe down in the sink(s) and faucet (these too can be placed under the sink)
  • Hang towels
  • Ensure toilet seat lids are down.

 

Living Areas (Living Room or Family Room):

  • For homeowners with children, collect any toys and place in a wicker basket or toy box
  • Clear coffee table
  • Use pre-moistened furniture wipes - they’re easy and convenient to use.  A quick wipe down of your accent tables (i.e., coffee and end tables) will make them look beautiful.

Kitchens:

  • Empty sink of any dishes
  • Clear off counter-tops
  • Place liquid soap, scrubber, etc… in plastic bin and place underneath sink
  • Kitchen table - Ensure the only item left is the centerpiece and wipe table down

For those with family members residing in the home (children included) consider splitting up the list and assign each person a room or two.  Little ones can participate too by ensuring their toys are put away each morning.

These tips were brought to you by Atlanta’s Premier Home Staging Provider, Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC

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2 Responses to “How To Ensure Your Home is Ready For the Potential Buyers”

  1. Michelle Minch, Moving Mountains Design
    May 27th, 2009 @ 3:39 am

    This is a great list Kathy. It can really be overwhelming to get your home ready for showings when you’re running out the door to work and trying to get the kids ready for school. This list will be a real time saver.

  2. Heather Stewart
    June 9th, 2009 @ 5:48 pm

    Fantastic list! This is a great tool to make things easier for home sellers. Well done!

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