Key points
- The shift in the household maintenance – from important problems to minor repairs and even outdoors outdoors – is the best -selling faux pas.
- Decor, color and the selection of art are too subjective and often make it difficult for buyers to imagine their furniture in the room.
- Pay attention to outdated carpets, light and sanitary adjustments and hardware.
The successful sale of your house for the offer price not only includes the presentation of all amenities and highlights, but also the avoidance or solution of things that turn off the buyers. And the chances are good that you overlook a common problematic function on the market to correct your house on the market before listing on the market, which you have not even noticed that buyers pay a lot of attention.
We asked agents of some of the leading real estate companies in the country to burden themselves, which are some of these deductions-and some will surprise them.
Neglected courtyards
Think of a piece of dead grass, an overgrown lawn, loved leaves, dead plantings, a deck not taken into account or a cracked sidewalk. The outdoor areas of your property in disorder can be a dealbreaker as well as neglected internal repairs. It is a game-change to have a burb appeal and a tempting back yard, says Jan Ryan, a broker owner of Re/Max Direct.
“Even a small piece of healthy green lawn in the front yard is a big way to make a house more attractive,” she says.
For this reason, she recommends that you consult a landscape designer before bringing your home onto the market. Or at least something farm to work for yourself, whether it is new to make grass new or to pull weeds.
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Old carpet
Almost everyone at some point came across corner carpets or has generally found carpet as unsanitary, once lived by another party. (Think how many years, feet and shoes have seen the existing carpet of a house, and the ick factor goes far up.)
And depending on the era in which the carpet was installed, the color, style, production or pile height can end as outdated and sticky. So if you have the budget and the time to tear down old carpet floors and replace it with hardwood, technical wood or even ceramic tile floors, do it. You can always throw a carpet on the newly installed soil if you need polstic comfort or traction under your feet while you are waiting to close the house sale and move.
Disconnecting decor
Patricia Cooper, a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker, advises you to remove and store potentially polarizing and distracting decoration – as with mounted deer heads and hunting trophies – to list photo shoots and open houses/ideas.
This also extends into the outdoor areas. According to Jonathan Self, a real estate agent at Compass, it is a bad idea.
Outdated devices and hardware
Be looking for the moment outside of the style such as brass and crystal lights, old-fashioned doors (approx. 1980) door knobs and bathroom fittings or cupboards that, according to Ryan, belong in Grandma's kitchen. Many of them can be updated over a shoe, but make a big difference in how buyers see their home.
Bad lacquer decisions and jobs
Buyers can be switched off by excessively powerful colors, be it on a single burner wall or an entire room.
“This Lime Green Accent wall may have felt fun at a point, but buyers cannot see brave and dated colors in the past,” says Ryan.
Instead, she recommends becoming neutral with color.
When you are there, think realistically of your painting skills and consider whether you are posting a specialist for certain jobs, especially for cupboards. It is actually not easy to really paint the cupboards for yourself.
“When I go into a house and see more than a DIY job, it will stumble alarm bells: If the seller is too economical, I assume that he has also set the cheapest electrician or plumber,” says Ryan.
Postponed maintenance
In addition to sleeping roofs and mold problems, buyers notice minor maintenance problems, including peeling, loose door handles and dripping taps, says Ryan.
“When you see small things ignored, you are worried about the big ticket objects,” says Ryan.