Los Angeles Real Estate, Five Steps to a Show Ready Home
Staging is important. Deep cleaning your home before a sale is essential. If you've been reading this blog for long, you know how important it is to have your home looking its best before you start showing it.
However, once your home is perfectly cleaned and staged, then what happens? Presumably, you're still living there. Dirty dishes, clutter, spills in the back of the fridge.. It's all part of living in a home. Which is what you're still doing.
Best case scenario, you always have a day or two to re-ready your home before it is viewed by a potential buyer. And, in that day or two, you actually have time to get everything done. Unfortunately, we live in the real world, where that is not always the case. Sometimes, you just don't have the time. Maybe life got in the way, or your real estate agent just called. Someone is really interested in the home, and they want to see it. Does this evening work?
Luckily, assuming you already scrubbed and staged, this might not be as much of an emergency as it seems. If you have half an hour, you have time to get your home ready for showing.
First, rinse off the dishes, and stack them into the dishwasher. Don't turn it on (buyers may want to look inside), but dishes look a lot there than filling up the sink and counter tops. Wipe down the counters, sink and stove. Get rid of any major spills or old food in the fridge.
Second, make the beds, pick up any stray clothes, toys and books, and spray a light misting of room freshener in the bedrooms. Open up the blinds, set dirty clothes hampers in an out of the way spot, and neaten any clutter (stack papers, ect.).
Move into the living room. Straighten slip covers, open blinds, and contain clutter. Do the same in dens, offices, or other similar rooms. Use the room freshener (again, lightly) if needed. Wipe down the kitchen table, and push in the chairs. If used, straighten the table cloth and center piece.
Scrub the toilet bowls, wipe down the mirrors and sinks, straighten towels, and replace the garbage bags in the bathroom trashes. Stick the bags into the kitchen trash can. Quickly sweep up or vacuum any obvious messes, and take out the trash.
Ideally, unless your real estate agent requests that you stay, you should be taking the trash out on your way out of the home. Most buyers feel more comfortable looking through a home without the current owners there; it feels less like an intrusion. Trust your real estate agent to sell your home; that's what you've hired him (or her) for.
Get a free e-book on real estate investment secrets from phenomenal realtor Bruno Pisano.
Bruno Pisano works 24/7 to ensure that when you put your home for sale, he gets the maximum exposure and the best price possible for it in 39 days or less. Schedule a free consultation with this friendly realtor at www.Los-Angeles-Homes.net today.
However, once your home is perfectly cleaned and staged, then what happens? Presumably, you're still living there. Dirty dishes, clutter, spills in the back of the fridge.. It's all part of living in a home. Which is what you're still doing.
Best case scenario, you always have a day or two to re-ready your home before it is viewed by a potential buyer. And, in that day or two, you actually have time to get everything done. Unfortunately, we live in the real world, where that is not always the case. Sometimes, you just don't have the time. Maybe life got in the way, or your real estate agent just called. Someone is really interested in the home, and they want to see it. Does this evening work?
Luckily, assuming you already scrubbed and staged, this might not be as much of an emergency as it seems. If you have half an hour, you have time to get your home ready for showing.
First, rinse off the dishes, and stack them into the dishwasher. Don't turn it on (buyers may want to look inside), but dishes look a lot there than filling up the sink and counter tops. Wipe down the counters, sink and stove. Get rid of any major spills or old food in the fridge.
Second, make the beds, pick up any stray clothes, toys and books, and spray a light misting of room freshener in the bedrooms. Open up the blinds, set dirty clothes hampers in an out of the way spot, and neaten any clutter (stack papers, ect.).
Move into the living room. Straighten slip covers, open blinds, and contain clutter. Do the same in dens, offices, or other similar rooms. Use the room freshener (again, lightly) if needed. Wipe down the kitchen table, and push in the chairs. If used, straighten the table cloth and center piece.
Scrub the toilet bowls, wipe down the mirrors and sinks, straighten towels, and replace the garbage bags in the bathroom trashes. Stick the bags into the kitchen trash can. Quickly sweep up or vacuum any obvious messes, and take out the trash.
Ideally, unless your real estate agent requests that you stay, you should be taking the trash out on your way out of the home. Most buyers feel more comfortable looking through a home without the current owners there; it feels less like an intrusion. Trust your real estate agent to sell your home; that's what you've hired him (or her) for.
Get a free e-book on real estate investment secrets from phenomenal realtor Bruno Pisano.
Bruno Pisano works 24/7 to ensure that when you put your home for sale, he gets the maximum exposure and the best price possible for it in 39 days or less. Schedule a free consultation with this friendly realtor at www.Los-Angeles-Homes.net today.
