Tips For Selling Your House: Have An Open House Day
Selling your own home can save you a great deal of money, money you could use to put towards your next home!
A for sale by owner open house is an excellent way to get your home sold fast.
Many for sale by owner home sellers have successfully sold their homes by taking just one weekend and opening up their house to prospective buyers.
There’s a very good chance that a friend, relative, or neighbor of yours knows someone who is looking for a house.
By advertising your for sale by owner open house, it gives buyers a chance to come by and see what you are offering.
The first thing for you to do is choose a date and time for your for sale by owner open house.
Weekends are the best time because most people are off work. Saturday afternoon or Sunday are the best times.
Check the community calendar of events to make sure that there are no conflicting events with the date you choose for your for sale by owner open house.
Here are some tips for a successful for sale by owner open house:
To make your home look spacious bring as much light into the home as possible. You can do this by opening the blinds and curtains and turning on all the lights.
Pay close attention to entrance light in your foyer, dining room and living room.
Allow buyers to envision themselves in the home. If you have too much of your own personal effects in your home, this will be difficult.
Remove family photographs from the walls and tabletops. Not only will the sparse decoration enable the buyer to imagine living in the home, it will also create the illusion of a larger space.
Create a welcoming aroma in your home. You can do this by baking cookies or bread or by boiling cinnamon sticks. Put bowls filled will potpourri in the bathrooms and bedrooms so the aroma will be present in every room in the house.
Fresh towels and soap in bathrooms will give off a fresh scent. If you have pets, put them away and clean their areas. People who are allergic or afraid of pets may be turned off to the home because of the presence of pets.
Have as few distractions as possible during your for sale by owner open house. Arrange for your children to visit a neighbor or friend so you can give your full attention to showing the home. Do not turn on the television as this can also distract buyers from the showing.
Never apologize for anything in the home during the for sale by owner open house.
Before the start of the for sale by owner open house, you should gather a few essentials. Prepare a guest book in which buyers can write their contact information. You can use this guest book to keep notes of the buyers that show interest so you can contact them later on.
Blank sales contracts are necessary because someone might want to buy your home during the for sale by owner open house.
You can purchase real estate sales contracts from a major office supply store like Office Depot or Office Max.
Finally, prepare a flyer that buyers can take with them. Include a photo of the home, facts about the home, the listing price, and your contact information. If you have a web page advertising your home, be sure to include the web address.
Use these tips and you will sell your house in no time.
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Tips for a Great Open House?
We are having the Open House this coming weekend. Apart from having the house clean, tidy and smelling nice, what other tips do you have to help swing the buyers our way and get our house sold! Thanks.
Fresh homemade cookies. and have tiny bottles of water. its a winner!!
or if thats too much, then have chocolate mints/mints.
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Play some soft music in the background, have the shades open to let in all the natural light you can and make sure all the furniture is neat and clean
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Set up a cappuccino stand outside to attrack people to come in and look.
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Clean off the kitchen countertop completely so it looks larger.
Get rid of toys, occasional furniture, extra knickknacks, etc to make it look as large as possible.
The experts say de-clutter & de-personalize.
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Turn on all the lights, bake cookies or burn a candle that smells like baking cookies. Take down personal photos.
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Absolutely put away anything and everything you can to make the house feel less cluttered and bigger. Turn on all the lights so it is bright and cheery.
By all means, have a dish of hard candies available.
DO NOT burn scented candles as this can indicate that you are trying to cover an unpleasant odor or problem. You can slip room fresheners behind the furniture or under the beds if you want to.
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ditch the family pictures, NO clutter, as little as possible in the closets, cutgrass, cleanup outside to get them in, wash those windows, goodluck
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Ok, get the brightest bulbs that you can get and put in all over the head fixtures.
Get RID of all the pictures from the wall!!!
People dont like clutter, and they like to see the walls bare, so that they know the conditions of it.
LESS IS MORE!!! Take all clothing from the closets, and store them elsewhere. (They need to see how big the closets are!).
Get rid of as much, and put in storage if you have to, of your trash and tresaures. Remember, they are buying the house, not your stuff!
Yellow flowers outside is best, as an attraction for people…(people want bright things, yellow is an attactor for any eye).
Finger prints, and other stuff like that must be off the walls and doorways, so that they can see a clean place. Freshen up the paint job or trim work if its dull.
WASH THOSE WINDOWS!! Let in as much light as possible!! That sells a place!
Now, put some cinnamon in the oven on a cookie sheet, and set it on low, so that the aromas will permeate the entire house and make it feel like "home" (scent aromas are powerful!).
Nothing on the walls, and clean or paint over light spots or repaint the walls if you have to, to make it bright. Remember, dark recessses must be lighted up, so that they dont think there is something your trying to hide.
Get the kids from underfoot! No one wants to be bothered by kids underfoot. Make it as sparse as possible, for them to see.
Get sheer curtains, so that it lets in more light. Get rid of the ones that are Heavy and Dark. Light up every room, with curtains pulled and tied, and the new GE bright lights on.
I wish you well..
Jesse
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To ensure a great open house follow these few things to make your home especially appealing:
- Evaluate the "curb appeal" of your property. How does your house look from the street? Not only do you want your home looking nice in the front, you really want it to stand out and be NOTICED!
-Improving traffic flow of your house is equally important, you want your rooms to look as large as possible. Remove any large unnecessary furniture and put it in storage. Same goes for closets, makes sure they are organized and tidy.
-I know you mentioned you had the house clean, but having it professionaly cleaned isn’t a bad idea. They might clean things you otherwise wouldn’t have thought of.
-Its also good to make sure all light fixtures have new, brightly burning bulbs. More light means the appearence of a bigger space. Also make sure nothing is in the way of the windows, you want to allow for maximum natural light as well.
-Consider making minor repairs around the house. Get some WD-40 for those squeaky doors/closets and fix any fixtures, hinges, hooks, or knobs that are worn out or broken.
-Think about fresh flowers or potpouri to set out the day of. Also it should feel clean when buyers open and close appliances, good to keep in mind. Possibly turn on some light classical music to make the home more inviting.
These are all good ideas for home sale preparation. If you are not going to do them all atleast do a few. Good luck with your open house, hopefully you will have it sold in no time at all.
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