nless you are the most but the need for repairs can
detailed and disciplined sabotage this. The small problems
person, your home has some consciously or sub-consciously
problems with it. When you decide tell the buyer the home has not
to sell, should you fix the been maintained. They often start
problems first or make the buyer? to wander whether there are other
problems they just haven’t found.
Make Repairs or Not Before When push comes to shove, they
Selling Your Home? may take a home in better
condition over yours. In short,
The age old quandary for sellers making the repairs before listing
is the condition of their the property is a good way to
property before they list it for beat the competition and get a
sale. There are always a number quick sale.
of small defects or problems.
Simply put, they need to be A secondary issue with the
fixed. The question, however, is decision on repairs is control.
should you go ahead and do it or Simply put, you are in a much
have the buyer do it by selling better position to control the
the home “as is?” Obviously, the cost of repair if you do it
choice is subjective, but it before the listing. If you leave
usually pays to make the repairs the process to the buyer, there
ahead of time. There are a number is some risk that the buyer may
of reasons for this approach. come back and complain that much
larger and more expensive repairs
When you go to sell a home, you are needed. Once you give control
have to keep in mind that you are of the repairs over to the buyer,
competing with other homes that you could end up seriously
have been listed. Buyers often regretting doing so.
see the potential in a property,
The final reason to do repairs going to get a better appraisal
prior to listing a home is the than one that has problems.
valuation of the property. You
might be surprised to learn that At the end of the day, only you
a home in tip top shape is going can decide the best course of
to be valued higher than others action on repairs. In most
in the area. Appraisers are human situations, it makes sense to do
beings. A home that is in them ahead of time.
excellent shape generally is
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