t's amazing how important every second or third prospective
the sense of smell is to buyer in the face when they come
many people. If you're through your door?
selling your home, and this
applies across the board to Anything cloyingly sweet like
houses, townhouses, condos, "room deodorizers" which really
apartments, or whatever, you need just cover up other scents by
to be aware of the power of overwhelming them is likely to be
odors. An odor like cigarette an offender. The same thing is
smoke can cause potential buyers true of other strong, funky
to leave quickly without ever smells. Unwashed gym clothes and
really considering purchasing shoes, cooking smells from foods
your home. On the other hand, an such as cabbage, fish or more
odor like that of bread baking than a little garlic or curry
can conjure up all sorts of homey will probably be offensive to
feelings and cause the same many people.
potential buyer to linger.
So is it really necessary to stop
Do You Have "Deal Killer" Odors? smoking (or only smoke outdoors),
ban the dog to the garden and
The two most common offenders are basement, wash the laundry, and
cigarettes and pet odors. Sadly, stop cooking strong smelling
most people who smoke or have foods until your home is sold?
pets don't realize this. Often,
they don't notice the smells Yes.
themselves, so they think this
isn't a problem. Well, it is. A Beyond that, it's necessary to
surprising number of people will "clean up your act" if you're
have a swift, strong, negative really desirous of selling your
reaction. Would you like to smack home. You've probably cleaned it
up visually already, but what to general smells that are pleasant
do about lingering odors? and cause good emotional
Anything made of cloth holds responses in most people. We've
odors for a long time. Carpets, already mentioned baking bread.
upholstery, curtains and Almost anything that smells sweet
draperies, table skirts and the when tends to be in this category
like will smell for months or - cookies, apple pie, cinnamon
forever. What on earth do you do buns, etc. Of course, it's not
about them? practical to bake the whole time
your house is on the market, but
If it's bad enough, carpets need one thing each week-end might be
to be replaced and upholstered possible.
furniture put into storage.
However, it's often adequate to In cool weather, apple cider
shampoo carpets and the simmering with a cinnamon stick
upholstery in the most intense or two and a few cloves has much
areas (your favorite smoking the same effect and is definitely
chair and the pieces nearby) and easier to do. A vase or two of
launder the curtains. Keep fans flowers with mildly scented
going while things are drying; flowers is another possibility.
you don't want to end up with
mold and mildew smells. Your goal Of the two, cleaning out
is to clean up the cause of the offending scents is much more
smell, not to cover it up. important than adding pleasant
ones. If you can successfully do
Attractive Odors Attract both, you're way ahead of much of
your competition and it will help
Odors people find attractive are your home sell faster.
very personal, but there are
About the Author:
Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - sell and buy your home online. Sellers list your home for free for one month.
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