Selling Your Home Making Your Home Accessible And A Pleasant Showing Experience

A lot of people ask for                                             advice on how to sell their     Basically, you just want them to   homes. There is the             feel like they are not bothering   standard good advice... You can     you. This just helps set the      hire a professional stager to         mood of the home being inviting    make your home be on the level of     instead of starting off the        a model home. You can retile you     showing with a feeling of          bathroom or install granite in        intrusion.                         your kitchen to have a little                                            more upgrades than the one down       Another thing is to try to leave   the street for sale.                 when potential Buyers are being                                          shown the home. Buyers just do    You can do all kinds of things on     not feel comfortable if someone    the level of presentation. One       is there, and they usually rush    thing I think most people             through the home without spending  overlook is making your home          some time looking at where their   accessible and making the showing     furniture will go or how big the   experience a pleasant one.           closets are. In addition, if you                                        have dogs or animals that would    First, try to be inviting to          be distracting during the showing  everyone who calls on the house.      experience (i.e. barking or        It is definitely inconvenient for     jumping), try to take them with    people to be romping through your     you, or if you are at work, keep   daily lives, but it is                them in the backyard. Basically,  unfortunately part of selling a       let the Buyer concentrate on your  home. When someone calls to see      home.                              the home, say something like:                                            "Sure, we were heading to the         Also, don't give a personal tour   park, so feel free to look            of your home. It is hard to       around."                             resist since you know the most     about your home and want to share     allows these sudden-interest       that with potential Buyers, but       people to come in, and the more    when it comes down to it, you         people that come through will      want people to daydream about the     give you more a chance sell it.    overall home being theirs, not                                           concentrate on sink faucets. You     Talking about short notice, try    want the people to become             to keep your home as clean as      interested in your home on a          possible at all times. Many        personal level, thinking of how       Buyers will say that they can      they will go about their daily        imagine beyond a mess, but most    lives in your home rather than        cannot. Messy homes end up being  notice every detail. Noticing        distracting from what the home is  every detail will come later.         offering. It is definitely hard                                         to keep a model home look while    Also, ask your listing agent to       trying to live in it, but it       list your house with the easiest      helps sell the home. And if you   showing instructions so that your     keep it consistently clean, then   home is accessible without much       when a Buyer ends up wanting to    effort. Sometimes Sellers will       come with short notice, you will   need to make appointments due to      be ready.                          certain situations like the                                              elderly or newborns. But if          Also, do not use combo locks, if   possible, have the Buyers phone /     possible. Phoning for the         leave a message and head to the       combination is an extra step that  home. Our MLS system calls it        may prevent the showing if the     "Call 1st - Go". This makes it       person with the combo is not       possible for anyone to come by,       available. Most MLS systems have  even if they were just driving by     electronic lockboxes available,    and admiring the home. You may        which make access easy and have    not get much notice, but it           the added plus of logging in each  agent that comes. Of course, if      on a walk because it us a quick    electronic lockboxes are not          exit and lets the Buyers have a    available in your area then combo     little time in the home to look    locks are a good alternative to       around.                            trying to arrange appointments.                                                                                In summary, you want as many       The last thing is to never say no     people looking at your home as     to someone requesting a showing.      possible and the showing           It can definitely be hard to          experience to be as comfortable    prepare when someone wants to see     for the Buyers as possible. So,   your home, especially when you        try to make the showing access as  have little notice. This again       easy as possible and keep          is where being prepared and tidy      distractions (like animals,        at all times is helpful. Have a      messiness, & even yourself) to a   game plan prepared, especially if     minimum.                           you have kids or animals. Many                                       people decide to take their dog        About the Author: Austin Real Estate and Homes is a husband and wife team working in the Austin Real Estate Market. Their website allows users to start their Austin Home Search using the Austin MLS . Read more articles by: Ki Gray Article Source: www.iSnare.com