Tips for Selling Your Home

Outside Your Home
• Cut the lawn - cut it every week during the marketing period.
• Edge the lawn - up the driveway and along the sidewalks (both front & back) for a finished appearance.
• Trim all shrubbery and remove low lying tree limbs.
• Fertilize your lawn to make the grass look lush and green.
• Replace damaged shutters, gutters, & down spouts.
• Remove debris from gutters & down spouts.
• Paint any trim that is blistering.
• Plant flowers in the front yard.
• Repaint or re-stain the front door to create a pleasant first impression.
• Replace torn screens from windows and front and back doors. Inside Your Home

Inside Your Home
• Paint the rooms that really look fingerprinted, worn or faded.
• Have the wall-to-wall carpeting and draperies cleaned.
• Fix any dripping faucets.
• Replace old caulking around the bathtubs. This can be done with one tube of new caulking and a putty knife.
• Spray lubricant on all squeaking doors, windows, closets and cabinets.
• Stack all items in the garage and basement against the walls to show maximum space.
• Vacuum the garage, basement floor and rafters.
• If there are too many appliances on the kitchen counter, put some away to expose maximum counter space.
• Pre-pack items which may clutter your home. Extra toys in your child’s room and nick nacks may actually make your rooms appear smaller.
• Clean & polish floors.
• Remove stains from toilets, tubs & sinks.