Selling
While Toronto homes for sale are fetching record-setting prices, just because you’re selling, it doesn’t guarantee you will receive the types of offers you want. To arrive at the best return on investment for your home, taking a few extra steps to prep a home for sale can help encourage getting the above-average offers you’re aiming for.
Here is how to give your home the strongest presentation in advance of putting it on the market to sell.
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Landscape Your Front And Backyard
Think curb appeal. Maintain what you have or add to it. Ensure the grass is mowed. If there are dead plants or trees, have them removed. A patio or deck may use a refinishing. In staging a home, you may also want to stage its exterior as well, adding plants and stylish decor.
Declutter Your Home Of Unneeded Items
Naturally, parts of your home may feel slightly cluttered or more storage-friendly and less of a buyer presentation. Before you show your home, declutter. Move unneeded items out by selling them, giving them away, or putting them into storage temporarily.
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- What Pricing Strategy to Use when Selling
- 5 Reasons to Stage Your Home When Selling
- Should You Renovate Before Selling?
Depersonalize Your Home As To Not Distract
Remove overly personal items. Let the buyer see themselves living there as opposed to having it feel to them like they’re visiting someone else’s home. Remove family photos, religious items, heirlooms, diplomas and certificates, and any political or sports affiliations. Give your home a blank canvas.
Do The Household Repairs That Have Lingered
A lot of homes have small household repairs that homeowners will typically let be because it doesn’t impact their day-to-day all too much. Leaky faucets. Loose doorknobs. Chipped drywall. These sorts of repairs, however, are necessary when you come to sell your home. By not doing them, prospective buyers will notice and take those into account when considering an offer.
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Consider Hiring A Professional Cleaning Service
A one-time top-to-bottom clean can do a lot to add some shine to an Etobicoke home you’re selling. Clean tough-to-reach areas. Wipe down baseboards and window sills, closets, pantries, cupboards, and more. Dust be gone!
Stage Your Etobicoke Home For Sale
More than anything, if you want to sell your home for the most money and make the most profit, stage it. When you stage a home, you often work with your realtor or a professional stager to bring in furniture and decor to create the ultimate sales-ready home. Here is the difference that real estate staging can make when it comes to the types of offers you receive.
- Your property is more likely to be viewed before others in online postings when it is staged and has professional photos supporting it.
- A staged home will sell on average 85% faster than a non-staged home.
- Some home-sellers have seen staging their home result in a 300% return on investment for what they’ve put forth for it.
As realtors, the team at Adrian + Andrea have witnessed how important home preparation is for selling. Create a lasting impression on potential buyers and give your home a much stronger presence than similar properties for sale in the neighborhood.
Connect with an experienced pro in Toronto real estate and ensure your home is presented in the best possible light to maximize your sale. Call us at (416) 319-6893 or email us at info@adrianandrea.com.