Selling your home — you once thought — would be an easy thing. Buyers would flock to such an ideal location, would be charmed by the corners and craftsman standards. Offers would be made quickly; and you would spend your days watching bids rise and interest grow. It was to be the simplest of processes.
It has proven itself to instead be tedious, however.
Open houses have yielded nothing more than polite smiles. Advertisements have generated no consideration. Your home has been available for months and hasn’t yet intrigued the real estate market. You’re… baffled.
You shouldn’t be — because all of your home decor is still on the walls and visitors are not impressed with what they see.
Sellers must remember one rule above all others in real estate: never leave a property personalized. All items (such as photographs, artwork and family mementos) must be removed. Replace bold paint colors with neutral tones. And — even as it may pain you — wash away those pencil marks on the threshold that chart out the heights of your children. Strip away all traces of you to allow the home to be showcased.
This is imperative. Buyers often lack imagination (or at least the will to obtain it). They wish to enter a house and see every single corner. When their vision is obscured by decor, however, they can become frustrated — uncertain of how they’re meant to calculate the size of rooms and where their own furnishings can be placed. Offer them open spaces therefore. Keep all areas free of clutter and personal design. This will ensure that all individuals can view the structure for what it is, rather than what you have made it.