Get Your Mammoth Lakes Home Ready for Its Close-up

No matter the season, staging, or the concept of showing your Mammoth Lakes home at its best, even more important.  Follow these tips to make your home irresistible:

1. Make every surface shine – shine bathroom fixtures, stove, refrigerator, faucets
2. Clean off your front porch – sweep away all those leaves in the corners
3. Clean, Clean, Clean – everything from light fixtures and bulbs to baseboards
4. Place fresh flowers on the dining room table
5. Remove all clutter from the house and depersonalize – put it in storage or a friend’s garage, take down all your personal pictures. Buyers want to picture their belongings in their new house, not yours.
6. Burn potpourri or bake something to leave out for potential buyers, a soft scent to make the buyer feel welcome
7. Leave every light on and every interior door open
8. Take advantage of natural light – Encourage showing during daylight hours; have all curtains and blinds clean and open
9. Wash the windows! – Buyers act on first impressions; the strong winter sun can reveal grime and turn away prospective buyers
10. Create a little atmosphere by playing music softly in the background – tune the radio to a classical station, turn it down so that you barely hear it in the background.
11. Show off hardwood floors – pull up that wall-to-wall carpeting, clean the floors, pull up all the throw rugs, show the wood!
12. Freshen the walls – at a minimum, clean the walls, top to bottom. If that isn’t good enough, give them a fresh coat of paint.  That is the quickest and fastest way to freshen up a room.
13. Use the rule of 3 – Three items per surface, in every room. Make it look uncluttered and clean by doing this.

If you are ready to sell your Mammoth Lakes home, I can help you get it on the market.  Call me today at 661-979-9000 or email me at [email protected] for more information.

Links:

Clean, Clean, Clean

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning-organizing/how-to-clean-house-fast

Use the rule of 3

http://www.stagingchannel.com/home-staging-tips-the-rule-of-three-i-341.php