spacious your home appears, the more appealing it will be. Minimize as much as possible. You want the home shopper to see what your home has to offer, not have them trying to imagine the potential or possibilities. For you list makers, go room by room and evaluate and list what can go. For those who dive in, just go for it! Start your piles. Recycle. Keep. Trash. Donate. Sell. Way too many of us fall into the trap of moving unwanted items. Which only leaves you with a new project in your new home, or even worse, paying to store them! Clear out each room, keeping only essential items. Box up possessions that you want to keep, and put them in storage or an organized pile in a garage or basement. (As long as it is not a huge pile). Keep surfaces clean and free of collected items. The most important rooms in your home are the kitchen and bathrooms. A kitchen can sell a house because it is the heart of a home — the place family and friends gather to enjoy one another’s company. Buyers will be turned off by dirt and grime, cooking smells, and trash. Clean all cabinet surfaces as well as under the sink. Bathrooms are so important to Americans that most homes have at least two or three. As you work toward selling your home, it is imperative that the bathrooms are kept clean and odor-free. Potential buyers might forgive a less-than-stellar child’s bedroom, but a questionable bathroom or kitchen could cost you a sale. Clean out your closets! An organized closet will promote the comment "honey, this is a spacious closet" and they will continue the tour. If it is in chaos, they may linger and try to figure out how much space there actually is. You want to avoid this. You 43
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