top offers. Unless you love to clean, it is often achievable and only feasible by employing the services of a cleaning crew. Your windows and home should be professionally cleaned inside and outside. • Repair or replace. A cracked tile or dripping faucet will send a wrong impression to prospective buyers. Replacing them or getting them fixed before putting your house for sale is mandatory. • Use neutral colors. Neutral colors sell. Conveying an image of neutrality and quality is important. Prospective buyers walk through your home imagining themselves as the owners. Odd or loud colors can turn buyers off. They won’t be able to imagine living with those colors or will envision having to paint as part of moving in. Those sports team colors in the den will have to go! • Depersonalize. Remove most objects personalizing the home to your own memories or tastes. Overt signs of political causes or affiliation are not going to help the sale and might detract. This can affect desire to work with the seller if objectionable to the buyer and subconsciously affect the buyer-seller relationship. There are emotional aspects to buying a home and you want prospective buyers to attach emotion to your home by making it possible for them to see themselves as the owners. • Critical areas. While staging, be especially sensitive to the entrance, kitchen, and bathrooms. Buyers put more emphasis on these areas.
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