you have the following areas covered:
• Lawn care: Whether you do it yourself or hire someone else, give your lawn a clean, close cut. Take care of stubborn weeds and extra grass along pathways, the house, and around trees. Don’t forget to trim any bushes. • Landscape: You don’t have to have a green thumb to improve the look of your yard. Up your landscaping game by planting a variety of colorful flowers, adding some red cedar chips, and installing some small LED lights along any pathways or outdoor trim. • Wash: Hose down your home, clean the windows and gutters, and sweep the driveway and pathways. Have strategic photos taken from different angles to showcase all the highlights of your home’s exterior. Aerial views of your home will make it stand out from all of the other homes buyers are viewing online. Make sure the photographer specializes in drone photography to achieve these images.
3. MAXIMIZE CURB APPEAL
First impressions matter. Prospective buyers will decide in seconds if they want to pursue looking into a house further, whether they viewed a photo online or are driving by your house. Curb appeal: “The attractiveness of a property for sale and its surroundings when viewed from the street” (Dictionary.com)—is as important as correct price-setting and is critical to selling your home for more. Think of curb appeal as a “drive-by viewing.” It’s so powerful a selling tool that your well-prepared house could even catch the attention of buyers who weren’t attracted by your home’s written description or even
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