appeal.
STEP 4: ORGANIZE
Buyers want to know there’s plenty of room for their things. The best way to show them this is to make sure your home is as neat and organized as possible.
Consider the following as you reorganize your home:
• don’t fill shelves or closets—leave some breathing room • organize your clothes by color and use matching hangers • buy matching plastic, fabric, or woven bins for shelves and bookshelves • reduce the amount of dishware, silverware, and cookware so cabinets and drawers don’t look cluttered • hide exposed cables using plastic tubing or by running the cables through the drywall (much easier than it sounds!)
STEP 5: CLEAN
I’m not just talking about making the bed, washing the dishes, and dusting the coffee table. This needs to be the most thorough home cleaning you’ve ever done. No surface should remain untouched, even if it’s someplace you don’t think buyers will check. Yes, that means the tops of the cabinets, the back of the TV, corners with cobwebs or dust bunnies, blinds, walls, mirrors, windows, leather furniture, shelves… everything. It’s especially important that bathrooms and kitchens look perfect. After all, would you want to take a bath in a tub surrounded by discolored grout? Would you want to eat in a kitchen with stains of indeterminate origin on the countertops? If people can’t see themselves comfortably bathing or eating in the house, chances are they can’t see themselves buying it either. 35
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