Five Home Updates Before Selling
The Reel highlights five updates to consider before listing a home: paint, thorough cleaning, flooring, organization, and small repairs. These details can improve the home’s appearance and how buyers perceive its condition.
Key takeaways
- Paint the exterior door and important interior areas so the home looks well maintained and ready for buyers.
- Clean the home thoroughly so it smells and feels well cared for.
- Consider replacing worn carpets or flooring in areas with heavy traffic, such as stairs, bedrooms, or hallways.
- Organize belongings and remove items that visually disrupt the space.
- Make small touch-ups or repairs in the kitchen, bathrooms, cabinets, and caulking.
Explanation
The first two suggestions are painting and thorough cleaning. Painting the exterior door and key interior areas can help the home appear to be in good condition and ready for buyers, while cleaning can help it smell and feel well cared for, almost like a nearly new property. The remaining suggestions are considering replacement of worn flooring in high-traffic areas, organizing belongings to reduce visual distractions, and making small touch-ups in the kitchen, bathrooms, cabinets, and caulking. Together, these details can give buyers the perception that the home is in very good condition.
Reel transcript
English version
What are those five things I can do to my house before putting it up for sale that can give me a better return on investment, make buyers find its appearance better, and be willing to pay what I am asking? First, paint. The exterior door, which is the first thing a buyer sees, and the interior, so they find a home in good condition, feel that it is very ready, and feel that they do not need to do anything else. Paint. Second, a very thorough cleaning. So the house smells good, feels good, and they feel as if they are buying an almost new property. Third, the floors. Many times, carpets, especially on stairs and in rooms where there is a lot of traffic or in hallways, are worn out. It is worth considering replacing them. Fourth, organization. It does not cost you anything; simply have your things presented well, declutter, and remove everything that is altering the space. And fifth, doing touch-ups or small repairs in the kitchen, bathrooms, cabinets, and caulking. All these details make the buyer perceive that the home is in very good condition.
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