Is Your Home Ready to Sell!

Is Your Home Ready To Sell?
If Not It Will Linger Many Months Without A Buyer

In the Columbus Ohio market home sales are about equal to 2004 levels while the inventory is 13% higher. Your home is competing now with many other homes and needs, more than ever, to be in its best show condition.

Begin by looking at the wall colors and décor. The industry term is “neutralize”. Wall coverings can make a home more difficult to sell. Having walls painted in light neutral colors and/or lighter color sponge painting styles will improve appeal and sell faster. Consider repainting for your winter project.

Clean fresh looking floor coverings (carpets and vinyls) will further enhance appeal. Almost always better in this market to be uniform throughout the house in choosing new carpeting. Ok to change between floors but be consistent between rooms.

Curb appeal is everything in selling. Enhancing the look from the street can be achieved with landscaping and fresh paint on the front door, garage door, trim and siding (if siding is wood).

Lastly, unclutter rooms by removing furniture and storage items as much as possible. Minimal furniture, especially in small rooms, can help the buyer better visualize their furniture in place and make rooms look larger. Sometimes items need to be moved into storage while on the market, but this strategy can greatly advance the appeal.

If there are any major mechanical systems and/or structural items reaching or past normal expected life it is best to replace them now. Furnace, air conditioner, water heater, windows, roof, driveway, foundation etc. Buyers expect homes to be in good repair with significant service life remaining on these items. We see homes sell considerably faster and at higher prices with these items addressed prior to offering the home for sale.

If you want A FREE PROFESSIONAL survey of your home prior to going on the market, just give us a call Jim Lubinsky at 614-766-5330.