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Guide to SELLING Your Home
" Preparing to show your home to potential buyers "
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First impressions are lasting impressions. You will want to make sure the buyers looking at your home are left with the best possible impression. Your Royal LePage Real Estate Professional can help you achieve that goal.
Exterior
House in good repair
House number easy to read
Eaves troughs, down spouts and soffits in good repair
Garage/car port clean and tidy
Litter picked up
Cracked or broken window panes replaced
Lawns and hedges cut and trimmed, garden weeded and edged
Walks shovelled and salted
Boot tray inside front door
Doorbell and door hardware in good repair
Porch and foyer clean and tidy
Interior
Chipped plaster and paint touched-up and replaced
Doors and cupboards properly closed
Leaky taps and toilets repaired
Burned out light bulbs replaced
Squeaky doors oiled
Mirrors, fixtures, and taps cleaned and polished
Seals around tubs and basins in good repair
Floors cleaned, garbage containers empty
Inside of closets and cupboards neat and tidy
Appliances cleaned
Countertops neat and polished
All lights turned on
Air conditioner turned on in warm weather
Fresh air in house
Fireplace lit in cooler weather
Halls and stairs cleaned
Drapes opened during daylight
Carpets freshly vacuumed
Fresh flowers in various rooms
Jewelry and valuables locked safely away or taken with you
Valuable property, such as objects of art, vases and figurines out of reach, out of sight, or locked away
Pets absent, where possible, or contained during the showing, and litter boxes clean
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Hugh can send you information on any Property Listed For Sale on the Multiple Listing Service in the Ottawa area. If you would like him to help you locate a home, please fill out his help find a home form.
Hugh has answers to a lot of your questions and more professional tips to make your real estate transaction more pleasurable. Call or e-mail Hugh or click on "Ask Your Own Questions."
Surfing the Real Estate Board's web site or MLS.CA and found a house that you like but doesn't give you the civic address. Hugh can also help. Just fill out his would like an address form, pleased !
Or perhaps you are considering selling your home in the near future, he can also offer you a Free No-Obligation Market Evaluation Form.
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