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Kenny Hawkins' Home Selling Tips

Show off your best features!
You live in your home, you know what its best features are. Bringing attention to these features will help develop interest in your home.

Maximize Curb Appeal
Before any potential buyer has a chance to look at the inside of your house they have to pull up to the outside of your house. Free your yard of clutter and perform regular maintenance (ie. Gardening, Lawn Mowing) to ensure the maximum response when they land on your doorstep.

Freshen Up The Interior
A full scale renovation isn't required to make your place look fresh and modern in advance of an open house. Using neutral paint colours helps buyers visualize themselves in your space and is unlikely to turn off any potential buyers. Remember, your style may not be what everyone likes, go with a look that appeals to the masses.

Clean and Remove Clutter
At the very least it is your responsibility as the homeowner to keep your home clean in anticipation of selling. Viewings can be scheduled with little notice, so its best to make sure that you do the necessary cleaning required to make your house look as open and fresh as possible. If its possible, put some of your items into storage to give the potential buyers a clutter free look at your home.

Mmmm...Fresh Baked Bread
Viewing your home to a potential buyer is much more than simply a visual experience. Help to increase the impact of your viewings by taking advantage of simple things like a welcoming aroma such as baked bread or fresh apple pie. If its not possible to do these things, try to keep a window or two open to keep the air flowing through your home to avoid any stale odours.

Keep those blinds open
Letting natural light in will give the impression of a larger, brighter, cleaner home. Walking into a dark, depressing room won't help to excite your potential buyers.

Plan a day out when showing your home
Potential buyers will feel more comfortable looking through your home if you aren't there when the viewing takes place. Your goal is to allow them to feel as comfortable as possible when they are viewing your home, and the presence of a homeowner can detract from that.

Never apologize for your home.
Your home is lived in, there are going to be things about it that aren't the same as a brand new home, accept that. You only attract attention to the items that aren't perfect in your home when you start making apologies, you should be proud of your home and you should point out its best features.

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