Prepare Your North Shore Home for Sale
If you’re getting ready to put your North Shore home for sale, it’s time to make all those repairs that have been simmering on the back burner. When buyers come looking, they want things in tip-top shape, otherwise they think you have not been taking care of the property.
This is not the mental image you want purchasers to have of your home
Here are your ten must-do repairs before putting your North Shore home for sale:
Repair the roof.
Maintaining a sound roof literally tops the list of crucial home repairs.In iron roofs check for any areas that require maintenance, treat rust sports and repaint if necessary. For tiles, repair or replace any cracked or broken tiles.
Clean and clear gutters
When the weather is dry, get on a ladder and clean out all the leaves and debris from the gutters. Check their condition and repair any loose sections.
Fix any front-of-the-home problems
This is what a buyer sees first, therefore, these are must-do repairs. Approach your home as a potential buyer looking for a North Shore home for sale and see it through his or her eyes. Fix everything that looks shabby.
Patch nail holes. Walk through all the rooms of your North Shore home for sale, and fill in all nail holes with lightweight putty. Wait for it to dry, and then paint the walls.
Eliminate odors in your North Shore Home for Sale
The last things buyers want to smell are mold, a cat box and smoke in the house. Using scented candles and plug-in room fresheners just smells of cover-up. Deep clean bathrooms with bleach. Wash walls with sugar wash or an ammonia-type cleaners. Paint with a primer to seal cigarette smoke in and on walls. Then cover with a fresh coat of paint.
Repair or replace damaged flooring
If you have vinyl flooring, check for holes, tears and discoloring. Get a professional to replace flooring if necessary.
Reseal the toilet
If the toilet rocks when you sit down on it, the seal needs to be replaced. You do not have to call in a professional to do this; just make sure you have a friend handyman who can help you lift it.
Stop any loose tapwares
Dripping tapwares are easy to repair. Turn off the water under the sink. (While under there, look for any moisture problems.) Dismantle the hot and cold handles, take them to the hardware store and buy new parts. Reassemble at home and turn the water back on.
Renew dinged baseboards and weatherboards
Clean them to remove scrapes and smudges from pets and children’s toys. Fill in dents, sand smooth and repaint.
Repair damaged cabinet facings
Where possible repair damaged cabinet doors in the kitchen and bathroom. If they are not repairable go to companies like Dream Doors and have replacements completed.
When buyers see a home presented like this, they don’t have any thoughts about maintenance
Do you need help getting ready your North Shore home for sale?
If you’re ready to put your North Shore home for sale, I can help you with a property presentation plan to get your North Shore home for sale. Give me a call today at 021 85 84 83, or email me at Jason.yianakis@harcourts.co.nz for more information.
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