Summer is a good time to sell your house, and it’s important to ensure your home is ready to impress prospective buyers. Whether you’re selling your home on your own or working with a real estate agent, you can use some simple strategies to make your house stand out and attract buyers.
So, if you’re selling investment property in Congo, read these four tips:
1. Declutter and depersonalize the home
If you declutter and depersonalize your home, you’ll give yourself an edge over sellers who think this isn’t important.
A home with personal effects all over the place, like a report card on the fridge or family portraits, offers another opportunity for a buyer to be distracted from viewing the home. While some buyers get easily distracted, others will be more interested in seeing what the owner’s family looks like instead of looking at the home’s features. Depersonalizing a home doesn’t just help keep a buyer’s focus; it’s also a good safety tip to follow when selling a home.
It's also highly recommended to declutter a home. When selling a home during the summer, walk through your home and assess what you need to live comfortably while selling your home. If you think you can live without something while selling your home, move it into the garage, basement, or storage unit. Decluttering also helps in staging your home while you’re on a budget.
2. Keep the home cool
Keeping the home cool is important when you’re looking to sell it during the summer. Even if your home isn’t equipped with a central air-conditioning unit, you should do everything in your capacity to keep your home cool.
Some ways to keep a home cool without central air conditioning include placing floor fans around the home, keeping blinds drawn and lights off before showings, turning on ceiling fans, and installing window air conditioners.
If your home is equipped with central AC, ensure it’s performing well and has recently been serviced by a professional HVAC technician. One big reason to have a home inspection is to ensure the HVAC systems are working efficiently. However, if your home doesn’t have a central AC, this might seem like a red flag to a buyer.
3. Address necessary repairs before listing
Not addressing necessary repairs is arguably the quickest way to scare away potential home buyers. For instance, if a property has an extremely old roof with visible damage, not addressing this before listing will usually result in the owner losing a decent amount of cash from their sale.
Summer or not, making the necessary repairs before listing the home for sale is always important. If homeowners complete repairs before their home is sold, two things happen. First, they end up with a higher sale price; two, the probability of a buyer requesting a fair amount of repairs post-home inspection will significantly decrease.
Here are some of the examples of common ‘necessary’ repairs to be on the lookout for damaged roofs, damaged siding, or broken windows. You should ensure that a buyer isn’t distracted by repairs that have been neglected but are focusing on every positive a home has.
4. Highlight outdoor living space
Since we’re discussing a home’s exterior, focusing on the outdoor living space is very important. In most areas of the country, summer is a fairly short season. So, most buyers spend as much time outside enjoying the weather as possible during the summer.
Many buyers put a premium on an exceptional outdoor living space, so making the outdoor space visible is a good way to amaze prospective buyers. Helping buyers envision themselves spending time relaxing outside is a clever staging tip.
If your home has a large concrete patio or a great outdoor BBQ, ensure it’s staged. Once you start showcasing to a buyer how wonderful a home’s outdoor living space is for friends and family, buyers will line up with a purchase offer in hand.
5. Prepare the home’s exterior for the summer
Don’t underestimate your home’s exterior and curb appeal. If your home has a neglected exterior, it’ll either take longer to sell or will sell for less than it should.
When selling a home during the summer, preparing the home’s exterior is very important. A home's curb appeal and exterior can give a potential buyer a good idea of what to expect in the home’s interior. So, ensure it’s attractive, clean, and crisp.
Here are some things you can do to improve your home’s exterior and curb appeal so it can sell well during the summer:
- Seal the driveway
- Clean up and/or paint the front door
- Touch up any exterior peeling paint
- Weed and mulch the flower beds
- Avoid dead plants by watering them
- Trim shrubs and bushes
- Avoid a burnt lawn by watering it
- Mow the lawn
Muluza makes selling an investment property easier in Congo
As a top real estate agent in Congo, Muluza ensures that your apartment, home, or other real estate property sells quickly and you get the offer that you were looking for. The firm offers unique marketing tactics and plenty of exposure for your property, including adding them to our listing service, which enables them to be sold fast in a convenient, stress-free manner. If you accept an offer from an agent, you may give them some commission. However, Muluza’s own fee structure is affordable and completely transparent.
Reach out to Muluza if you’re looking for a quick and easy way to sell your property!
About the Author
Ronnie M. Loyola has more than a decade of experience as a real estate agent. While he’s currently associated with a property management firm, he writes informational blogs in his free time to educate his audiences about real estate.
