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This is the post 2 of a series of posts about selling your home.
What does it take to sell your home in Sumter? This is a question that I often hear. I like any other agent have had some homes linger on the market to suddenly sell. I have also had homes sell very quickly. The properties that sell have several common threads among them... You have probably heard this before if you have listed a home, watched the shows on tv or read on the internet, but here goes....
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Maximize space Does your house feel crowded? Does it feel small? Did it feel that way when you purchased the home? Chances are while you have lived in your home you have accumulated stuff. Good, bad or indifferent most people accumulate stuff. If your home feels crowded to you, it will feel crowded to a buyer. If it is the furniture, what can you live without? Do you need the ottoman in the middle of the room? How about that coffee table? Too many book shelves? Book shelves that are full of books, CDs and DVDs? Time to pare down what you need and keep the basic necessities. If you watch all those DVD's pick a few and rotate the ones that you have out, put the remainder in a good storage location. When you clean out your storage location you might find several things you didn't think you could live without you actually can or it will be like Christmas as you are reunited with items you have missed. Another suggestion for thining things out, have a garage sale or moving sale. Call it what you want, but gather the items and then have a sale one weekend. And hey, we can all do with a little extra cash!
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Keep a home neutral. We all have our own tastes in colors for a home. Sometimes a unique color will sell in a property, but normally that color needs to be neutral. I had an opportunity to show a buyer my client's home this week. They were not my clients' but due to a scheduling conflict their agent asked me to show them the home again after they wrote the contract. The home had dark sage walls in the Great Room. The buyers' told me they liked the color. The color was neutral though. If the color had not been neutral, I would have stongly suggested repainting the room.
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I hope you have enjoyed this information and the series of posts about selling your home. For a free consultation or for more information, please contact me at 803-840-7519. I can also provide a free Competitive Market Analysis for pricing information on your house.
Kim Peasley-Parker
Realtor®/Shareholder
AgentOwned Realty
Heritage Group, Inc.
Cell 803-840-7519
Fax 853-725-6506
