40 Tips to 

Help Sell Your Home

Let me help you make the best first impression you can. Call me and let my
experience work for you when it comes to increasing 'curb appeal' and
attracting buyers quickly.
Note: Do cosmetic things first and avoid making major changes unless they will
increase the value of your home more than the cost of the improvement.

Outside

1. Invest in landscaping where it can be
seen at first sight.
2. Cut back overgrown shrubbery that looks
scraggly or keeps light out of the house.
3. Paint your house if necessary. This can
probably do more for sales appeal than any
other factor.
4. Inspect the roof and gutters.
5. Consider putting flowers outside, near
the front door.
6. Repaint the front door.

Kitchen

7. The kitchen is the most important room
in the house.Make it bright and attractive. If
dull, paint cabinets and put up perky new
curtains.
8. Clean the ventilating hood in the kitchen.
9. If the kitchen floor is badly worn, put
down new flooring. Replace any broken or
chipped tiles.
10. Remove any appliances that you keep
on your counters. Clean counters make the
room look larger.

Living Areas

11. Have all plaster in top shape.
12. Check ceilings for leak stains. Fix the
cause of the damage, repair the ceiling,
and paint.
13. In painting and redecorating, avoid
offbeat colors—stick to conventional white
outside and easy-to-work-with pastels
inside.
14. If you have a fireplace, clean it out and
lay in some logs to make it look inviting.
15.Wash windows.
16. Replace broken glass.
17. Mend torn screens.
18. Check to see that all windows will
open and close.
19. Replace burned-out light bulbs. Use
brighter light bulbs.
20. Make sure every light switch works.
21. Make the floors shine; clean, polish and
nail down any cracking boards or stair
treads.
22. Straighten up the closets—get rid of
excess items.Use air freshener to eliminate
musty odors. Lubricate any sticky or
squeaking doors.
23. For sliding doors that stick in their
tracks, rub the tracks with paraffin or
candle wax.

Bathroom

24. Repair dripping faucets.
25. Use special cleaning products to
remove stains from toilets, bathtubs, sinks
and showers.
26. If sink and bathtub drain too slowly,
unclog them.

Basement,Attic,Garage

27. Clean out attic, basement and garage.
Dispose of everything you are not going to
move. Package everything you won’t need
until you’re settled in your new home.

When Your House is
Being Shown

28. Keep room draperies and shades open to
let light in. It makes the room appear larger.
29. Have your home well-lighted during
showing.
30. At night, turn on porch light and
outdoor lighting in back if you have it.
31. Neatness makes a room look bigger.
Avoid clutter.
32. If possible, leave your furniture and rug
in the house for showing.
33. Avoid having dirty dishes in the sink or
on the counters.
34. Keep any toys in the children’s rooms.
35. Keep radio, stereo and TV off or turned
way down.
36. Take your family away if your broker is
holding an Open House.
37. Refer direct inquires you receive about
seeing your house to your Agent and
take advantage of their professional skills
in selling your home.
38. Don’t mention furniture or furnishings
you wish to dispose of unless asked.
39. Take pets outdoors when your house is
being shown.
40. Let the Agent show your house, and
don’t tag along.

Good luck!

May 2012 Report

The May 2012 HomeDex™ Report provides April 2012 housing statistics.

Inside this month's report:

• The median price for all North County home sales - attached and detached - remained at $365,500 in April 2012.
• Detached homes in North County increased 1.2 percent in April 2012 to $420,000 compared to $415,000 in March 2012. Year-over median price in North San Diego County fell 6.67 percent compared to $450,000 in April 2011.
• The countywide median SFD price increased 1.12 percent in April 2012 to $339,750 compared to $336,000 in March 2012.
• The number of North San Diego SFD listings (active and contingent) declined 2.53 percent in April 2012 compared to March 2012.
• The number of sold North San Diego County SFD units increased 10.6 percent in April 2012 compared to March 2012 (after a 22.37 percent jump last month), and increased 10.2 percent year-over compared to April 2011- an 11-month trend of increased year-over sold units.
• Median days-on-market for single-family detached homes sold in North County decreased to 51 days in April 2012 compared to 57 days in March 2012.
  
  
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