So You Want to Sell Your Home… Now What?

Marketing Designed For You

  • Customized Marketing Plan

    We will create a customized marketing plan that is unique to you and your home.

  • Optimize Your Home's Viewing

    Making your home look its best is all part of the marketing process, and we provide guidance every step of the way.

  • Quality Photography

    We use exceptional equipment to make sure your house looks great on the internet or in print.

  • Competitively Price Your Home

    Time on the market and price are directly correlated. We will help you competitively price your home.

  • Your Home Listed Online

    We will submit accurate information to the Multiple Listing Service, as well as over 20 top websites.

Getting Ready to Sell!

Preparing your home to sell can seem like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be!

We will help you break the process down into steps that are easy to mange, offering guidance and support every step of the way!

Get Your House Market-Ready

You will receive plenty of direction from me to help you make your house look its best before it’s shown to buyers.

Recommendations for Minor Repairs & Improvements

I can provide some recommendations for minor repairs and improvements to help sell your property for the highest price possible.

Dependable Home Improvement Vendors

I do the research, so you don’t have to! You’ll receive access to a list of the most reliable and dependable home improvement workers in the Lynchburg area.

Steps to Prep Your Home for Selling

 

Step 1: Declutter

Decluttering will open up the space, make it feel bigger, and draw buyer’s attention to the right things. Not to mention, the less stuff you have, the less you have to pack and move!

    1. Closets, cabinets, and drawers-buyer’s will want to see how much storage they’re getting

    2. Kitchen countertops

    3. Those knick-knacks collecting dust on the shelf

    4. The stack of books that haven’t been opened in years

    5. The unused kitchen appliance taking up counter space

Step 2: Minor Repairs

That honey-do-list of things you’ve been putting off? Now is the time to start checking them off the list! Not to be confused with home upgrades, home repairs are necessary things that will keep the current value of your home from decreasing.

  • Some examples of minor repairs would be…
    1. Loose cabinet hinges

    2. Leaky faucets

    3. Running toilets

    4. Replace caulking and grout around sinks and tubs

    5. Repair or replace damaged window screens

    6. Replace burned-out lightbulbs

    7. Repair or replace Damaged flooring

    8. Replace missing or damaged roof shingles

    9. Replace broken boards on your porch/deck

    Don’t worry! Josh will help you find the specific repairs that your home needs

Step 3: Inexpensive Upgrades

A few small upgrades can freshen up a space and make it feel updated and new. “Paint is $30 in a can and $1,000 on a wall” and it’s true! The better your home looks, the faster it will sell. Sometimes all you need to do is brighten up the place for a buyer to fall in love with it.

    1. Paint the walls-stick with neutral colors like whites, grays, and browns.

    2. Update hardware in your kitchen and bathrooms

    3. Paint outdated cabinets to make them more modern-remember to stick with neutral colors for this too-whites or grays

    4. Update light fixtures

Step 4: Deep Clean

It’s important for buyer’s to come into a clean space. If the home is dirty, it won’t matter what color the walls are, or how many bedrooms the home has, buyer’s will have a hard time seeing past the mess.

  • In addition to routine cleaning tasks, you’ll also want to clean the things that are often forgotten:

    1. Remove all evidence of pets-as much as you love your pets, not everyone feels the same way when it comes to animals, and some are even allergic to them

    2. Clean your carpets, or have them cleaned professionally

    3. Clean all windows and window sills, inside and out

    4. Remove cobwebs from ceilings and corners

    5. Dust everything-top to bottom

    6. Clean baseboards

    7. Clean cabinets

    8. Clean all appliances inside and out

    9. Clean doors, door frames, and handles

    10. Clean light switches

    11. Clean grout and backsplashes

Step 5: Staging

Why is staging important? It will help photos of your home stand out, It makes the space feel bigger and more inviting, it allows buyer’s to see themselves living there, it shows off your home’s potential.

    1. Depersonalize the space-you want buyer’s to be able to see themselves living there, so remove family photos and personal mementos

    2. Rearrange furniture to make the space feel bigger

    3. Stick with a neutral pallet for furniture and decor-Remember, you want to appeal to the masses, and the best way to do that is to keep things neutral

    4. If you don’t have any, buy some curtains and decorative pillows to warm the space up

    5. Open curtains and blinds to allow natural light in

    6. Add some greenery-faux plants or even a bouquet of fresh flowers will spruce up the place

    7. A bowl of fake fruit pares well in the kitchen

    8. Part of creating an inviting atmosphere is the smell, plug in some light air fresheners, or bake some fresh cookies to draw buyer’s in

Step 6: Curb Appeal

First impressions stick! That’s why curb appeal is so important. You want to draw buyer’s from the outside, in.

    1. Power wash the doors and siding on your home, the driveway, and walkway

    2. Pull weeds, plant some shrubs and flowers, trim and prune existing plants

    3. Keep the lawn mowed and watered so it stays green

    4. Replace worn house numbers, mailbox, and porch lights

    5. Repaint the front door