Selling your home in the next year? Now is the time to prepare your home for selling in the upcoming spring.
There are tons of things you can do in preperation of selling your home. Our guide to selling your homeis full of them - neutralizing wall colors, eliminating pet odors, and other things you can do to prep your home for selling.
Before you devote endless hours to staging and other areas of selling-preparation, check out Trulia’s breakdown of 8 reasons for buyers to turn-off to your home.
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The top 8 things that can turn off buyers are as follows:
- Roof – Evidence its newness, or replace it.
- Gutters – Keep them clean.
- Windows – Make sure they’re all un-stuck.
- Appliances – The appliance age could pique unwanted interest.
- Termites – Consider adding a termite warranty.
- HVAC – A good system can last for 25 years, but older systems can be of concern.
- Foundation – Cracks in walls or where they shouldn’t be can mean foundation issues.
- Radon – In rocks, soil, and water – radon is a definite turn-off and is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
If any of these 8 grace the list of issues your home hosts, make a plan to remedy that, and fast!
Source: https://www.trulia.com/blog/home-sales-fall-through-scare-off-buyers/