Hello and Welcome:
Congratulations on the purchase of your Essential plan - Great Choice! This Blog
will
be about preparing your home for the sale for Top Dollar and that requires Excellent
Photos.
We certainly all agree that Amazing photos capture emotion and that emotion sells homes
(usually for top dollar)! Probably more today than ever before. In fact, I cannot
remember the last time I read or was involved in a transaction that the buyer didn't say
they fell in love with the home online first. With that said, how and what should you do
to
properly prepare for those Award-Winning, Heart Grabbing, Pro photos?
Let's start with curb appeal. First thing, walk your property and create a to-do list
containing items needing attention. Also, focus on a list of Pro services (lawn care,
painter, handy person, etc. https://www.bthebroker.com/pro/start ) you can use help
with.
Keeping in mind some contractor repairs may require a Pro to repair or replace an item
by local code. Also consider the fact that some items may need to be maintained as the
listing goes live (lawn, cleaning, light bulbs, etc).
After you have completed your handy Pro list, go to the curb and view your home as a
buyer would - pulling up in their car. Take it all in. Really try and be objective. Ask
yourself, does the landscape look dialed in (well-groomed, green grass, flowers
blooming), how about the siding, windows, lighting. It all matters to a buyer and the
photos will convey the well-kept nature of a home. Everything will start with curb
appeal.
I cannot tell you how many times I have had buyers say, Wow this home looks amazing
before we even got out of the car or sadly, let's keep going.
Let's move inside. Again, start with that handy Pro checklist. Methodically, walk the
interior of the home trying to objectively see what you need help with: Pro interior
window and home cleaning, paint, tile, handy work, etc.
( https://www.bthebroker.com/pro/start ). After the interior handy list is completed,
start your walk all over again, but this time start specifically at the front door (if
you didn't the first time). Look at your furniture to see if it feels oversized or if it
seems to restrict the flow of your space(s). If it is, think about eliminating it with a
storage unit, sell it, give it away, or try rearranging it. You want to, as a seller, to
be able to clearly understand the spaces of your home and correct any objections of size
or flow by eliminating those distractions or oversized items. Additionally, large
furniture or too much furniture will overpower photos (very distracting). A good thing
to remember with photos is that less is more.
Once you have spent the necessary time cleaning, maintaining, and correcting items
necessary take one last walk through (outside and in) to make sure you nailed it. If the
answer is yes, then Congratulations you prepared like a Pro for Photos. If not, that's
okay, this is why we suggest a little extra time preparing to list.
My last suggestion is to think of your photos as your home’s business card, unique and
memorable; something a buyer cannot and will not forget. To achieve that the
aforementioned items will help you and your Pro photographer capture your home's best
side. Although, it can be exhausting, put your best foot forward for each showing and
success happens.
Prepare like a Pro with B The Broker.