Methods of Preparing your Home for Excellent Listing Photos
Preparing your house to be put on the market can be a challenging task.? The purpose of this article is to provide you with ideas and proven methods that will help you stage your home for putting it on the market.? Having a template for preparing your home to be sold will serve as value for you and also help you get top dollar for your home.
Step 1: Gather needed cleaning tools and plan for room staging; plan also for storing and preparing items for moving:
1,) Broom
2,) Dustpan
3.) Multi-purpose cleaning spray/ & window spray
4.)? Vacuum
5.) Garbage bags
6) Bin for donations
7.) Bin for storage items?
8.) Consider renting a pod for furniture and household items.
9.) Papertowels?
10.) Moving boxes
11.) Step stool - In order to reach high places
Step 1: - Make a list:
The first thing to do is to make a list of all of the rooms in your house. Upon making a list of the rooms in your house, you can then write a breakdown of things that need to be done.? Decluttering each room is very important.? Once the room is decluttered if needed, then dusting light fixtures is important.? It is important that lightbulbs are functioning.? An awesome trick for dusting a ceiling fan is using a pillowcase to dust each piece of the fan.?
Kitchen:
Ideas for staging a kitchen for nice photos are to make sure that the counter is clean and free of clutter.? It is important to spray down the cabinets with a wood cleaner such as Pledge or Murphy’s Oil Soap.? It is important to clean the interior of the cabinets with a multipurpose cleaner.? If the exterior of the cabinets are dingy, then painting the cabinets with a fresh coat of paint is a great idea.? The kitchen table should be free of clutter and sprayed down with a wood cleaner or multi-purpose cleaner.? Furthermore, the kitchen floor should be swept and mopped.
It is important to clean the interior and exterior of your windows, polish window sills and dust light fixtures.??
Living Room:
When preparing your living room for showing your home and prepping it to take photos, you should start by decluttering.? For example, if you rent a pod, you may want to move some furniture to the pod, or if you have bookshelves, you may want to declutter by moving some books into storage.? When preparing the living room to take photos, your television should be off.? The light fixtures should be dusted and/or sprayed down and cleaned.? If lamp shades are yellowed, they should be replaced; this is a relatively inexpensive update that will make the room have a more crisp appeal.? Coffee and end tables should be polished and the room either vacuumed or floor mopped.??
Bedrooms:
When preparing a bedroom for photos, all beds should be neatly made.? If possible, it is best to paint each bedroom a light, neutral color.? This will make the room look bigger and it will also allow the opportunity to work with focal points.? For example, if a bedroom has white walls and a bed has a green comforter, you can put a pretty yellow pillow on the comforter to create a yellow focal point.? All dressers should have the drawers neatly pushed in and should have minimal things on them.? If you are using a yellow pillow as a focal point, then placing a vase with sunflowers or yellow flowers in it on a dresser would be a beautiful accent to a room.? Floors should be vacuumed and/or mopped and all dressers and desks sprayed with pledge or wood cleaner.? All light fixtures should be functioning and dusted well.? Curtains should match the comforter or be a neutral color to accent the room.? A bedroom’s closet should also be well organized and free of clutter.? Windows should be sprayed down with cleaner.??
Bathrooms:
Preparing your bathroom for photos is very important.? Again, if there is time, the bathroom should be painted a neutral color, white or light yellow is suggested.? It is important that both the tub, toilet; (The lid of the toilet should be down.), and sink are very clean.? If there is a mirror, it should be sprayed down with window cleaner or cleaning vinegar. Toilet paper should be stocked and the floor should be vacuumed and mopped.? A clean and presentable shower curtain is suggested.? Light fixtures should be dusted and the linen closet should be well organized and clutter free.?
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Sunroom:
If there is a sunroom, then the rules that have been discussed above largely apply.? It is important to spray down all of the windows with Windex or window cleaner, declutter, clean any ceiling fans with the pillowcase method and mop and/or vacuum the floor.? Decluttering is of great importance, as it will help your house sparkle and put each room in the best light possible.? Any shelves should be sprayed down.? Doorway entrances can be wiped down with Wood Oil Soap so that they shine.? If the room needs to be painted, then light colors brighten rooms and give them an airy appeal.??
Deck:
If your home has a deck, then it is important to remove clutter from the deck.? If possible, eliminate any peeling paint.? Peeling paint can affect loan eligibility in some cases.? It is a nice idea to stage a deck with an outdoor set of tables and chairs.? Mainly it is important for a deck to be neat and clean so that nice photos can be taken.?
Exterior:
It is good to plan outdoor photos in a systematic nature.? Taking three photos of the exterior of the home in the front and back is a nice idea.? There should be a photo of each side of the house as well as one or two photos of the backyard. For exterior photos, the yard should be mowed and trees pruned if needed.? Moreover, if photos of a pool are to be taken, the pool water should be crystal clear.? If photos of sheds are taken, then the shed should be neat and organized.???
Overall, it is best to make a room-by-room list.? Furthermore, it is also recommended to gather all of the tools that you need, ahead of time in order to prepare your home for a photo shoot.? Once you have all of the needed tools and prepare a checklist, the tasks at hand are less daunting.? A plan is in place and then can be executed.
Checklists:
Kitchen
Living Room
Bedrooms:
Bathrooms:
Sunroom/other rooms
Deck
Ultimately, following this checklist will assist you in making sure that your home has excellent preparation to be put on the market.? It will boost online appeal, and many potential clients will want to tour your home and possibly make a bid.? Talking with a licensed realtor, you can also request a Comparative Market Analysis on your home.? This will assure that it is competitively priced to sell.? It is a sincere hope that this article is of value to anyone looking to sell their home for top dollar.
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