Seller's Guide | Robyn's Realty
Selling a Home?
Here's what I'll do to make it a smooth, profitable experience
- Detailed Market Analysis, local pricing and sales in past 4 months
- Staging consultation: Detailed review of each room in the home
- Offer services of professional stager or housecleaners if preferred
- Offer free staging items and service if smaller items are required
- Hire a professional Home Sales Photographer
- Arrange online photo tour set to music, with panoramic & static photos
- Market your home on hundreds of websites, including social media sites
- Set up all showings; coordinate with agents and buyers
- Request feedback from every visitor to your home
- Secure your home with a mechanical key box & require appts before show
- Provide flyers, via mail, email and in your home for showings
- Hold Open Houses as often as you would like them
- Negotiate offers: pricing, dates and included/excluded items in the offer
- Coordinate between title company, inspector, appraiser and loan officer of buying party, including buyer's realtor
- Keep you apprised of all deadlines and dates
- Legally protect you in the Real Estate Purchase Contract
- Walk you through the process with weekly contact, available 7 days/week
- Attend the Settlement (Closing) with you and your escrow officer
- Ensure timely transfer of keys and property to buyer
- Stay in touch with you: invitations to client events, future market analysis, etc.
Staging Your Home to Sell
First, consider what buyers are looking for?
- S P A C E
- Seeing their family and their stuff in your home
- A welcoming feeling (including smells, sights and sounds)
- Clean, bright, open, inviting
Recommended by Robyn and professional home stagers
- Curb appeal: Bright colors in front: pillows, chairs, flowers, pots. No dead plants.
- Front door and front of home: Clear cobwebs, dust, wipe down or re-paint your door. That is the first thing the buyer will see. Is the handle firm? Clean? Is door dingy or bright & clean?
- Entry to home, once inside should create a sense of space, warmth and invitation
- Clear all floors of objects, including closets, pantry & laundry
- Pack up items that you can live without for 2-4 months: clothes, toys, shoes, books, etc.
- Keep hallways and entry into all rooms clear from furniture
- De-clutter items on counters, bookshelves & closet shelves. Can you pack it?
- De-personalize: have your home look like a model home, beautiful & warm, not personal
- Touch up paint; wipe down walls & baseboards, as well as doors and trim
Consider a few purchases to make your home feel NEW
- Bath towels, hand-towels, kitchen towels (use just for showings)
- Rugs (get rid of any that are dingy, worn, dull or stained)
- Bedding (comforters, pillows)
- Candle or plug ins (not strong ones!)
Anything you do purchase, get what you love, and take it to your NEW house