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YOU May think your
house is perfect just the
way it is, but a prospec-
tive buyer might not
see it that way, says the
Greater Vancouver
Home Builders’

' Association.

To give your home curb
appeal and make it more
attractive to buyers, there are
some tasks you should attend
to before you place that “For

~ Sale” sign on your lawn.

Many of these suggestions

“are : ‘simple;. . others require

some: time and investment.:.-:
“LL lfyour. home needs to be

painted, :now is the time to do --

It The interior. paint job
Should be fresh: and cleari and
in a single, neutral. color
throughout. This is not. the
time to experiment with lilac
walls in the bedroom. The
‘same goes for the exterior.
Don’t forget shutters and win-

. dows. Also, mouldy, dirty sid-

ing will te!i a buyer that your
‘home has not been taken care

_ of properly.
2. The’ green shag carpet-
..ing still gracing your floors
‘should be replaced. Old, mat-
ted carpeting will be a detri-
ment to your home selling.

Real estate agents all have a
dozen stories of a home that
sat and sat on the market until
the old carpeting was
replaced. Then, it sold imme-
diately. If you have hardwoud
floors under old carpet, tear
up the carpet to expose them.

3. Make a list of all those
little repairs you've let go, and
fix each one. ‘The hole in the
screen, the loose doorknob
and the leaky faucet must all
be repaired before buyers start
visiting.

4. Uf your home's appli-
ances are old and outdated, it
could pay to replace them.
Buyers do not want. to be
faced. with the possibility of
having to replace appliances
upon moving in to a new
house.

’ §. Clear your house of
clutter and debris. Get rid of
piles of old newspapers and
magazines, the old clothes
that don’t fit, the closet full of
small appliances that. don’t
work. Clean, open spaces
make your home look bigger.

6. Clean out closets so that
they appear more spacious.
Closets are an important fea-
ture to today’s buyers so you
want yours to look as roomy
as possible. If they’re still
cluttered after cleaning,

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7. Minimize the amount of
personal items and memen-
toes in your = home.
Prospective buyers want to
imagine themselves living in
the home. Dozens of family
pictures and your grandchild’s

finger paintings cluttered on

the fridge will make them feel
that theyre invading your
home, rather than inspecting

- their future home.

8. Clean your house top to
bottom including — walls,
floors, furniture and tables.
Everything . should... be
sparkling clean when a buyer
makes that first visit. .

9. Take a tong, hard look at
your home from the
Does it have curb appeal? Is it
warm, inviting and well-kept?
Make sure by mowing the
lawn, weeding gardens, trim-
ming unruly bushes, resealing
the driveway and sweeping
uke porch.

10, Pay particular attention
to your front door. Repaint it
if necessary. Polish the door-
knob, knocker and kickplate
and clean the glass and screen
door. When a buyer wails at
the front door to enter, make
sure he or she sees that your
home was cared for lovingly.

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