Tips for Selling Your Wisconsin Home

Curb Appeal

• Keep the lawn trimmed and fertilized.
• Keep snow and ice removed from driveways and sidewalks.
• Shape up the shrubs. New decorative stones or wood chips may help, too.
• Weed flower beds and add charm by potting flowers near the front door.
• Add warmth with a seasonal door decoration.
• Clean and straighten sagging rain gutters.
• Paint the front door and around the trim, if needed.
• Remove oil stains from driveway and garage.
• Repair stray or warped roofing shingles.
• Advise Associate on the best placement of the yard sign.

Cleaning

• Store or give away excess furniture which makes the room appear cramped.
• Discard unwanted items from closets and kitchen.
• Sweep the basement and garage floors.
• Wash windows and screens.
• Clean and arrange closets and cabinets; they will look bigger with less clutter.
• Make your kitchen appliances shine.
• Wash walls and woodwork.
• Scrub soap film from tile and grout.
• Clear off counters to make the kitchen look spacious and neat.

Decorations Around The House

• Give rooms needing paint a fresh coat, in a neutral color.
• Re-stain or paint chipped woodwork.
• Replace torn or soiled wallpaper, carpeting or draperies in a neutral shade.
• Arrange your window treatments to allow maximum light into rooms.
• Consider new light fixtures and mirrors to expand a room.
• Add flowers to make your home more attractive.
• Perk up a bathroom with a new shower curtain.

Home Repairs

• Fix leaky faucets and toilets.
• Make sure closet and cabinet doors close easily.
• Make sure the garage door is in working order.
• Inspect the furnace, humidifier and water heater.
• Touch up paint, repair plaster and putty nail holes.
• Make sure your doorbell is working properly.
• Polish or refinish badly scratched hardwood floors.

Open House Days

• Remove clutter.
• Make beds.
• Turn on soft music and all lights; turn off the television.
• Open windows to air out any stuffy rooms.
• Bake bread or cookies; the aroma is pleasing. Avoid unpleasant cooking odors.
• Leave the house during the Open House.