Buyers like to have complete access to your home. Some, however, may feel reluctant to view your home as thoroughly as they would like if the seller is home. When you give buyers the opportunity to fully explore your home, you are sending a positive message – you have nothing to hide. When your home is being shown, take yourself out for coffee, go shopping, or take the kids to a park. If you have to be at home, be sure to remain in one room and out of the way. While it is appropriate to greet buyers at the door, do not volunteer any information. Simply say, “nice to see you,” and let your Real Estate Professional handle it from there.
HOW TO SHOW YOUR HOME FOR SALE
IT’S SHOWTIME!
Upon listing your home, buyers will want to take a tour. As buyers are thorough when it comes to inspecting a potential home, you will want to keep everything in order at all times. While it may be inconvenient to be especially tidy during this time, you will reap the rewards by presenting your home in the best possible light. When your home is clean, organized and in show condition, it will stand apart from the many others a potential buyer has seen.
The first step to making your home ready for showtime is a lock box. This device makes showing your home very convenient. Other Real Estate Professionals can show your home, without having to locate the key each time, or making an appointment. Your Real Estate Professional will place your house key inside this box and attach it to a convenient area on your home. Only Real Estate Professionals, bonded and approved by the local real estate board have an assigned code to access this box. Codes are changed each month. The box also records the codes of the Real Estate Professionals who have recently visited your home.
Your home should always be available for viewing. Most agents will call you and give you a few hours notice prior to showing your home. Be cooperative and unless absolutely unavoidable, do not cancel the showing. Buyers like to see a home as quickly as possible. This, however, works to your advantage. When a buyer sees a home quickly and likes it, you will get an offer sooner, rather than later.