How to get your home ready to sell by Jeanine Corcoran broker for Corcoran Connect. Kristin Macari owner of Studio Nine 13 joins Jeanine as her co-host. Welcome to the 34th episode of Discover St. Cloud Florida where Jeanine and Kristin will discuss preparing your home for listing.
Kristin said the topic of preparing to sell your home is near and dear to her heart as it makes her job a lot easier. She said earlier this year you didn’t even need to pick up the dirty clothes off the floor as homes were selling so quickly. Now we are back into a regular real estate market it is essential to prepare your home properly for going on the market.
Jeanine said she is always cognizant of who is in charge whether it be the Mr. or Mrs. She is honest in telling clients what needs to be done to sell their home. Jeanine walks through each client's home going over a checklist for preparation for listing it on the market. This is done in advance of the real estate photographers, such as Studio Nine 13, coming in and taking pictures.
Jeanine then follows up and walks through the house again right before the photographers arrive to see what was missed. She said usually there are a few things that are missed so that is why she does it.
She continued that Florida has hard water and the sprinklers in the yard get water stains on the windows and that is so important to have the windows cleaned prior to the photographers coming to take pictures.
Jeanine asked if real estate photographers can edit out the water stains. Kristin answered that they are tough to get out. It depends on what is in the background and how bad the water stains are. She said it is so much easier if the clients have their windows cleaned. The photos end up looking so much better. People viewing homes on the market notice when the windows appear dirty in photos, it’s a big deal.
Jeanine stated that she would never list a home for Corcoran Connect that has dirty windows. She said it is especially true to have the windows clean that have beautiful views. Kristin added that if you have windows that show off a beautiful view, they need to be highlighted and therefore, clean. Jeanine said that Kristin who is the owner Studio Nine 13 provides a great checklist for clients that she hands out at the listing meetings. Kristin said that they do provide a thorough checklist for clients that walk them what to do for each area in their home.
Kristin said they always start with the exterior as that is the first impression a potential homebuyer has of a home. She continued that there is nothing worse than pulling up to the home and the outside needs to be mulched or there is mildew on the sidewalk or driveway.
The outside of the home is such an easy fix Jeanine stated. It doesn’t take much, a few pots, put some new flowers in and use a pressure washer. To Jeanine, the exterior is the easiest part, however, she believes the hardest part is once you walk through the front door.
Jeanine continued that as consumers we save a lot of stuff. Kristin added that the stuff people save is all personal. The knickknacks that people collect on vacation or the signs with words on them, sometimes people go overboard. She said that it helps to depersonalize the house because then potential homebuyers can see themselves in it.
We hope you enjoyed Jeanine and Kristin walking you through how to get your home ready to sell. Our goal is to help you in preparing to sell your home in St Cloud FL.
