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Clean, scrub, and polish: Your stove, oven, refrigerator, microwave oven, and other appliances should be clean inside and out. Straighten out the laundry room. Clean the walls, floors, bathtubs, showers, and sinks until they sparkle. By doing this cleaning it will make the house smell better too.
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Make cosmetic improvements: Paint your Highland Township home neutral. You want the home to be move in ready. Painting will bring you the biggest bang for your dollar, It is not expensive if you do it yourself, but select neutral interior colors. You definitely want to avoid bright, bold colors. It's smart to stick to conventional whites, soft pastels, beige, light gray, and other neutral colors. If your basement is dark and gloomy, paint the walls and ceiling a light color. By painting the basement walls you will also cover up past water stains and some mildew smells.
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Eliminate odors: Odors are deal killers. Mold smells, pet odors can run buyers out of the house. Oakland County home buyers automatically notice smells as soon as they walk through your front door. Buyers walk in out of the fresh air and wham the smell hits them. So eliminate those smoke, mildew, and pet odors. Washing walls, painting, cleaning drapes, and carpets helps get rid of odors. Remove ashes from the fireplace. Open the windows air and out the house. Use products like Lysol that attack the bacteria that cause the smell. Use air fresheners or citrus-scented potpourri sparingly to keep your house odor free.
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Fix squeaky doors, loose door knobs, and drippy faucets: Little things like a broken door knob, leaky faucet, or a door that does not close makes buyers think the house has not been taken care. Oakland County home buyers love homes that are move in ready. They want that little repair to do house. If any of your sinks or bathtubs drain slowly, unclog them. Just as car buyers love to kick tires, some home buyers test houses by flipping light switches, flushing toilets, and running water in sinks and bathtubs to check drains.
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De - clutter: Time to quit being a hoarder. Eliminating junk, clutter and excess furniture makes rooms appear larger. We want your home to appear spacious. Get rid of Knick-naks, clear the kitchen counters, dresser tops, bathroom counters. They should have only 2-3 items on them at the most. Take everything off the refrigerator. (including your children's cute drawing) Store, sell, or give away surplus or bulky furniture. Closet space sells houses too. Clean and organize closets, bookcases, and drawers.
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De- personalize your Highland home: Take all your family pictures down. Buyers have to be able to visualize themselves in your home. Take them off the walls, off the tables, off the dresser. Your goal is to make your home like a model home. Your home will sell quicker and for more money if you follow these top inside home selling tips
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