Here Are A Few Forgotten Things When Preparing Your Home for Sale


You are set to sell your property and you have repaired your home cosmetically for an immediate sale. You performed a fresh paint, decluttered closets, a deep cleaning, new landscaping and prepared the garage! Your property is considerably better than before and you are set to start selling! Before you move forward with placing your signature to a contract with a REALTOR®, there are some essential parts of information that you will need to gather for smart potential buyers who going to want to know specific information.

1. Survey
Have your survey on hand and provide it to your real estate agent so they can have the information about your home. Customers want to know about easements, conservation buffers. property lines, and more. Will you know if there is space for a pool or if the property line extends to the water behind your home? Keeping a survey to provide in advance will help to eradicate these types of concerns.

2. Floorplans
Purchasers generally need to know room dimensions. As any REALTOR® can testify, it requires many hours to measure spaces. Having this information conveniently on hand will speed up getting an offer. An appraisal is beneficial because it can confirm the exact square footage of a household.

3.) Utility Bills
Potential buyers want to get an idea of what they can expect to have the heating and cooling costs to be in a home. I recommend that you examine your bills over the year to get an average. This information can be very effective when a buyer sits down to go over their total costs of owning a home.

4. Product Manuals and Warranty Documents
Now is the time to obtain the various product manuals for all items that will be remaining in the home such as water heater, heating and cooling system, ceiling fans, pool equipment, appliances, etc. In case your home came with any warranties, be certain to include these for the new owner as well. I suggest placing all of these documents and inserting them into one large envelope.

5. Insurance
Potential buyers specifically wish to know who a seller uses for their homeowner's insurance and just how much they pay. Give this information to your real estate agent so they can provide the details to the buyer.

Thinking about employing a real estate agent? Work with Mike Bolger and I will give you free home staging consultation. Contact Mike Now

Mike Bolger, Sales Rep
Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty, Brokerage
508 Riverbend Dr
Kitchener, On N2K 3S2
+1 (519) 616-2656
http://www.mikebolger.ca/
Location: Waterloo, ON, Canada

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