Having a home is, without doubt, a big investment as a home seller but you don’t want to let the small or big fixes around your house that have added up over the years sabotage your bottom line during a resale. Buyers and home inspectors will notice any maintenance issues during inspection. You need to make upgrades and make reparations before potential buyers and inspectors tour your property.
Potential buyers want a move-in ready home. While you may be wondering what is likely to turn your potential buyers off, technology with its dangling parts can mess up an open house and turn your buyers off.
We rely on so many gadgets and devices to run our lives these days, but in many cases, our homes were never designed to handle all of these modern conveniences. You may have mounted your flatscreen TV, placed Google or Amazon devices on your kitchen counter, or left your cordless vacuum hanging it’s charging station in your garage. When it comes time to sell your house, these devices may prove to be something of a distraction to potential buyers. Especially if they are draped across your walls, dangling from the furniture, running across the counters and hanging from the ceilings.
Property Turn-offs That Distract Potential Buyers
If you are considering an open house, you need to take note of things that can be a distraction for buyers. Avoid clutter or having your stuff hanging around in unusual places. It gives potential buyers the impression that the house lacks adequate storage.
There is nothing wrong with having technological devices but potential buyers probably have all of the same devices you have, maybe even more! When they visit your house remotely through photos and videos, or in person at a private showing or an open house, they will consider the house a mess and might reconsider buying the property at all. Buyers don’t want to spend extra money drilling the walls, adding more outlets or cables when they finally move in.
Granted, in this crazy sellers’ market, this is likely to be a small point of contention when sellers have multiple offers, often over the asking price. But depending on the degree to which your cords are dangling out of control, it may turn into a bigger deal than you think.
Put more effort into repairing your house before putting it out for sale. Here are some tips:
You can hide the charger cables, Alexa or Google power cords, and bedside lamp cords down the back of the bedside table. Take the power strip off the bedside table and hide that cord behind the table and run the cord behind the bed to the outlet.
As for the flatscreen TV and its associated sound equipment, whether in a bedroom or bonus room for gaming or in the family room for traditional family viewing or streaming, give some thought to figuring out how to hide the cords in the walls behind, around or below the equipment. This may turn into a straightforward DIY project or may require a handyman or even an electrician. This all depends on your skill set, tool kit, home design and budget. Regardless of the remedy you choose, the more you can do to either temporarily or permanently find a place for your cords and cables, the neater and more attractive your home will be.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money on repairing your house for sale. Our real estate agents here on the Power Is Now Media offer the best counsel and also help achieve maximum success. Our agents will help get your house ready for sale.
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Published by Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA.
References:
https://www.ashbysignature.com/tips-to-prepare-your-house-for-market/
