The 5 Most Important Steps to Complete BEFORE Listing Your Home by Junk Xpress

Selling a home can be one of the most overwhelming and exhausting milestones in a person’s life. The first thing many people will choose to do is call a realtor to list their homes, but should that REALLY be the first step? Shouldn’t they do anything BEFORE finding the perfect listing agent? The answer to this is: YES! Read on for the five most important steps to complete before listing your home.

5. Consider adding some modern décor to your home to make your online photos shine and impress potential buyers. This doesn’t have to be expensive! New throw pillows with a splash of color or fun pattern, a few green plants, new towels, and even updated bedding can really make a difference.

Take it up a notch by hiring a great staging company to handle all the details for you! Check out these local companies with 5-star Google reviews!

• Exposure Elements Staging & Photography (5 stars on Yelp): (408) 440-2278 “Home Staging and photography for the sale of a home should go hand in hand.  In most cases in the Silicon Valley, listing Realtors have to schedule a home stager, then schedule a photographer, then juggle schedule slips and seller timeline request between two services.  When we stage a home, we schedule our photographer to shoot as soon as the staging is completed.”

• Chic Flips Home Staging: (408) 668-4769 Chic Flips has staged over 500 homes in the SF Bay Area and homes spend an average of just 13 days on market!
• First Impression Home Staging (4.5 stars on Yelp) (408) 679-9836 “First Impression Home Staging understands that buyers are viewing multiple properties prior to making their final decision. We are here to ensure your listing stands out from the others. The furniture and accessories are chosen to take the eye away from any flaws and to enhance the properties features in which buyers will have your listing at the top of their mind.”
• Encore Staging Services (5 stars on Yelp): (408) 800-1566 With an easy four-step staging process, impressive portfolio, and fun staging videos on their site, you’ll definitely want to go back to this company time and again!

4. Repair and update! Fill holes in the walls and millwork, then repaint them. 

Take it up a notch by replacing out-of-date appliances, light fixtures, and plumbing fixtures. This will give your home a fresh feel and encourage prospective buyers excited to make an offer!

3. Clean up what your pet has put out. We know you love Fido, but prospective buyers are often turned off by evidence of pets in the home and yard. Get serious about erasing any trace of pet hair and odors, and don’t forget to clean up pet waste in the yard! 

Take it up a notch by dropping Fido off at Grandma’s for a few weeks once you have listed. Those last-minute showings won’t be so scary if you don’t have to worry you’ve missed one of your fur-kid’s messes.

2. Clean, and then DEEP CLEAN. Nobody wants to buy your dirty house! Carpet stains, cigarette odors, and years’ worth of soap scum are sure to turn away finicky buyers.

Take it up a notch and hire a home cleaning company to handle the really dirty work for you!

1. De-clutter! Hide away as much of your personal and unnecessary belongings as possible. Make your home a place someone else could imagine him- or herself moving into! This includes eliminating the massive accumulation of junk you’ve collected over the years. 

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