Wish your home was always ready to show without disrupting your lifestyle? Keep your home in "Show Shape" with these tips and those last minute phone calls to show your home will not be stressful. We've been in your shoes before as sellers and we walk this journey every day with our clients. Once you have a plan in place, it's much easier and less stressful.
FUN FACT: When the Pfeifer Family was selling their Sanibel home on Eagle Run Drive in 2008, Mary Ellen declined a last minute showing worried she would be unable to clear the clutter their young children and two dogs had created. However, after a 30-minute whirlwind tidying up, she called back allowing the showing. It was that showing that sold their home. We know that it's not easy to keep the home you live in perfect, but we hope to make your showings easier with our without children and pets.
Keep your home show ready with a quick reference checklist:
- Wipe Down Kitchen Counters & Bath Counters
- Wipe Front of Appliances
- Keep Floors Tidy
- Switch Towels or Remove Used Ones
- Open All Window Treatments
- Burn a Candle or Spray an Air Freshener
- Empty Garbage Cans
- Store Toys
- Remove Personal Toiletry Items (Bins that fit under the sink or in the closet work well)
- Hide Dirty Laundry if Possible
- Make Beds
- Fluff Pillows on Sofas and Chairs
- Take Pets Out of the House & Store Pet Beds & Toys
Children can make the process easier if they are included in the plan. Use bins to collect and store toys and toiletries.
TIP for Children's Room: place a sleeping bag on top of the made bed, then store the sleeping bag in the closet. Include your children in the planning Children and Pets can make showings more difficult.
Packing in Progress: give yourself a staging area, closet or room where you are wrapping and packing. It's okay to be a bit messy as long as you limit an area dedicated to this task.
PFEIFER REALTY GROUP SALES RESULTS BY YEAR: