In our Real Estate market, or in ANY Real Estate Market, looks mean a lot! One way to get your home ready to sell is to highlight it’s best features. The “easiest” way to do that is “declutter”. Every single room! While you don’t want your house to look empty, you do want to make it look more spacious, so removing knicknacks, personal photos and pieces of furniture to open up the rooms is a great way to “accentuate the positive”.
Kitchens should have cleared countertops and closets should look spacious – not crammed. If this is hard to do with the cabinet space or storage space you have, you should consider renting a storage unit until the home has sold.
In living, dining and family rooms, furniture should not look “crammed” and knicknacks should be reduced. It’s so much easier for buyers to imagine themselves in a house when it’s owners and their family members are not displayed in pictures everywhere!
