Spring Seller To-Do List

Planning to sell your home this spring? Here’s your Spring Seller To-Do List.

Have your Home Inspected

One of the most common reasons a home sale falls apart is because of problems that the buyer learns about after the home inspection. If the problems are beyond the buyer’s budget, they may just walk away from the deal.

If you have your home inspected now, you will not only avoid unpleasant surprises in the middle of the transaction, but you’ll have the rest of winter to get any repair projects out of the way. Chip away at these projects steadily and by spring your home could be in good shape.

Get a Head Start on Curb Appeal

If you have inside space and a sunny window, you can get a head start by growing your own flowers from seed. Just wait until after the last frost to plant them outside.

You can also consider touching-up any chipped paint on doors and trim or updating your front door hardware. Replacing a ratty mailbox, installing new house numbers, and purchasing a new front porch doormat are other great ways to spruce up your curb appeal over the winter months.

Invest in Buyers’ Favorite Features

You know those weekends when it’s just too cold and miserable to leave the house? What better way to pass those gloomy days, than by adding some nice touches to the interior and exterior of your home.

The National Association of Home Builders surveyed prospective home buyers and learned that the top two desired features in a home are a laundry room and exterior lighting. A whopping 87% of home buyers will appreciate an investment you make in either of these areas.

How to get started? For your laundry room (or nook or closet), take this opportunity to add function. Consider adding shelf storage or a wall-mounted drying rack.

As your luck would have it, wireless lighting has come a long way thanks to advancements in power storage technologies. Does your home have a path that could some extra visibility? A side yard that could use a motion sensor light? Shine some light on those darker areas to delight prospective buyers.

Doing some legwork now will help to ensure that your home will ready by completing a Spring seller to-do list.

Monthly Newsletter courtesy of Market Leader 2022