3407 Chinaberry Ln, Snellville, GA 30039-7002 (MLS # 4030384)

Inviting 1.5 story ranch, new arch roof, new heat pump, freshly painted exterior, open inviting floor plan, mstr on main, separate fdr, large spacious kitchen open to two story great room, 2 bedrooms up, finished bonus room. Gorgeous private fenced in backyard perfect for bird lovers.

Property Type(s): Residential, Residential / Traditional

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Studies have been done that show that people are more likely to make a purchase when the temperature in just under 70 degrees. So, during the time your home is on the market, make sure it is cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The buyers coming through the doors will be much happier to take time and look at your home and possibly want to stay there.

Another idea to enhance the experience for the buyers looking at your home, is to have some soft music playing in the background. You don’t want it to be loud and distracting, just something soothing. Again you want the buyers to walk in the home and find reasons to stay, not run them away.

Now comes the fun part of staging a home to sell. You should evaluate each room and see where the furniture and accessories would best enhance the room.

Take the large furniture out and replace it with smaller furniture. This will make the rooms look larger and more open. Just what buyers are looking for.

Using scarves and table covers to cover any “boo boo” in the furnitue, will bring both color and life to the rooms. Just be tasteful and don’t overdo it.

Rearrange furniture to have a adequate flow between the furniture pieces. You don’t want buyers stumbling over furniture. If you don’t have adequate furniture for the rooms, you might want to consider renting it from one of the large furniture rental companies.

Accessories can make or break a room. Accessories help a room look “finished” but if there are too many, it only makes the room look cluttered and smaller. You want the room to be enhanced with the accessories and make the buyers say “I want that house. It’s perfect!”

Adding the colors of flowers and plants, brings a sense of calmness to the room. It lets you bring the outdoors in.

Today, there are a variety of authentic looking plants and flowers. You can choose either silk or dried flowers for a beautiful focal point to each room.

If you prefer to have “real” flowers and plants, make sure they don’t have any decay on them. If you water, take care not to spill water and dirt on the carpet. Remeber you want the plants to be attractive and not distractive to the buyer.

A house may be staged to perfection, but it if doesn’t smell nice a buyer won’t walk in.

• Pet smells-While most people love pets, they are very sensitive to pet smells. Even if a seller has a specific room for their pets, the smell will spread to other rooms. Flooring will have to be removed to get rid of the smell.
• Mold and mildew-If a house has been closed up for some time, the smell of mold and mildew will be prevalent. It is mostly found in damp areas as bathrooms, kitchen and utility rooms. Remove all mold and air out the home, keeping windows open for a few days.
• Once odors are removed, it is nice to add a pleasant smell, by baking bread, cookies, or cooking spices on the stove. Just don’t make it over-powering.

Don’t ever expect to please everyone with your wall coverings, such as paintings, sconses or tapestry. Just plan to make this neutral with colors to enhance rather than harsh and screaming to be seen.

Think of the walls in your hotel room. They may not be beautiful, but they are usually tasteful. Copy their ideas and look for something that will accent the walls and not over power them.

Drapes and curtains should be clean, and neutral with no dramatic design prints. Having heavy dark drapes only adds to the darkness in a room and you are working hard to make your home light and airy.

You Must Have Light

It’s true, buyers want to see a light, open floorplan. Now is the time to go around the house and check each room for the amount of light it has. For showings, make sure the curtains are open and lights are on.

Once, you go through the house and see any areas you feel are left “in the dark”, you need to make sure that you add table lamps or free standing floor lamps. Make sure the lamps are neutral so that buyers aren’t noticing the lamps, but noticing how nice the home looks.

Check to see what the wattage in the bulbs are. It is always better to have a higher wattage bulb while the home is on the market so that each light will generate as much brightness as possible. You will be glad you did.

Colors on walls for our homes become outdated, just like our clothes do. Some colors are favored over others  in different parts of the country. Check out magazines and model homes for ideas. Colors can really date your home and this is not what you want the buyer to see when they come in the door.

It would be a good idea if you plan to paint the outside of the home, that you ensure you are within guidelines of any homeowners associations that may be in place.

The easiest thing to do when painting the interior rooms, is to paint them all a neutral color, usually an off-white. This becomes a non-color and buyers are able to see their furniture and accessories in the rooms and are not repelled by the walls. This is the only way to make sure you don’t offend anyone with your choice of wall color. You’re always safe with “builders beige”.

Basic Homeselling Technique-Clean, Clean, and Clean Some More

Buyers expect their new home to be clean when they move in. If not, they might not consider purchasing it.

Most important is to have a clean kitchen and bathrooms. These are the rooms that buyers pay the most attention to and therefore must be clean. Other areas of importance

1. Carpets-Carpets need to be cleaned and it is especially important to have them done professionally since some of the supermarket cleaning machines, just embed the dirt and don’t actually clean them.
2. Railings-these need to be degreased and cleaned and possibly painted.
3. Door hardware-clean around the hardware where grime gets embedded with a degreaser.
4. Windows-Carefully clean all windows and window screens. Buyers will be looking out and in the windows.
5. Fixtures and faucets-clean the deposits left on the fixtures or replace as necessary.
6. Walls-you might be able to clean marks and stains, but if not, please paint. Walls must be clean.
7. Appliances-clean the stove and top, refrigerator and dishwasher, microwave. Make sure the buyers want to use them.
8. Cabinets-wash the well and if they still look bad, you must paint.
9. Floors-make sure all floor surfaces are clean and shining, but not slippery

Number 2-Depersonalize

Let the buyer see themselves in the home rather than seeing pictures of you and your family everywhere. When they see pictures it makes them feel they are “intruding” on your home and are more anxious to get out of the house, than to stay and look around.

You want the buyer to be able to think about where they are going to put their sofa. They should be thinking of whether their clothes will fit in the closet. In other words, they need to think if the house could suit their needs.

Here are some things that need to be removed to depersonalize the homes:

1. Photos
2. Trophies
3. Degrees
4. Medicines
5. Books-unless it is the classics-remove anything that displays your taste in a subject
6. Religious Icons
7. Clothing and shoes-less is more
8. Jewelry-for security reasons

Take one area of the home at a time and really look at it. Try to see what the buyer will see and then make it tasteful but generic. You want anyone to feel at home there and hopefully make a good offer on the house.