What is the condition of your shower and/or bathtub?

Missing grout or moldy grout? If you’re not handy, hire a handyman to replace any missing grout or grout that is less than attractive. You’d be amazed at how prospective home Buyers will knock dollars off their purchase offer for seeing visually disturbing grout areas. Don’t give them an opportunity to reduce their offer. Plus a bathroom that appears to have been well cared for will bring in a higher purchase price, as the Buyer thinks you must have been caring for your whole house.

What about your faucets?

Unless you have recently replaced your bathroom sink faucet, consider replacing it with a new fixture. A hands free one would be particularly welcome, especially in light of our nations focus on cleanliness to avoid viruses. Smart technology makes hands free brilliant and appealing to those Buyers who demand smart technology. They do tend to be a bit pricier, so if not in your budget a “hands on” faucet will work too!

Shower doors and curtains

Now is the time to remove the soap scum from your shower door or replace any worn shower curtain.

Once you bring your glass shower door up to par, invest in a squeegee to clean your doors after every shower you take thereafter. You’d be amazed at how well they work to keep your door brilliantly clean! I’ll never forget when I had invested in one of them – love it!

Overall bathroom quick fixes:

Getting your bathroom ready when selling a home

Making a bathroom pop with cleanliness and fresh color will woo a Buyer.

Paint the walls a fresh coat of paint to cover up the water marks that have been splashing and then drying on the wall.

Replace your wall mirror if it has seen better days.

Make sure you have lightbulbs in all of your light fixtures or replace fixtures if it too has seen better days.

Put out clean, fresh towels – a new, white set is even better!

Get that floor tile grout clean – try baking soda, peroxide and a toothbrush.

Get out the cleaners and scrub to your heart’s content to reveal brightness you might not have seen in a while. Sparkle and shine is the goal in your bathroom.

And last but not least, ALWAYS keep your toilet lid in the down position when trying to sell a home – most importantly when you’re having photos taken to display for the world to see.

Does your budget allow for greater remodeling in your bathroom?

If so, it would be a great time to remodel your bathroom bringing it up to a buyer’s expectations. Bathrooms are rooms in a home that do matter and do indeed sell homes, where they truly add to a home’s value when remodeling.

First-Time Home Seller Tips

Buying a home for the first time can be quite exciting. Conversely, selling a home for the first time can be nerve-wracking. Indeed, it can be an emotional endeavor parting with a place that you’ve been living in for years.

On the practical side of things, selling a home takes a lot of work. You need to invest a lot of time, in particular, especially when it comes to meeting with potential buyers and negotiating prices. The process itself can also be difficult to deal with, which can lead to frustration and disappointments. In addition, it’s highly likely that you’ll be selling and buying at the same time.

This situation can easily double or triple the stress you’re feeling.

In short, you need to prepare well. If you’re a first-time home seller, here are some tips that can help make the experience a lot easier:

Work With a Real Estate Professional

You may have bought your own home successfully without working with a Real Estate professional, but selling is another story. In some ways, it’s more complicated and therefore easier to get wrong. Having a Real Estate professional at your side to guide you every step of the way can take a huge burden off your shoulders.

The main thing you need to decide on is whether you want to work with a real estate agent or a broker. Either real estate professional can help you sell your home the right way, but their roles have a few differences. A Real Estate Agent is licensed to assist people in buying, selling, and renting real estate. They are paid a commission that is about 6% of the property’s sale price. We buy houses Des Plaines

Meanwhile, a Real Estate Broker is a real estate agent who has continued their education and has earned a broker’s license. They can still work as agents but they can also start their own real estate brokerage and hire a team of Agents to work with them. (You can go here if you’d like to have an idea about some of the things that a real estate broker does.)

With a reliable Real Estate professional at your side, you can rest assured that you’ll receive a good price. You can also sell your house much faster, as well as hand over matters such as showing the property to potential buyers and filing the paperwork. Real Estate professionals can even vet people so you don’t have to deal with scammers or other ill-intentioned parties.