Guide To Seattle Real Estate

Are you planning on Selling your Seattle Home this spring?  If you are then there are a few things that you should begin, before you put your home on the market.  Preparing a home for sale during the winter in Seattle can be a test of will as you are forced to brave the elements.  Focus on the touch-ups that are inside and leave the outside ones for later in the spring.

The biggest bang for the buck can be: Painting the Interior.  A fresh coat of light neutral colored paint will provide your home with an inviting and refreshing appeal when your prospective buyers walk through the door this spring.  Make sure that you are careful around the baseboards, nothing screams corner cutting than paint splatter on the baseboards.  If you have the know how(it’s not too hard) remove the baseboards and replace them after you are finished painting.

Who is going to spend a half a million on a Seattle home without Granite.  While to some this seems like a trend, it isn’t. With the cost of granite nowadays, this adds more value than spent. I have seen many couples walk into a home and choose their house to be based on the kitchen, disregarding the rest of the home.

Hold off on replacing the carpet or refinishing hardwoods until a month or so before your home hits the market.  This way you avoid staining it during the rainy season before you are able to show off your homes better qualities this spring.  Often it is best to avoid refinishing hardwoods all together, the cost to benefit doesn’t always pay off.

Of course the Exterior of your home is going to need sprucing. While an established landscape can be attractive.  Most Satellites aren’t gardeners and see a complex yard as too much work rather than something to be enjoyed.  Often just a little bark and sod will help a home have a short time on the market.

There are tons of little details that will all add up to a great show at market when the time comes.  Make sure that you have great representation and advice before you begin the process.  I have always loved it when sellers came to me months before they were ready to sell.  Much more than those that said, “tomorrows the day.”  How do they say it, “an ounce of preparation is worth a pound of cure.” Maybe not exactly, but pretty close.