Selling Your House

When you put your house on the market, in order to attract the potential buyers, you spend days cleaning it; painting and even planting flowers in the garden.  What sellers tend to forget about is that houses for sale have to be de-personalized so that buyers can easily imagine themselves living there.

The process can be really painful, especially when sellers still live in the house when it is already on the market.

Houses are usually full of memories and filled with things that help us remember. Pictures of children on walls, drawings firmly attached to a fridge or any religious exhibitions need to be taken away or at least put in the place where they would be hard to see.  Shelves should be emptied of any travel souvenirs and any toys left by our children on the floor should be taken out of sight.

It can be really hard, especially for somebody who has raised his family there.  But a seller needs to understand that once he decides to sell his house, it is not really his home anymore.   We need to provide a lot of free space in our house for our potential buyer so he can easily visualize himself living in it surrounded by things dear to his heart.

Have you sold a home before?  If so, please leave your thoughts for other potential home sellers on "de-personalizing a home."

Selling Your House

When you put your house on the market, in order to attract the potential buyers, you spend days cleaning it; painting and even planting flowers in the garden. What sellers tend to forget about is that houses for sale have to be de-personalized so that buyers can easily imagine themselves living there.

The process can be really painful, especially when sellers still live in the house when it is already on the market.

Houses are usually full of memories and filled with things that help us remember. Pictures of children on walls, drawings firmly attached to a fridge or any religious exhibitions need to be taken away or at least put in the place where they would be hard to see. Shelves should be emptied of any travel souvenirs and any toys left by our children on the floor should be taken out of sight.

It can be really hard, especially for somebody who has raised his family there. But a seller needs to understand that once he decides to sell his house, it is not really his home anymore.  We need to provide a lot of free space in our house for our potential buyer so he can easily visualize himself living in it surrounded by things dear to his heart.