Bathrooms and Preparing Your Home To Sell Part 2 of 4

Home Owners and Home Sellers, you may or may not realize this, but what you are doing right now in your home, whether it is on the market or not, will make an impact on how long it takes your home to sell, how much you will make on the sell of your home, and how difficult or easy the sell will be.

You will learn that when your home goes on the market that any semblance of privacy goes out the window. Your house becomes more of a display piece than a home.

Since we are taking a look in the bathroom, you will agree that there are some things (sights, smells, sounds, etc...) that buyers (visitors) will not want to experience while in that room.
So what do you do to prepare that bathroom for guests?

We have identified four things to do to prepare your bathroom for guests, and these are:
1. Clean
2. Fix
3. Sanitize
4. Finishing touch

Today, we want to discuss step 2. Step two is to fix. Fixing our bathroom can involve a large number of things. They can be from the easy, "You can do it!" type of stuff to the "You had better call a professional!" type of stuff. (Or as my wife says, "You had better not try that!" type of stuff.)

Some of the things will be discovered as you are working on cleaning (step 1). You might notice while cleaning out from under the sink that there is a leak. If it is a leaky faucet, you might have to change a washer. Look inside the toilet bowl and see if it fills up all the way. While cleaning the shower you may discover chipped or cracked tile that needs to be regrouted or replaced.

This short list is just to get you thinking. It may not be a bad idea to have a plumber come out and check out some of these items like the shower, toilet, and sink. Either way, it is entirely up to you.

Like I said last time, this list is far from totally inclusive. It is to be a starting point. By the time you have completed steps 1 and 2 you will probably already be addressing step 3 or at least making a list for it. It is time to Sanitize it!