Bathrooms and Preparing Your Home To Sell Part 4 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 3, the Finishing Touches! Hopefully, you have cleaned, repaired, sanitzed, and are ready to wrap things up.

There are a number of ideas to keep in mind and this list is not exhaustive. For example, on the counter many agents suggest only having three items such as potpourri, a new soap dispenser and a plant. Also, keep things off the top of the toilet tank (in case prospective buyers and/or inspectors may want to sneak a peek).

Something else we need to remember is maintenance. We need to maintain the clean scent and fresh appearance of the bathroom. This means keeping away the clutter and dust and grime that seems to show up. Clutter, by the way, can be seen as toothbrushes, hair brushes, hair blowers, make-up, etc... I think you get the picture. For the staging benefit, you might want to be sure that a clean set of towels and or robe can be on display as well. After the big clean-up and repair job in the bathroom, it is important to maintain the fresh smell and appearance each day the house is on the market.

Hopefully this will help create the kind of bathroom that someone can imagine moving in to.