FSBO - avoid some common mistakes |
Written by Abhinav Sidana
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
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For selling your FSBO property, you need to avoid some of
the common mistakes. There can be a number of things that you might need to
perform before you actually offer your property for sale.
- Avoid
jam- packed rooms, kitchen and stores before offering your FSBO house for
sales: A potential buyer would like to view the rooms, store or
kitchen keeping in mind the requirement of the buyer. So, all unnecessary
items should be removed from the rooms, store or kitchen. You need to pack
all these items so that they do not occupy the needful space.
- Maintain leaking water tape and
connections: Many times a small tap or water pipe start leaking in our
houses and most of the time we forget to repair it or even sometimes we do
not give much attention to the leaking pipes. These leaking pipes cause
damages to wall paints and before offering your FSBO property, you need to
repair all the leaking pipes.
- Improve
the look of your garden: You need to give some time for improving and
maintaining your garden. Most of the time a potential buyer gets the first
impression of your house from your garden. So, avoid congested garden and
if possible plant some flowers of the season. You can also take the help
of a nursery or any botanical garden of your area, which will suggest the
type of plant that will grow in the soil of your garden.
- Replace
broken glass windows or doors: Sometime we avoid repairing a minor
crack on the glass of our window or doors. Especially you should take
extra care if your main entrance door or window is not in good condition.
It gives a poor impression to the potential buyer of FSBO property, so you
should at least keep your entrance door and adjoining windows in good
condition.
- Maintain
the exterior of your FSBO house: Most of the FSBO owners don't care
about the exterior or interior of your house. The exterior of the house is
as important as the interior of the house. So, before offering your house
for sale, you should at least put a coat of paint on it.
So as an FSBO owner, you should keep the above points in
mind and it is necessary for you to improve your house as per the few points
mentioned above so that you quickly get a buyer for it.
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