Clean Home, Easy Sale One of the biggest problems people run into when selling their home is the process of preparing it for sale. Many homes are simply places where we keep the accumulated treasures of the years. Are you a clutter-bug, a pack-rat? It's OK, we all are to some degree. When preparing a home for sale, we need to be mindful of our "stuff." The best way to begin this process is to take a quick walk through your home. Make a list of everything that you have not used in the past 3 months, 6 months? Now, and here is the hard part. Get rid of it. Seem a bit extreme? It might, but things that you have not used in half a year are not likely to get used in the future. Remember we are trying to get rid of some stuff so that people can see the house, not what's in it. There is a common line of thought that home buyers want to see the "personality" of the homes current owners. This is not true. Buyers want to be able to see their belongings in the home. They want to put their personality into it to see if they could see themselves living there. A backlog of your stuff will get in the way of them doing this. Go through every room in turn and remove the clutter! This includes the closets, shelves and cupboards. Also remove excess furniture if the room seems too crowded. Here is another important thing to remember, don't put all this stuff in the garage! Buyers will go through the garage like any other room in your home. Hire a storage locker if it is really necessary. Aside from that, use this as an opportunity to rid yourself of those things that you never use. The minimalist approach is a good thing to utilize when showing your home. The lack of personal effects will make it easier for buyers to place themselves in your home. This will also make the moving process easier on you. With less things to pack when moving day comes, you can dedicate more time to creating your perfect space in your new home. Posted by Charlotte Dean on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM About Charlotte Dean Charlotte Dean is affliated with Cypress Realty Group, which is located in Florence, AL. For further assistance please use the contact information located on the right. As of 05/17/12 the Charlotte Dean RePage is ranked at 4,026 with 395 points.

Local Information for Florence, AL

Latitude: 34.820287 -- Longitude: -87.66286

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ZIP Codes for Florence, Alabama	35630  35631  35632  35633  35634
Area Code for Florence, Alabama	256
Time zone for Florence, Alabama	CST

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Florence is located at 34°49'13?N, 87°39'46?W (34.820287, -87.662860)GR1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 64.8 km² (25.0 mi²). 64.6 km² (24.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.40%) is water. Florence is located on Wilson Lake, a body of water on the North-flowing Tennessee River that is dammed by Wheeler and Wilson Dams. Wheeler Lake was created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), one of several alphabet agencies of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Wilson Dam, authorized by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918, was the first dam constructed on the Tennessee River. Situated in Florence, and founded in 1830 as LaGrange College, the University of North Alabama, a public, co-educational, higher education institution, is Alabama's oldest state certified university. Florence City Schools is the K-12 public school system. Mars Hill Bible School is a private K-12 Christian school. -- Source: Wikipedia.com