Checklist for Preparing Your Home to Be Listed

Once you decide to sell your property, you need to realize it evolves from your residence into a product. Before listing it, here are some tips on sprucing up your product.

Property Checklist for Preparing Your Home to Be Listed

Most sellers make the mistake of assuming the way they live in a home is a good atmosphere in which to conduct a sale. It is not. Homebuyers are not looking for a property in which you, the seller, seem comfortable. They are looking for a property in which THEY will feel comfortable and can envision themselves settling down in. This may sound like a minor distinction, but it is actually very large. If you can wrap your mind around this fact, you will have a much better selling experience.

First and foremost, you must understand that people have different tastes. The particular chandelier or aspect of your home, which is unique, may seem appealing to you, but not to buyers. Emotionally, you must be prepared for buyers to make rude comments regarding aspects you might cherish. Remember, it is a product to be sold and nothing else. If they don?t have taste, that is their problem. On the other hand, they could be the buyers of the property you are trying to sell, which is your problem. Remember that when you are about to make a snide remark.

Before listing your property, it makes sense to address a few issues to avoid any problems.

1. Clean up closets ? sellers look.

2. Clean up garages ? sellers consider it a sign of how you took care of the home.

3. Clean the refrigerator ? make it spotless. We are talking surgical room spotless.

4. Same goes for the oven.

5. If you have an attic, clean and organize it. Buyers will look everywhere.

6. Make sure all light bulbs work.

7. Fertilize the yard a few weeks before listing the home.

8. Repair leaky faucets.

9. Consider replacing worn or old fixtures.

10. Clean the windows.

Again, the goal is not to show a home you enjoy living in. The goal is to show a home they buyer could be comfortable living in. You are shooting, as much as possible, for that new home look.

Posted by Jo Larson on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Local Information for Fort Atkinson, WI

Latitude: 42.927091 -- Longitude: -88.840446

ZIP Codes for Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin	53538
Area Code for Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin	920
Time zone for Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin	CST

Other Area Cities: Fort Atkinson, WI Whitewater, WI Jefferson, WI

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The City of Fort Atkinson is located at the site of Fort Koshkonong, and is named after General Henry Atkinson. There is a replica of the original stockade just outside of town, although not at its original site which was at the confluence of the Rock and Bark Rivers. Much of the history of Fort Atkinson and the surrounding area, as well as natural history is presented at The Hoard Historical Museum and National Dairy Shrine's Visitor Center [1]. The historical museum has a special Civil War library and exhibit as well. The museum is named after the Hoard family who founded the nationally distributed dairy farm magazine Hoard's Dairyman. The Dairy Shrine portion of the complex shows the history and importance of the dairy industry. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Wisconsin 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Fort Atkinson	Wisconsin	United States
Population	11,621	5,363,675	281,421,906
Median age	36.5	36	35.3
Median age for Male	35.1	35	34
Median age for Female	38.4	37.1	36.5
Households	4,760	2,084,544	105,480,101
Household population	11,414	5,207,717	273,643,273
Average household size	2.4	2.5	2.59
Families	3,070	1,386,815	71,787,347
Average family size	2.96	3.05	3.14
Housing units	4,983	2,321,144	115,904,641
Occupied units	4,760	2,084,544	105,480,101
Vacant units	223	236,600	10,424,540

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Checklist for Preparing Your Home to Be Listed

Local Information for Fort Atkinson, WI

Latitude: 42.927091 -- Longitude: -88.840446

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