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5 disastrous things to avoid doing before selling your home

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Tons of things can have a literally disastrous effect on the final selling price of your home both before you sell it and when you are selling it. In order to help you avoid these we have compiled a list of our top 5 disastrous things to avoid doing before you put your home on sale. Let see these one by one.

Starting up with renovations which eat up your whole budget

Tons of homes are on sale which is left with unfinished grandiose renovation projects which are up all the sellers’ money and made them unable to continue with it. So, building a whole new floor or raising a new balcony or entirely redo the whole basement are projects which are way too expensive to do and that’s why they are often go unfinished. Most people do not like to buy a house as such because they can instantly start up with tasks which they would not want to do on the first place. So, these renovations really bring down the selling price in the end resulting in a way underpriced sell.

Trying to include unnecessary expensive items to make your home look more luxurious and sell for a higher price

Tons of homes get renovated including a whole lot of unnecessary yet very expensive solutions which most people obviously don’t really need. These include all the rich looking yet unusable wine holding closets, sculptures and overly artistic walls and tiling including lighting. These are not liked by most people and you end up spending a whole lot of money for them too.

Being over-optimistic about the selling price of your home

Most people tend to overvalue their homes most importantly because it’s theirs. But trying to sell something way overpriced will really result in the home not getting sold at all or if so, it would sell for a much lower price than you expected. This is an especially unpleasant surprise, when you do count to get a certain price for the sake of paying for your new home. This is why you need to evaluate your home and consult with a real estate specialize who would tell you the selling price and also enlist you all the factors that you should do to make the selling price higher. There is nothing more disastrous to a property than letting it stagnate on the market for months or even years.

Thinking that your personal taste will help selling the home faster

The properties which are very defined by someone’s personality are a hard sell, especially when it includes all sorts of customized solutions, all sorts of wall colors (dark colors are a no-go still). Therefore you ought to clear the home out and get it repainted to light, neutral toned shades to make it more open and inviting for potential buyers.

We hope we help you avoid all these debt and money traps and sell your home fast and for a good value in the end.