This New Years Resolutions for preparing your home for sale post is sponsored by Opendoor but as always all opinions are my own.
Preparing your Home for Sale:
Normally my New Year’s resolutions consist of more me time and diets etc…and they still do but I’m also focusing on some grown up stuff, like my home. We moved in our house as a short sale and while it had great bones, it needed a ton of work. We bought it for close to 100k+ less than it was worth so we immediately turned a profit signing the contract. We went in with the plan to live here for a few years and fix it up, adding more value, and then sell. My New Year’s resolution this year is to put all of the finishing investments on our home to prep it for selling.
What are some changes we have made to increase the value?
- We changed out the lighting in pretty much every room. The rooms I definitely recommend are the foyer, the master bath and the kitchen. Most importantly the foyer because it’s the first thing people see when they walk into your home. First impression is key when selling a home and when we updated our janky old foyer light to this gorgeous chandelier, it makes quite the dramatic impression when you walk in our house. It definitely makes it look glam from the get go. We also updated our kitchen lights to this acrylic light. Kitchens are the main room you spend your time (well if you’re like me) and I also pay attention to the details in the kitchen.
- Our kitchen already had granite and stainless steel but we did opt to paint the kitchen cabinets and update the hardware. I think that’s definitely a less expensive way to go about updating your cabinets.
- We added a deck and a patio. We had the wood deck built from scratch with lattice around the bottom and also had it stained this gorgeous brown. The patio was just recently built with porcelain pavers to give it some dimension.
- The three last projects we plan on doing this year before putting it on the market are painting the brick white, remodeling our master bathroom and finishing out an attic/storage space that will add major square footage and value to our home.
We are now approaching the end and while I will miss this home because it has so many memories of my kids as babies and toddlers, we are looking to buy our forever home. The home where our kids will come home for Christmas, the home we will fill with laughter, memories and love.
Have you recently moved or planning to soon? How was your closing experience?
Buying our home wasn’t too stressful but selling our previous one was. Not because of our realtor (because he was great) but just the experience in general. We bought our current home while still owning our previous home so we were stuck with two mortgages for awhile and that’s enough to stress anyone’s wallet. In lieu of preparing to sell, I’ve teamed up with Opendoor to show you an easy, stress free option to sell and buy your home.
What are the advantages of selling on Opendoor?
- If you’re selling, you visit opendoor.com, enter your address and a few details and then a home expert prepares an offer based on market data and the specific information provided. I answered a brief Q&A of the condition of my home and bedrooms, bathrooms, basement etc. That’s it. I was then emailed an offer within 48 hours.
- Next step is reviewing your offer and the fees associated. If you choose to accept the offer, then you’ll schedule your free home assessment. If repairs are needed, Opendoor can do the work post-close. They’ll simply deduct the agreed repair costs from your proceeds.
- You will get paid in a matter of days and then can move on to your next home stress-free while Opendoor gets your home ready to be listed.
Advantages of buying on Opendoor?
- Once Opendoor takes ownership of a home, they get it list ready and put it back on the market so prospective buyers can tour the home
- As a buyer, you are able to tour for-sale homes any day of the week from 6 am to 9 pm with no appointment needed.
- The Opendoor app serves as your key to unlock the home for a self-guided tour
- You can even make an offer on the home straight from the app!
- You’ll also get a 30 day satisfaction guarantee.
If you’re looking to buy or preparing your home for sale and want an easy and seamless process, Opendoor is such a great tool. It also doesn’t hurt to have them just take a look to give you an estimate of your home value. You can find their most frequently asked questions here. Here is to a successful new year and finding the home of our dreams!! Xo.
