What Do I Need To Do In This Process?

Every seller wants their home to sell quickly and for a large profit, but it takes more than luck to make that happen. It involves careful planning and knowing how to professionally prepare your home to convince buyers to fall in love with it.

Letting go of your home can be difficult. You’ve lived there, possibly for years, and the house holds many memories. To detach from it emotionally, you must realize that without you in it, the house is just a shell to be filled by other occupants. This is probably the hardest and most important step in preparing your home to sell.

Packing up your personal photographs, family heirlooms, and other objects and clutter that might distract potential buyers and hurt a possible sale is difficult. You want to present buyers with an impersonal, clean environment so they can imagine the home perhaps decorated with their own photographs, furniture, and art objects but this process can be emotional and draining. Depersonalizing your home makes it easier for potential buyers to visualize how the home might look filled with their own items and is an important step to ensure your house sells quickly and for top dollar which is why we support you by bringing in professional support.

Documents Needed Prior to Listing Your Home

(If available & on file)

Taxes

Utility bills

Rental contracts & terms

Insurance amount

Survey

Well report & potable water testing

Septic report & last pump out

Age of furnace & ac

Age of windows

Age of roof

Chattels included

Chattels & fixtures excluded

Mpac report & zoning verification

Declaration & explanation of any environmentally protected land, restrictions, subdivision covenants, right of ways & easements.

Any defects or past issues that should be disclosed.

If an estate sale, proof of being the executor of the estate from lawyer and that probate has been started

A list of upgrades