Get Your Listings Out of the Winter Blues
With the market heating up early this year because of expiring tax credits, more practitioners will find themselves showing—and selling—properties in the cold.
Here are some suggestions for bringing a little warmth to the sale:
* Keep safe. Make sure the walkways and the driveways are shoveled, sanded, and sprinkled with snowmelt or salt on them.
* Go shoeless. Ask potential buyers to remove their boots so they don’t track mush through the house or slip on a puddle. Offer them a pair of disposable slippers instead.
* Hide the shovel. Leaving snow-removal equipment in plain sight is an unnecessary reminder that there is work involved in homeownership.
* Light a fire in the fireplace. Nothing makes a house seem cozier than a warm fire on a cold day.
* Turn up the heat. If the house is cold, it will feel dank and it may smell that way too.
* Show the home in summer. An album of photos of the yard in bloom will help buyers envision themselves living there.
Source: Newsday, Laura Koss-Feder (01/29/2010)
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