By Kim Buish

Are you thinking about selling your home? If so, you’ve come to the right place!

Before listing your home for sale make sure you learn more about 3 ways you can turn off a Houston Texas Home Buyer so you don’t make these same mistakes.

A Dirty House

One of the first ways you can turn off a Houston Texas Home Buyer is by having a dirty house.

To make sure your home is thoroughly clean you should do the following:

• Clean your windows both inside and out.
• Clean floors and carpeting.
• Clean baseboards.
• Clean the top of your refrigerator.
• Clean inside your medicine cabinets.
• Clean doors and door knobs.
• Clean walls and repaint them if needed.

Your Home Smells

Besides dirt, another way you can easily turn off a prospective home buyer is by having a smelly home.

Yes, you plan on listing your home for sale, but before you do, make sure you invite over friends and or family members then ask them to think like buyers and tell you honestly if your home smells or not.

To get rid of odors in your home consider doing the following.

1. Place dryer sheets in vents.
2. Air our your home thoroughly before buyers arrive.
3. Empty the trash from your home.
4. Remove potentially stinky items from your refrigerator.
5. Use a deodorizer on your carpets to remove smells.

You Didn’t Stage Your Home

Last of all, but most important, if your home is clean and smells great, you can still make the mistake of turning off home buyers but not staging your home to sell.

Before you stage your home make sure you do the following:

• De-clutter your home by removing items from each room which you haven’t used in the last 6 to 12 months.
• Organize your home by purchasing totes or storage baskets to organize items which may don’t have a drawer or shelf to be placed in.
• Remove any personalized touches from your home like: family photos or family mementos so a potential home buyer will be able to see themselves living in your home.

I Help Houston Texas Home Buyers

For more tips on what you should not do to turn off a Houston Texas home buyer, or to view homes for sale across Houston, contact me, Kim Buish, Realtor ® with Red Door Realty & Associates by clicking here or calling me at (713) 819-1642.