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3 Ways to Get Top Dollar When Selling Your Home

Newtown Square Friends & Neighbors, June 2022

If you’re like most homeowners, your largest financial asset is your home. And when it’s time to sell your home, you hope a Buyer will offer your highest asking price. Here’s 3 ways to ensure you get top dollar for your home when it’s time to sell.

1: Prioritize Regular Property Maintenance
Seasonal maintenance helps ensure that your home stays in great shape. Regular seasonal maintenance includes cleaning rain gutters and siding, and inspecting and maintaining the condition of your roof, windows and HVAC systems. If you’ve been lagging behind on such maintenance, your Realtor can likely recommend individuals or businesses that can take care of these things for you. Consider having your home pre-inspected and/or providing a one-year home warranty, to give buyers peace of mind. Then they will be confident in purchasing a maintained, protected home that they will enjoy for many years to come. This will make for a more attractive property and a smoother home inspection process.

2: Update the Kitchen and Bath
Kitchens and baths are the true “money makers” when it comes to resale value. Many buyers decide on a property based on those spaces alone, so it’s important to look at it through a buyer’s eyes. Will buyers walk in and be able to imagine cooking their favorite meals for their family and friends? Or are they more likely to wonder how much it might cost to get the kitchen looking up-to-date? When a full kitchen remodel is not in your budget, painting the cabinets, installing new countertops and a brand-new appliance package can go a long way to help buyers see the potential.

As for the bathrooms, if there’s no time or budget to retile the shower or floors, consider re-glazing them for a fraction of the cost. This is one tip that will make an immediate impact! It’s budget friendly, and it will take only a few days versus weeks.

3: Have a Professional Stage Your Home
A professional home stager knows how to highlight the positive features of your home while minimizing the not-so-positive aspects. Their suggestions on where and how to spend your money will not just save you money, it will make you money in the end! A consultation with a stager can cost as little as a few hundred dollars but it could easily increase your return by thousands. For instance, are you considering repainting that moss green bedroom? Why spend the money when a home stager can use a few home accessories to make the space pop, saving you hundreds of dollars repainting the space.


About The Author

Real Estate Sales
Sarah Forti
Forti Homes / Keller Williams Realty
610-647-8300
Sarah Forti is Newtown Square’s real estate expert in residence! As leader of Forti Homes, and one of Keller Williams Realty’s most successful real estate professionals, Sarah is a full-time Realtor®, committed to serving the needs of home Buyers and Sellers. Sarah’s dedication, commitment, positive attitude and comprehensive understanding of the local real estate market has made her Newtown Square’s Resident Real Estate Expert. A lifelong resident of the Greater Philadelphia Area, specifically on the Main Line, Sarah’s area of expertise spans Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery and Chester Counties. Sellers and buyers of homes and commercial real estate working with Sarah for more than 13 years, do so with full confidence they are working with a Real Estate Expert on their side.
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