As a seller in today’s market it is crucial for you to know what turn offs are prevalent in today’s market. You only have one chance to make a good first impression on a potential home buyer when they come and see you home.
6 Home Buyer Turn Offs
Whether you have been in your home for twenty years or 3 years, you probably aren’t even aware of certain smells within your home, simply because you are accustomed to them.Or just simply have gotten around to fix the stain on the ceiling from a roof repair that happened six months ago.
But the potential buyer who walks through the door will immediately key in them for sure! So prior to putting your home on the market it is advisable that you look at our free download that could assist you with ensuring you get top dollar for your home.
Coming it at the number one turn offs with 70% of home buyers surveyed the damp patches stained walls & ceilings is the most significant turn off that they noted. So as mentioned previously, go ahead and fix the ceiling stain prior to listing your home. It will payoff for you.
Not surprisingly the turn offs having the next highest number of votes is odor with 56% saying it was a turn off. now this can be pet smells, cigarette smells, and even a lingering scent of a strong spice. Airing your home out and possibly even haven you duct work cleaned professionally may be needed prior to selling your home. The sense of smell is the strongest of all senses, especially with regards to purchasing a home.
Lighting made the list with 54% reporting that dull lighting or even a extremely dark room. This tends to make a room look smaller than it really is. There a few things that you can do prior to leaving your home on daily basis that will ensure your home shows in the correct lighting for all potential showings that day.
Now some may say that their bathrooms are RETRO, but buyers say one of their turn offs of theirs is outdated bathrooms. 25% of them actually. So go ahead and bite the bullet and you may be pleasantly surprised at how little it could cost you to remodel a bathroom today.
Cluttered rooms made the list with 15% of buyers saying that walking into a room and not feeling like they could move around without bumping into something was a big turn off. So remember you have to pack when your home goes under contract to be sold, so why not get a head start. Especially for those rooms that only get used once or twice a year, or perhaps a bedroom for one of your children who is away for school.
Now this one may be a little more difficult to do something about, but 14% of buyers reported that decor of the home. From a buyers agent stand point we try to remind our buyers that they are not buying the furnishing and they can change paint colors after they purchase.
But if you have what we like to refer to a Crayola Crayon Assortment of colors throughout the entire home, you may want to consider painting the majority of your home a neutral color prior to putting it on the market for sale.
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