Seven Tips For Selling Your Home During A PandemicHomeowners' AssociationsUpdated on Oct 6, 2020 View more like this | Visit MEMPHIS, TN | Contact Mikayla St Clair |
If you're looking to sell your home during this pandemic, you may be wondering how it all happens in this new world. You may fear that buyers will pay less or that your home will sit forever on the market. Don't worry, people are still moving in this time and realtors are helping them each step of the way. Here are 7 tips to sell your home during a pandemic.
1. Stage Your Home With Online Virtual Staging
Staging a home is crucial to potential buyers seeing themselves living there. The pandemic takes it up a notch as buyers want to see the home online. This gives them a chance to put themselves in the home before they even step foot in it. You can call in the professionals to bring in new furniture if needed. Contact an interior decorator if you don't know how to stage an area as well. Virtual staging makes your home make it look as if it came from a magazine. People love a clutter-free, staged home that shows them what the inside of their home could look like.
2. Follow CDC Guidelines
Serious buyers need to look inside your home. This can be scary as they wonder about germs in your home and you wonder about their germs invading your home. It's important to clean and disinfect your home. Wipe down all of the surfaces before anyone enters. Set out some hand sanitizer as they enter the door. Ask them to take off their shoes at the door. YOu can even have cleaning products on hand so the visitors can use them. Put hand soap beside each sink.
3. Anticipate New Contract Disclosures
New clauses called “coronavirus clauses” have popped up in a buyer’s purchase agreement. Many of these addenda include permitting contract extensions and termination without repercussions. These contract additions often include a form which the sellers and buyers sign off saying that everyone is in good health. This keeps the buyer and seller protected from lawsuits. Always consult with your real estate agent before signing any new disclosures.
4. Transform Your Backyard
People have taken refuge in the peace and quiet of their own backyard with the pandemic. You can turn your backyard into a dream for buyers. They can even grow their own food when you plant a garden. Bring your backyard to life with a fireplace, a cooking area, a large deck, and a firepit. You can create the perfect gathering place so everyone will find happiness in your backyard.
5. Give The Exterior A Facelift
Curb appeal is important at all times, even more in a pandemic. People are staying at their homes more than ever. It's best to create a place that gives them utmost happiness. Add exterior water features like a fountain. Plant new grass, flowers, shrubs, and trees. Invest in a new walkway or pavers. Get a fresh coat of paint.
6. Make A Gym
Many people are staying away from a gym for fear of the coronavirus. You can create one for them in an unfinished basement or spare area of the home. Transform a space into one where it can function as a gym with lots of open area. Make it a place where someone can put in some cardio equipment, weights and a mat. You don't need a crazy big area, but you do need a place where people can create their own little gym. You could even go ahead and install a place where they can put in a television on a wall.
7. Have An Amazing Online Listing
Your online listing will sell your home. Take the time to create an amazing one. Make a virtual video tour of the home so potential buyers feel as if they're stepping into your home. Your professional photos should show every detail so buyers feel like they are there. Guide them through the home if you can, so they will know if it's something they really want.
You can sell your home quickly and easily if you follow these tips. Home is where people feel the safest and happiest right now. It's important to know how to portray your fortress in its best light.
