Making your home move-in ready entails repairing any flaws and getting your home in top shape before listing it. Currently buyers are looking for a home that they can move into without doing any immediate work — move-in ready. With this checklist, you can get your home to the best possible place to catch the eye of this ever-growing segment of home buyers.
Walls
Clean walls and declutter too much art. Patch holes, apply a fresh coat of a warm neutral paint to add modernity and a clean feeling. Make sure baseboards and crown molding are patched or repaired and freshly painted as well. Don’t forget to check the ceiling for holes or paint to patch.
Small Fixes
Check to make sure no faucets are leaking, no doors are squeaking and anything cracked is repaired. Fuss over weather stripping, window frames, cracked tile, warped floorboards and missing hardware.
Easy Kitchen & Bath Updates
Clean cabinets inside and out. Declutter and reorganize content to show off how big storage is and much of it is there. Give the cabinets in kitchen and bathroom a coat of paint if needed. Update hardware to popular modern finishes like brushed nickel or matte black.
Service Systems
Now is a good time to service your HVAC, flush your water heater, get air ducts and your chimney cleaned out. Document all of these items in a notebook for potential home buyers. You can add attic insulation and servicing of your automatic lawn-watering system as well.