When you are trying to sell your home, you want to make sure it is in the best possible condition to attract potential buyers. Investing in professional cleaning services can make a significant difference in the appearance and appeal of your home. This can of course lead to a quicker and more profitable sale.
5 REASONS TO HAVE YOUR HOME PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED BEFORE SELLING
1. Increased Home Value
When a potential buyer is viewing a home that is not clean, it gives the buyer a negative impression about how the home may be taken care of in general. A buyer can wonder how the rest of the home has been maintained if the cleaning is not being kept up. Allowing a buyer to step into a professionally cleaned home is going to increase the confidence and value in their mind when it comes to deciding if the home is right for their family.
2. Create A Strong First Impression
Creating a strong first impression ties into increased home value as well. When a potential home buyer walks into your home for the first time you want them to feel comfortable and keep the dollar values up in their minds. There's a big difference between walking into a home that has been professionally cleaned, feeling fresh and sanitary, over walking into a musty, dirty home that does not feel like a place to call home. A buyer will want to stay longer in the home and naturally feel like this is a place their family could call home. First impressions carry a lot of weight in potential buyers minds.
3. Reduce Stress
Preparing to sell your home can be an emotional and stressful process. All the memories that were made in the home that you'll be leaving combined with all the other things needed to be done to prepare to sell your home can be very overwhelming. Delegating cleaning to professionals can reduce a lot of time and confidence in knowing the home is going to shine for potential buyers.
4. Appealing Listing Photos
Having your home professionally cleaned prior to having photos taken will help your home shine over other homes online that have not been cleaned and/or decluttered. Potential buyers spend a majority of time online browsing listing they may want to view. Having listing photos showing a home that is clean and organized is going to bring more appeal to the buyer to want to go look at the home in person. Ultimately you need a buyer to be sold enough online to want to take it a step further and personally get into the home. Professionally cleaned homes prior to listing photos being taken can really be beneficial for this purpose.
5. Customized Service
If you have specific rooms or areas that may need more cleaning attention such kitchens, bathrooms, or flooring, a professional cleaner can customize the clean to fit your needs in preparing the home to sell. They will work with you and your schedule to make the whole process as efficient and stress free as possible.
According to Top Agent Insights study by Homelight, a deep cleaning could add on average
about $3,700 to the sale of a home. Decluttering could add as much as $6,500. A professional cleaning could help sell a home quicker and for more money. Getting it ready to go on the market and then keeping it clean and tidy will also make the final cleaning much easier when moving day arrives. Leaving the house as clean as possible is just a thoughtful and considerate thing to do for the people who will buy your home.
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