Preparing Your Home for Sale: Home Repairs
Preparing your home involves several key steps, including making repairs and upgrades, cleaning and decluttering, and staging your home.
01— making necessary repairs
Before putting your home on the market, it’s important to prepare it properly to make the best impression on potential buyers. This involves cleaning, decluttering, making necessary repairs and maintenance, and staging your home.
According to the NAR, 37% of contracts fall through because of repair issues sellers could have addressed before listing their property.
Once your buyers go under contract, they‘ll most-likely have inspections done on the property. If they are financing, the home will need to be able to pass the inspection in order to obtain home insurance and secure the loan. Because of this, consider making any repairs to your home prior to putting it on the market.
If it’s recommended, schedule a pre-sale inspection. Then you‘ll know precisely what needs to be addressed from a functional standpoint. Invest in repairing major systems first. Think HVAC, plumbing, roofing, foundation, or electrical issues.
Use our Home Repairs worksheet to inspect your home and determine whether any repairs or improvements are needed, or if you should schedule an inspection.
Already completed this step? Jump to step two (cleaning + staging).