If you put your home on the market without preparing it for sale, you may have a long wait.  You also may not realize your home’s greatest return on investment.  Here are a few tips to get you started toward selling that home:

1.  Spruce up all around the home.  Keep the lawn and shrubbery trimmed and free of bicycles and other clutter.

2.  Keep the garden beds weeded and mulched.

3.  Put a flowering pot on the front step and keep it watered and trimmed.

4.  Fill potholes in your driveway and tidy up walkways.

5.  Clean off your outdoor furniture; remove any rust or toss out the rusted items.

6.  Clear out the garage of everything but cars.  If yours has become a two-car attic, throw out the excess.

7.  Straighten gutters, the mailbox, the fence and other things that sag.

8.  Fix doorbells, tighten loose doorknobs, and oil squeaking hinges.

9.  Repair broken windows and shutters.

Hope this will help you get started.  I’ll address some ideas for the inside of your home with my next blog entry.

If you would like some suggestions and you are not sure where to put your time and money, feel free to give me a call and I’ll be happy to make some suggestions.  My email is gracehughesjax@gmail.com or feel free to call at 904-233-1341.  My web site where you can find all homes listed for sale in the Northeast Florida Multi-Listing Service is: www.FindaPlaceWithStyleNgrace.com.

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