Robbinsville, New Jersey Real Estate

Spring Selling Tips for Robbinsville, New Jersey Homeowners

Thinking about selling your Robbinsville home?  Well spring is here and I thought some spring-selling tips might be helpful to get your home ready for todays market.

We need to look at the outside of your home first.     Take a minute and approach your home from the road and look at it with ˜buyer eyes.     There are always the regular spring maintenance we do to our homes when the weather breaks.   But now is the time to pay attention to detail.

Buyers are still buying homes, but they are certainly approaching the home buying process differently.    In recent past years, the buyers were fueled by lack of inventory and emotion.   Now with the market adjusting as it has, it more about the pricing and condition.  

Start your spring home maintenance by looking at:

• Roof - any missing shingles? Any broken or curling shingles?
  
  
• Gutters - Any broken, sagging, or missing parts to your gutters?  Do they need cleaning?  Are the downspouts still in place and correctly connected?
  
  
• Chimney - Any missing mortar or missing bricks?  Hows the chimney cap holding up?
  
  
• Siding - Any peeling paint?  Any clapboards needing replacing?  Does the vinyl siding need power-washing?
  
  
• Windows - Any broken windows needing replacing or repairing?  Are the storm windows holding up as they should?  Need cleaning?
  
  
• Garage - Any work needed here?  Do the doors operate properly?  Can potential buyers actually see the inside of the garage?  Is everything in its place and well-organized?
  
  
• Shutters - Any broken or missing shutters?  Do they need repair or replacing? 

 Now lets look at any outdoor living areas:

• Patio - Are the any stones needing replacing?  Cracked concrete areas needing filling?
  
  
• Deck - Does it need cleaning?  Power-washing and re-staining?  Are the railings and built-in seats secure and safe?  Any rotted boards needing replacing? 
  
  
• Porch - Any loose railings that need to be secured or replaced?  Are the steps safe and solid?  Does it need cleaning, re-painting, re-staining?
  
  

Next take a look around at the yard and garden areas:

• Fences - Are these standing and looking good?  Do any of the sections need replacing, re-painting, re-staining?
  
  
• Yard - Are there left-over piles of leaves that need cleaning up?  Any tree limbs or branches in the yard?
  
  
• Garden Areas - Do your gardens need cleaning up - weeds, dead plants from last year, fresh mulch?
  
  
• Shrubs and Trees - Is any pruning needed?  Any dead leaves caught up in shrubs?   Is mulch needed around the bases of trees and shrubs?
  

These are all things that are regular maintenance of your home, and theyre certainly things that home buyers in the market for a new home or condo look for.   Taking care of things such as these usually indicate the homeowner also maintained the systems that cant be seen - furnace, plumbing, electrical, etc.  And that goes a long way toward making a buyer comfortable in their decision to seriously consider your home or condo for their next home purchase.

If youre thinking about buying or selling real estate, contact a professional full-time experienced REALTOR who knows the local real estate market and will work for you to get the job done!

Do you have questions about what you should do to get you home ready for the real estate market here in Robbinsville or the surrounding areas, what repairs or impovements your home needs give me a call!    

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