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Tip for Selling Your Home: Look Down on Your Carpet
If you have carpet, it’s wise to have it shampooed to remove any stains
or smells that may exist. If that doesn’t work, then you’ll likely
have to get rid of it.
If your carpet is dirty looking, soiled, or stained beyond rescue, then your
only alternative is to get rid of it. Instead of replacing it with carpet, think
about wood or laminates, since they’re better selling features.
Wood and laminates make your home look more spacious, and people like to see
woods and laminates more than carpeting when they’re looking at homes.
As an added bonus, these types of flooring are much easier to keep clean than
carpets are.
House Selling Tip: Testing the Home for Baby Compatibility
Are families with babies and/or young children a part of your potential market?
If they are, then you need to ask yourself if you would put your own child on
your floor and let him or her crawl about.
In the case of having your house pass the baby test, go for cleanliness first.
Make the following efforts for approval from the perspective of a judgmental
parent:
- Floors looking clean enough to eat off of,
- Carpets looking and smelling fresh,
- Walls free of grimy smudges and handprints
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