Getting the right price and selling your home at the right time can be challenging.
It’s a challenge we thrive on. We get enormous satisfaction from
making the right deal for you.
Getting ready to sell
To get you ready to sell your house we:
- Help you show your house in the best possible
light (see our house selling checklist)
- Give you a market overview,review sale prices of similar houses and determine the best price for your house
- Update you on market conditions while your house is on the market
- Report back on showings of your house
Marketing your home
- To make sure your home is seen by the right
people we:
- Develop a marketing strategy that aggressively
promotes your house
- Prepare colour feature sheets
- List your house on the Multiple Listing
Service (MLS)
- Highlight photos of your house and its features
on www.robmarland.com
- Advertise in the Ottawa Citizen
- Advertise on the web to ensure maximum exposure
_ www.ottawarealestate.org and www.mls.ca
- Pre-qualify buyers to make sure each offer
is worth pursuing
The sale
When you sell your house we:
- Review offers
- Discuss negotiating strategies
- Stay on top of the interest in your
house
- Provide guidance throughout the selling
process
House selling checklist
—Putting your house in the best possible
light
Getting your house ready to sell
When you get ready to sell, one of the most important things to do is to disconnect
your emotions and begin thinking of your home as a house -- an asset like any
other. You should also think of how to make the outside and the inside of your
house appeal to prospective buyers.
Outside
- Paint exterior if needed
- Repair roof leaks
- Make sure windows and doors open and close smoothly
- Tidy up the outside, pay special attention to your garage
- Repair eavestroughs, downspouts and soffits
- Clean windows
- Plant mature annuals
- Cut lawn, weed garden
- Shovel and salt walkways and driveway
- Buy a new door mat
- Repair doorbell and door handle
- Make sure your house number is easy to read
Inside
- Clean floors, vacuum, and empty garbage
- Tidy and clean out closets and cupboards
- Close closets and cupboards
- Remove clutter, knickknacks and family photos
- Clear counter tops
- Remove extra furniture and clear up storage areas
- Clean appliances
- Touch up paint and plaster
- Fix leaky taps, toilet, etc.
- Replace burned out light bulbs
- Turn on all lights
- Open curtains and blinds
- Clean windows
- Turn on heat/air conditioner
- Oil squeaky hinges
- Polish mirrors and taps
- Tub and basin seals in good repair
- Lock up or put out of reach -- jewellery and valuables like art, vases, etc.
- Keep your pets out of sight where possible
