Things to Avoid When Selling Your Home over the Holidays

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It is an open secret that holiday times create ideal opportunities for open homes. As time goes by, visitors, presents and decorations fill up the homes making it a herculean task for the sellers to strike the balance between comfortable and crammed or stuffy.  This does not in any way limit sellers as to the way they celebrate the festive season. Acknowledge however, that the buyers would be interested in just having the appropriate sparkle. As much as they would expect to find some decorations, it would be important that they be allowed to imagine how they will be spending their lives in that home. For anyone selling a Toronto home, knowing the things to avoid and the things keep would be quite a balancing act. Here are some tips on the things to avoid.

Lingering odors – The holiday season is characterized by some not so popular dishes some with stingy odors. For anyone selling Toronto home, it would be advisable that you give them a wide berth and instead wait until the showings are over. Potential buyers would definitely appreciate the neutral environment.

Excessive lighting - Homes would be more sparkling if you keep the lights to an appropriate minimum. When selling Toronto home, be sure to eliminate the multi-colored and flashing bulbs and replace them with white lights which will provide a neutral glow to the home.

Not comfortable - Everyone would like to have a warm and comfortable home more so during the winter. In this case, it would be important that you ensure that the home is as comfortable as possible by setting your thermostat at warm temperature all day lighting candles and fireplaces just to create comfortable environments.

Decorations, Christmas tree and presents should be at a minimum - When selling a Toronto home, any staging professional will tell you that decluttering is very important. In this case therefore, incorporating the least decorations, small Christmas tree and hiding the presents would make the house look larger and therefore allow the potential buyers to imagine how they would fill up the empty spaces. This would be quite impossible if the home has too much clutter.

Trigger the senses of the buyer- This is in line with making the house feel warm and comfortable. It would be important that you create a comfortable, warm as well as festive feeling by simmering cider and cinnamon during the house showings.

Seasonal bests - When selling your home during winter, it would be quite a herculean task for the potential buyer to envision how it looks like during summer or spring. In this case, it would be important that you incorporate some pictures of the front and backyards, patio and gardens during summer and spring just to give them an idea.