Part of preparing your North County home for sale is to remove “clutter.” This is the hardest thing for most sellers to do because they are emotionally attached to everything in the house. After years of living in the same North County home, clutter collects in such a way that may not be evident to the homeowner. However, it does affect the way buyers see the your North County real estate. Clutter collects on shelves, counter tops, drawers, closets, garages, attics, and basements.
Kitchen Clutter |
The kitchen is a good place to start removing clutter. First, get everything off the counters. Put things like the toaster in a cabinet and take them out when you use them. Find a place where you can store everything in cabinets and drawers. Of course, you may notice that you do not have enough cabinet space in which to put everything. Clean them out. The dishes, pots and pans that rarely get used? Put them in a box and put that box in storage.
North County home buyers will open all your cabinets and drawers, especially in the kitchen. They want to be sure there is enough room for their “things.” If your kitchen cabinets, pantries, and drawers look jammed full, it sends a negative message to the buyer and does not promote an image of lots of storage.
If you have a “junk drawer,” get rid of the junk. If you have a rarely used crock pot, put it in storage. Do this with every cabinet and drawer. Make your North County real estate look spacious.
If you have a large amount of foodstuffs crammed into the shelves or pantry, use them up. Canned goods are heavy and you don´t want to be lugging them to a new house.
Other Types of Clutter |