Selling and Decluttering – The Deck and Patio
Posted on June 4, 2010
Filed Under Listing and Selling Your Home, Staging Your Home, Valerie Zinger
Even if you never go outside, declutter and stage your deck and patio. Think simple. Think clean.
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Remove dead plants from the area.
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Add a couple of baskets of flowers.
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Sweep the deck and patio and, if required, power wash the bricks and wood.
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Pack your lawn ornamnets for you new house. Pink flamingos are not everyone’s taste.
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Leave a water feature such as a foundtain, if you already have one or get one if you want to distract from road noise.
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Of course, if it is the dead of winter, the best you can do is remove the snow so that the Buyer can see the size of your deck / patio.
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If your barbeque is in the area, make sure that it is clean, with no grease on the wood deck or patio stones. The tools should be stored under the machine.
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Hoses and gardening tools should be stored in the garage or shed. Buyers love sheds so make sure that yours is in good order and that the Buyer can look inside. Sort through your garden tools and give away those that you will no longer need or use.
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Include the shed in the sale. Think about dismantling the shed and you will want to leave it.
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If you have children, make sure that their outside toys are put away when there is a showing. Pack as many of these as you can.
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There is not much you can do about a huge play structure. At one house I sold, the Buyers did not want the structure that was included in the sale. They told the Sellers who knew of a family that would be willing to remove the structure and keep it. All parties were winners, the Seller, the Buyer and the neighbour.
If you are thinking of selling sometime in the future and it is summer, get your camera out and take as many pictures of the decluttered deck and patio as you can. You may have to sell in winter and these pictures will be invaluable to have on your listing or to leave for Buyers to see when they are looking at your house.
You are selling a package – the house and the yard.
Photo credit: Patio @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailyinvention/33941672/
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