We almost instantly sold an incredibly comfortable and beautiful but very unconventional house priced high for the area to cash buyer for immediate closing. We changed 1980's pink tub, toilet and sink in the master bath to white based on realtor's advice; repaired cracked Saltillo tile floor sections, cleaned grout and re-sealed entire floor (big $$$$); painted pinky beige walls cream; addressed all inspection issues; had house professionally staged and had realtor recommended professional do a video. First thing buyers did was carpet over the tile floor. (It is possible they actually ripped it out...) So hire a realtor who has a vision and plan for reaching the likely market for the house and think hard about ways to ignore or spend less $$$ on big ticket items. We might have been able to do less work on the floors and instead offered an allowance if buyer wanted them to be like new. We did the work even before hiring a realtor because we saw floors as a major design feature and big selling point. Clearly buyers did not agree!! Money spent on staging was worth every penny. Although sparse, not to our taste and not practical for our daily lives, the stager made the house look amazing. Top quality video was a big help too. In addition to actual buyer it interested a number of folks from out of state who would have come to look if house hadn't sold.
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