The carpet was a mess with dark soiled traffic areas on a light colored carpet and dark lines all around the edge of the room. The dents from where the furniture used to sit stand out. The tile & grout in the center of the kitchen and bathroom don’t come close to the same color as along the edge of the wall where it’s clean. There are ugly stains from the dog and who knows what else. Worse yet it smells kind of stale with a vague ‘pet’ aroma and one room has a pet urine odor. To top if off when you o
You NEVER Get A Second Chance To Make A 1st Impression! You can immediately see it on prospective buyers face as they walk in and their nose wrinkles, or they glance unhappily at the stains on the carpet. So you lead off with an excuse, “It’ll be cleaned before you move in, of course…” or worse for the seller and agent, “Maybe they’ll give you a carpet allowance…”
The previous homeowners don’t often notice those soiled traffic areas, spots, or odors because they have become accustomed to them. But you can bet a new prospect interested in buying the home will. Someone else’s dirt is different than your own. And we all know that first impressions are everything in the sales game! Someone could think “If they didn’t even clean the carpet what else wasn’t maintained correctly?” A clean house is more than clean, it tells a potential buy that the house has been taken ca