Making a good first impression is decisive in making or breaking a serious deal for a home that you are selling, especially in a competitive, buyer’s market as the Tampa housing market is these days. This year, Tampa housing market has been experiencing a dramatic shift towards a buyer’s market as inventories pile up consistently due to a growing number of homes still floating, awaiting to be sold. The rate at which homes are being listed for sale in Tampa outpaces the rate of sales approximately by a 2 to 1 ratio. Building up a positive impression towards buyers can spell the difference between remaining and leaving the list of homes for sale in the Tampa housing market. This article recommends practical basic tips for ensuring that a home one plans to sell will make the best impression as possible.

A savvy home seller focuses on curb appeal because the exterior of a house is the first line of features that is observed by a potential buyer. The exterior can be the source of a very good first impression. Maintain the lawn by keeping the grass green and mowed. Lawn maintenance can amount simply to watering the grass daily and having trees or shrubs trimmed regularly. Cutting back on overgrowth is affirmative. Flowers add color to the overall scenery, hence planting some bloomers is a good idea. Objects left laying on the lawn such as bicycles, gardening equipment, store toys, bicycles, or roller-skates, and the ilk can be an eye soar, so it is advised to keep them out of sight. Also have at least the front of the house painted. The porch and the front walkway should be swept to keep off dried leaves and dust. At night time, switching on the front porch light as well as any other exterior lighting can keep the house visible and rendered with a good view.

Still with regards to visibility, clutter must be kept out. Buyers will not purchase a Tampa home that they cannot see. If the living area has too much furniture, the kitchen appears too crowded, the closets are overflowing, and bathroom lots of collectibles on display, prospective buyers will not be able to see the bare features of the home. A practical bit of advice is to get rid of anything that is neither needed nor frequently used. One can fill up the garage or perhaps even rent some off-site storage space if the need arises for clearing out the home of things that one has no plan of disposing yet.

While many people are unmindful of scents, other potential buyers can be extremely responsive of offensive smells. To eradicate unpleasant odors, a set of chores would not hurt. These may include bathing pets frequently, dry cleaning drapes, shampooing carpets, and most important of all, emptying trash bins especially those that contain putrid kitchen wastes. Bring in pleasing smells by putting flowers or potpourri inside the home and making use of air fresheners. Another common approach is baking of fresh pie or some other fragrant treat.

Carrying out necessary repairs, no matter how minor they are, is also very essential. Buyers expect everything in a new home to function properly, and of course, operate safely. Fussy buyers will certainly take notice of, and perhaps blow up, minor maintenance problems that were ignored for months or even years. Make sure to fix broken windows, leaky faucets, busted bulbs, inoperable appliances and the ilk before even listing the home for sale. These repairs may seem insignificant, but leaving them undone can lead buyers to doubt whether the home had been well taken cared of.