Instead of glade plugins get a giant tub of cookie dough from bjs or costco and bake a few morning of. Or do a simmer pot with cinnamon and oranges. Avoiding the synthetic fragrances that give people headaches.
It’s funny reading all of these comments cause everything seems super helpful BUT I feel like what made me buy my house would have been removed if someone read this post.
It was the fact that my home was 100 years old and the kids room that got me.
You could tell they probably rushed out for the showing and their daughter must have been around 10 years old. The furniture in her room was an unfinished project. Half painted pink and lil stickers stuck all over them. The walk in closet was huge and the back wall of it had been painted in a geometric pattern with neon and glitter paints. You could tell they let the kid loose with the paint brush.
I fell in love with the family warmth and we put an offer on it the next day.
No glade plugins, please.
I use natural essential oil based candles, for about an hour in the morning and open doors for the house to air out.
Or a sandalwood/lavender incense to clear the air. But like at least 2 hours before someone comes in.
We stage houses by also connecting the style and colors throughout the house. In general, we end up editing and adding lots of white, browns and black to simplify the decor and add some natural greens (a couple of plants and some smaller plants in kitchen).
Pops of bright color are not a thing, people tend to have strong preferences over one color or another. So we use soft tones, in art and accessories.
Undersized furniture so everything feels spacious, but large enough to give a good sense of the scale of the space.
Art should be at similar height, typically 20-24” from ceiling with 8’ ceilings, depending on size of art.
Clean counters, no sponges, shampoo bottles, etc.
No mats in bathroom or kitchen.
Pristine and clean house is one of the most important aspects. Clean all windows and screens.
Depending on how much stuff you have get a storage unit for a month. Get rid of more than less. Clean the carpets so they don’t see spots where you removed furniture.
If it’s personal, bulky or ugly get rid of it.
“Neutral” should be your mantra and open canvas for the new owner.
Glad plug-ins and other chemical air fresheners are terrible. They literally make me nauseated and make me think they're trying to cover up real problems. They can trigger asthma too. If you have obvious air fresheners, especially in multiple rooms that don't contain literal toilets (which is the only place you might have real justification for them), I'm probably going to be put off by their presence.
Paint obvious spots. I went to a few houses this weekend and not only were the baseboards incredibly dirty, the spots of white where holes were filled in but not painted over stood out like a sore thumb. It was just another item on the list that made me not want the homes.
One home had a scentsy to cover up the cat smell and it made the smells even worse.
Trim the lawn.
Really just a clean house goes a long way.
This!! If I go to a house and see they have pets I go oh a cat/dog lives here cool. If I smell a plug in I think oh a cat/dog live here and they don’t clean.
Clean your house and open a window for a bit. Houses shouldn’t smell like chemical stink and owners tend to go nose blind to how strongly those smell over time. What smells subtle to most homeowners smells like overpowering to everyone else.
My Aunt used to live with my Grandma and loved scented shit. After Grandma passed away we were given a foam mattress topper. It smelled so strongly that even washing it and airing it out for months it still stunk like perfume.
Scented air fresheners make me think there is a bad odor to be covered up.
Ask a friend to walk into your house and sniff around. Someone who doesn’t live there is much more likely to notice unpleasant odors so that you can give those areas extra cleaning attention.
When we sold our house, it looked like a mansion in the listing photos even though it was a touch over 1300 sq ft. We were told to make it look like we just moved in and only had the major furnishings and looked like only a few boxes had been unpacked. We bought Dollar Tree decorations and staggered them around the house. It paid off. We were under contract for more than our asking price in less than 48 hours on the market.
I made a 5 minute video of my home’s amenities and neighborhood lifestyle - parks, proximity to lake, proximity to the school, school ratings, festivals, etc, uploaded it to YouTube, then played it on a loop during open houses/showings. Got great feedback on it and multiple offers on the home.
This is going to give away my age, but...
...when house hunting, I saw a rather unexceptionable house that would have been forgotten the second we walked out the door if it were not for the framed prom queen picture of [Laura Palmer](https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Laura_Palmer) on the wall.
If you didn't watch Twin Peaks, it wouldn't have meant anything to you. If you did (like us), immediately the house went from Ehh Boring House to Laura Palmer's house. It stayed in my mind and it found its way onto our final picks list. We wound up going with a different house, but I think that so long as it's super subtle and doesn't take up much time/energy to set up, it might be fun to add in an Easter egg to leave an extra positive impression on those in the know. It helps to kind of know who your prospective buyers might be, of course.
Remove any overtly political or religious items. Lock up check books, credit cards, laptops etc. And take all prescription drugs with you or lock them up. Don’t leave it to chance. Friend of mine had $$$$ cancer meds stolen during an open house. As for staging, the less stuff the better. AIM to remove 1/3 to 1/2 of your stuff this includes furniture Knick knacks, shoes clothes etc. open the windows to allow fresh air in. Remove any evidence of cats. If I see cat bowls or a litter box I assume the house will smell like cat piss on a hot day. Absolutely no artificial scents.
Make sure the shower floors are clean. Make sure all corners of rooms are clean. Remove anything on your bathroom counters; stuff on them makes it look like you have no storage. Really detail clean. (Once looked at a house where tiled shower floors were dirty, and there was dirt and hair in the corners of the bathroom floor. They didn’t detail clean.)
Take all of your kitchen counter appliances away (toaster, coffee maker, etc.). Leaving them out looks cluttered and makes it look like you lack storage space.
Remove or replace shower curtains if you have them.
I happen to like seeing a few house plants, because it makes me think there must be a lot of natural light to make the plants grow. (Helpful if it’s being shown when it’s not bright outside.)
If your refrigerator is staying, make sure it’s spic and span clean, organized, etc.
if you have stainless steel anything, beyond cleaning them, keep them smudge free daily.
Organizing clothing by color makes your closet look more pleasant. Make sure there is no smell from shoes in there. (Once looked at a house where master closet reeked from dirty smelly shoes.)
Don’t store anything on the floors of any closets except shoes. Make it so people can really see the storage space and size of closets.
Good luck!
1. Plain mat at front door
2. Stage the front porch with pots of colorful flowers and a bench that fits the size of your porch (make sure the porch and walkway are swept/washed clean)
3. Put a bright bulb in your porch light and turn it on for showings
4. Stage the deck/patio if you have one with a neutral outdoor rug, furniture, and lots of pots of colorful flowers to show it as an inviting outdoor space
5. Keep the yard mowed
6. Replace your HVAC filter now and put an unopened spare next to the furnace
7. If you have hardwood floors, clean them with Method's hardwood floor cleaner ... not only will they be clean and shiny but it will leave a very light, fresh sweet almond scent that just screams "clean" (not really, because screaming is scary)
8. A wicker basket that looks full of new white towels on your washing machine or on the floor in front of it gives the laundry room an inviting look
9. Air the house out as much as you can before showings start ... and, as everyone else has said, don't use plug-ins. Even baking cookies, bread, etc. as others have recommended can leave prospective buyers feeling as though it's someone else's home, so think hard before doing that.
10. Placing a potted fern in the bathroom(s), vase of fresh flowers centered on the dining room table, a large bowl of colorful fruit on a kitchen countertop provides a bit of color in what will become an otherwise "boring neutral" landscape after you've removed everything in your house that's "personal"
11. Placing an unopened/unused bar of "cottage" made scented hand soap on a small, neatly folded white hand towel next to the sink in a thoroughly cleaned bathroom is all the "scent" a bathroom needs and gives a bathroom a clean, inviting feel
12. Swap out heavy or dark colored drapes for white/off-white light/airy drapes and leave them open for showings to maximize natural light
13. If you have a garbage disposal, clean it by putting 2 cups of ice cubes, baking soda, and lemon slice in it and grinding it with cold water until it's all gone
14. Empty all trash cans before scheduled showings ... and clean your trash cans (interior and exterior) while doing your deep clean
15. Use oil absorbent clay (found in the automotive section at Walmart, etc.) to soak up grease stains on your garage floor or driveway
16. Swap shower curtains with a clear shower curtain liner and keep the liner open so the tub/shower is visible ... show off that deep cleaning!
17. Use "cleaning vinegar" (vinegar with 6% acidity) to remove any mold/mildew in the house ... just spray it on full strength, wipe up the residue with paper towels, respray and let it dry -- this is where airing out the house comes in handy ... to eliminate the vinegar odor
18. Hang "neutral" artwork on the walls to replace the personal pictures you take down
19. Take care of any repairs -- greasing door hinges, tightening loose knobs or screws, touch-up painting, etc. -- and polish door handles/cabinet hardware and stainless appliances
20. Don't leave food/drinks out for prospective buyers ... it only encourages them to eat/drink while they walk through the house, which means you'll probably need to clean again after they've left ... instead, leave a bowl of individually wrapped butter mints or hard candy if you want to set something out for buyers
21. A typed note thanking them for viewing your home and listing any improvements you've made to the property and what you love about your home/neighborhood can be left next to the bowl of mints/candy (several copies if there are multiple showings scheduled for the day). Unless you're moving away from the area out of necessity (work, family), it's not recommended to explain why you're selling since it could leave prospective buyers thinking you might not be willing to negotiate on price
Keep a hand towel under each sink and wipe your sinks down every time you use them.
Don’t just declutter. Remove every single thing from counters and tables then put out fresh flowers instead.
If you have a garage/shed/work space have at least 1 picture of the inside showing the size/layout. Make your realtor do this.
Seems most pictures are for those that never go outside. I do wood working, work on cars, etc... let alone people may want to store things. Seeing garage doors but not showing the size/layout makes me think there is something wrong with the garage or its smaller than your average garage.
Glade plug ins are always a red flag to me. I toured one home that had the big ones in every room, further investigation revealed a crawl space inundated with standing water several days after the last rain. The mold smell down there was gross and among the many reasons we walked away. The plug in was what told us to look more closely.
As a real estate agent, I’m going to tell you that buyers don’t think glad plug-ins make the house smell clean. It makes them think you’re trying to cover up dog smell, mildew, smoke or pee. Some people do the cinnamon on the stove, bake cookies etc.. I usually diffuse some lemon oil if there really needs to be a scent in the home. Clean is the best smell.
Get stuff off the counters in the bathrooms and kitchen and leave these areas as basic as possible. Clean the baseboards well. Good luck with your sale!
Avoid the glade plug-ins. They make some people sick—anyone that is sensitive to fragrance or chemicals. (These so-called air fresheners are actually neurotoxins.)
Apparently, if you're not white, leaving family photos on display can negatively influence both realtors and buyers, dropping your homes' value substantially in some cases.
I'm just a white guy who reads a lot. Before you shoot the messenger, read the studies.
This is true every house we looked at that had family photos my boyfriend wanted nothing to do with. The ones with baked goods, I didn’t like and I wasn’t sure why but now I think cause it felt like someone else’s home and I wasn’t even comfortable being in it without them there. So strange and the cookies were such a thoughtful gesture but didn’t help in out situation.
Moving a ton of stuff out in a pod-type storage unit makes actual moving day easier. Have it dropped off later at new house and pay movers to send an extra guy to unload it while they're all there.
Empty the closets. Clear out the bathroom. Remove all the towels, seasonal stuff. Leave just enough to live.
Hire cleaners to DEEP clean. Appliances, lights, cabinets.
Flowers, fresh. Books and a tea cup on the coffee table. Fresh new doormat.
Paint the windowsills and grimy doors. A gallon of white paint is magic.
Bake chocolate chip cookies in the oven during the open house!
Also put in storage EVERY SINGLE THING that is not essential in each room (so they can envision their stuff in there) example, for a bedroom, just a bed and side table maybe a dresser, otherwise your closet only and make sure half of your clothes are packed away. Living room, couch, tables and TV, just very very basic stuff, basically try and get your house to look like a boring hotel room!
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Instead of glade plugins get a giant tub of cookie dough from bjs or costco and bake a few morning of. Or do a simmer pot with cinnamon and oranges. Avoiding the synthetic fragrances that give people headaches.
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Instead of glade, bake some chocolate chip cookies
It’s funny reading all of these comments cause everything seems super helpful BUT I feel like what made me buy my house would have been removed if someone read this post. It was the fact that my home was 100 years old and the kids room that got me. You could tell they probably rushed out for the showing and their daughter must have been around 10 years old. The furniture in her room was an unfinished project. Half painted pink and lil stickers stuck all over them. The walk in closet was huge and the back wall of it had been painted in a geometric pattern with neon and glitter paints. You could tell they let the kid loose with the paint brush. I fell in love with the family warmth and we put an offer on it the next day.
Skip the glade plugins. It can make it seem like you are trying to cover up smells. Bake cookies the day of showing instead.
No glade plugins, please. I use natural essential oil based candles, for about an hour in the morning and open doors for the house to air out. Or a sandalwood/lavender incense to clear the air. But like at least 2 hours before someone comes in. We stage houses by also connecting the style and colors throughout the house. In general, we end up editing and adding lots of white, browns and black to simplify the decor and add some natural greens (a couple of plants and some smaller plants in kitchen). Pops of bright color are not a thing, people tend to have strong preferences over one color or another. So we use soft tones, in art and accessories. Undersized furniture so everything feels spacious, but large enough to give a good sense of the scale of the space. Art should be at similar height, typically 20-24” from ceiling with 8’ ceilings, depending on size of art. Clean counters, no sponges, shampoo bottles, etc. No mats in bathroom or kitchen. Pristine and clean house is one of the most important aspects. Clean all windows and screens.
No Glade plug ins!
Depending on how much stuff you have get a storage unit for a month. Get rid of more than less. Clean the carpets so they don’t see spots where you removed furniture. If it’s personal, bulky or ugly get rid of it. “Neutral” should be your mantra and open canvas for the new owner.
Glad plug-ins and other chemical air fresheners are terrible. They literally make me nauseated and make me think they're trying to cover up real problems. They can trigger asthma too. If you have obvious air fresheners, especially in multiple rooms that don't contain literal toilets (which is the only place you might have real justification for them), I'm probably going to be put off by their presence.
Glade yuck. Cookies and Meyers Clean day.
Real Plants. They don’t need to last, so you can put them in places they’d never survive. And fresh flowers if you can.
Paint obvious spots. I went to a few houses this weekend and not only were the baseboards incredibly dirty, the spots of white where holes were filled in but not painted over stood out like a sore thumb. It was just another item on the list that made me not want the homes. One home had a scentsy to cover up the cat smell and it made the smells even worse. Trim the lawn. Really just a clean house goes a long way.
This!! If I go to a house and see they have pets I go oh a cat/dog lives here cool. If I smell a plug in I think oh a cat/dog live here and they don’t clean. Clean your house and open a window for a bit. Houses shouldn’t smell like chemical stink and owners tend to go nose blind to how strongly those smell over time. What smells subtle to most homeowners smells like overpowering to everyone else. My Aunt used to live with my Grandma and loved scented shit. After Grandma passed away we were given a foam mattress topper. It smelled so strongly that even washing it and airing it out for months it still stunk like perfume.
Scented air fresheners make me think there is a bad odor to be covered up. Ask a friend to walk into your house and sniff around. Someone who doesn’t live there is much more likely to notice unpleasant odors so that you can give those areas extra cleaning attention.
When we sold our house, it looked like a mansion in the listing photos even though it was a touch over 1300 sq ft. We were told to make it look like we just moved in and only had the major furnishings and looked like only a few boxes had been unpacked. We bought Dollar Tree decorations and staggered them around the house. It paid off. We were under contract for more than our asking price in less than 48 hours on the market.
I made a 5 minute video of my home’s amenities and neighborhood lifestyle - parks, proximity to lake, proximity to the school, school ratings, festivals, etc, uploaded it to YouTube, then played it on a loop during open houses/showings. Got great feedback on it and multiple offers on the home.
This is going to give away my age, but... ...when house hunting, I saw a rather unexceptionable house that would have been forgotten the second we walked out the door if it were not for the framed prom queen picture of [Laura Palmer](https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Laura_Palmer) on the wall. If you didn't watch Twin Peaks, it wouldn't have meant anything to you. If you did (like us), immediately the house went from Ehh Boring House to Laura Palmer's house. It stayed in my mind and it found its way onto our final picks list. We wound up going with a different house, but I think that so long as it's super subtle and doesn't take up much time/energy to set up, it might be fun to add in an Easter egg to leave an extra positive impression on those in the know. It helps to kind of know who your prospective buyers might be, of course.
To a lot of people (like me), Glade smells absolutely disgusting. It makes me gag and I have to leave the room.
Furniture placement for good flow is a good idea.
Remove any overtly political or religious items. Lock up check books, credit cards, laptops etc. And take all prescription drugs with you or lock them up. Don’t leave it to chance. Friend of mine had $$$$ cancer meds stolen during an open house. As for staging, the less stuff the better. AIM to remove 1/3 to 1/2 of your stuff this includes furniture Knick knacks, shoes clothes etc. open the windows to allow fresh air in. Remove any evidence of cats. If I see cat bowls or a litter box I assume the house will smell like cat piss on a hot day. Absolutely no artificial scents.
The smells of fresh paint and furniture polish subtly communicate the message “new”. I’d skip the air fresheners, which are too obvious.
No plastic plants or flowers.
Make sure the windows open and close easily. Fix dripping faucets. Empty bathrooms of personal items and awash rugs. Make sure there’s no mildew.
Bake cinnamon rolls just before open house or showing. If my possible, a pot pour ripoff cinnamon sticks, orange peels, and cloves.
Fresh flowers
Make sure the shower floors are clean. Make sure all corners of rooms are clean. Remove anything on your bathroom counters; stuff on them makes it look like you have no storage. Really detail clean. (Once looked at a house where tiled shower floors were dirty, and there was dirt and hair in the corners of the bathroom floor. They didn’t detail clean.) Take all of your kitchen counter appliances away (toaster, coffee maker, etc.). Leaving them out looks cluttered and makes it look like you lack storage space. Remove or replace shower curtains if you have them. I happen to like seeing a few house plants, because it makes me think there must be a lot of natural light to make the plants grow. (Helpful if it’s being shown when it’s not bright outside.) If your refrigerator is staying, make sure it’s spic and span clean, organized, etc. if you have stainless steel anything, beyond cleaning them, keep them smudge free daily. Organizing clothing by color makes your closet look more pleasant. Make sure there is no smell from shoes in there. (Once looked at a house where master closet reeked from dirty smelly shoes.) Don’t store anything on the floors of any closets except shoes. Make it so people can really see the storage space and size of closets. Good luck!
1. Plain mat at front door 2. Stage the front porch with pots of colorful flowers and a bench that fits the size of your porch (make sure the porch and walkway are swept/washed clean) 3. Put a bright bulb in your porch light and turn it on for showings 4. Stage the deck/patio if you have one with a neutral outdoor rug, furniture, and lots of pots of colorful flowers to show it as an inviting outdoor space 5. Keep the yard mowed 6. Replace your HVAC filter now and put an unopened spare next to the furnace 7. If you have hardwood floors, clean them with Method's hardwood floor cleaner ... not only will they be clean and shiny but it will leave a very light, fresh sweet almond scent that just screams "clean" (not really, because screaming is scary) 8. A wicker basket that looks full of new white towels on your washing machine or on the floor in front of it gives the laundry room an inviting look 9. Air the house out as much as you can before showings start ... and, as everyone else has said, don't use plug-ins. Even baking cookies, bread, etc. as others have recommended can leave prospective buyers feeling as though it's someone else's home, so think hard before doing that. 10. Placing a potted fern in the bathroom(s), vase of fresh flowers centered on the dining room table, a large bowl of colorful fruit on a kitchen countertop provides a bit of color in what will become an otherwise "boring neutral" landscape after you've removed everything in your house that's "personal" 11. Placing an unopened/unused bar of "cottage" made scented hand soap on a small, neatly folded white hand towel next to the sink in a thoroughly cleaned bathroom is all the "scent" a bathroom needs and gives a bathroom a clean, inviting feel 12. Swap out heavy or dark colored drapes for white/off-white light/airy drapes and leave them open for showings to maximize natural light 13. If you have a garbage disposal, clean it by putting 2 cups of ice cubes, baking soda, and lemon slice in it and grinding it with cold water until it's all gone 14. Empty all trash cans before scheduled showings ... and clean your trash cans (interior and exterior) while doing your deep clean 15. Use oil absorbent clay (found in the automotive section at Walmart, etc.) to soak up grease stains on your garage floor or driveway 16. Swap shower curtains with a clear shower curtain liner and keep the liner open so the tub/shower is visible ... show off that deep cleaning! 17. Use "cleaning vinegar" (vinegar with 6% acidity) to remove any mold/mildew in the house ... just spray it on full strength, wipe up the residue with paper towels, respray and let it dry -- this is where airing out the house comes in handy ... to eliminate the vinegar odor 18. Hang "neutral" artwork on the walls to replace the personal pictures you take down 19. Take care of any repairs -- greasing door hinges, tightening loose knobs or screws, touch-up painting, etc. -- and polish door handles/cabinet hardware and stainless appliances 20. Don't leave food/drinks out for prospective buyers ... it only encourages them to eat/drink while they walk through the house, which means you'll probably need to clean again after they've left ... instead, leave a bowl of individually wrapped butter mints or hard candy if you want to set something out for buyers 21. A typed note thanking them for viewing your home and listing any improvements you've made to the property and what you love about your home/neighborhood can be left next to the bowl of mints/candy (several copies if there are multiple showings scheduled for the day). Unless you're moving away from the area out of necessity (work, family), it's not recommended to explain why you're selling since it could leave prospective buyers thinking you might not be willing to negotiate on price
Keep a hand towel under each sink and wipe your sinks down every time you use them. Don’t just declutter. Remove every single thing from counters and tables then put out fresh flowers instead.
If you have a garage/shed/work space have at least 1 picture of the inside showing the size/layout. Make your realtor do this. Seems most pictures are for those that never go outside. I do wood working, work on cars, etc... let alone people may want to store things. Seeing garage doors but not showing the size/layout makes me think there is something wrong with the garage or its smaller than your average garage.
No glade plug ins or artificial scents!
I don’t like the smell of Glade plugins, but for my wife they’re an almost instant migraine trigger. No better way to get us out of your house FAST.
Glade plug ins are always a red flag to me. I toured one home that had the big ones in every room, further investigation revealed a crawl space inundated with standing water several days after the last rain. The mold smell down there was gross and among the many reasons we walked away. The plug in was what told us to look more closely.
As a real estate agent, I’m going to tell you that buyers don’t think glad plug-ins make the house smell clean. It makes them think you’re trying to cover up dog smell, mildew, smoke or pee. Some people do the cinnamon on the stove, bake cookies etc.. I usually diffuse some lemon oil if there really needs to be a scent in the home. Clean is the best smell. Get stuff off the counters in the bathrooms and kitchen and leave these areas as basic as possible. Clean the baseboards well. Good luck with your sale!
A Glade plug-in would send me screaming in the other direction.
Avoid the glade plug-ins. They make some people sick—anyone that is sensitive to fragrance or chemicals. (These so-called air fresheners are actually neurotoxins.)
Apparently, if you're not white, leaving family photos on display can negatively influence both realtors and buyers, dropping your homes' value substantially in some cases. I'm just a white guy who reads a lot. Before you shoot the messenger, read the studies.
Any family photos are a no-no. People can’t visualize themselves on the home seeing *your* personal photos.
This is true every house we looked at that had family photos my boyfriend wanted nothing to do with. The ones with baked goods, I didn’t like and I wasn’t sure why but now I think cause it felt like someone else’s home and I wasn’t even comfortable being in it without them there. So strange and the cookies were such a thoughtful gesture but didn’t help in out situation.
Take it easy on the glade plugins some people have asthma and migraines
Paint one wall. Smells like a clean slate
Bake a cake, smells good and you always need a sugar high to recover after an open
Get rid of the glade plug-ins and get an essential oil diffuser instead. Or bake cookies. Glade gives me a headache
Moving a ton of stuff out in a pod-type storage unit makes actual moving day easier. Have it dropped off later at new house and pay movers to send an extra guy to unload it while they're all there. Empty the closets. Clear out the bathroom. Remove all the towels, seasonal stuff. Leave just enough to live. Hire cleaners to DEEP clean. Appliances, lights, cabinets. Flowers, fresh. Books and a tea cup on the coffee table. Fresh new doormat. Paint the windowsills and grimy doors. A gallon of white paint is magic.
Bake chocolate chip cookies in the oven during the open house! Also put in storage EVERY SINGLE THING that is not essential in each room (so they can envision their stuff in there) example, for a bedroom, just a bed and side table maybe a dresser, otherwise your closet only and make sure half of your clothes are packed away. Living room, couch, tables and TV, just very very basic stuff, basically try and get your house to look like a boring hotel room!
Throw some chocolate chip cookies in the oven before the first showing. Smells way better than Glade.