Dress Your House for Success : 5 Fast, Easy Steps to Selling Your House, Apartment, or Condo for the Highest Possible Price!
Author: Sarah Parsons Zackheim, Martha Webb
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ISBN: 0517888440
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (25 March, 1997)
Sales Rank: 4,215
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
If your house is for sale, buy this book
I did and I made $66k MORE than I thought I would. I did everything I possibly could right down to how I folded my towels and sheets in the closets and decorating, that's right, decorating my outdated pantry to look quaint instead of old. My family said "we can't live like this" and I told them this isn't for living, this is for marketing! My husband was unemployed and I am a housewife so the only way I could generate income for my family was by maximizing my profit from my home. I did, with this book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Disappointment...
I bought this book after reading the rave reviews and editorial, as I'm in the process of selling a home for the first time, and renovating 2 apartments to rent. I thought it would contain helpful tips on getting far better prices. Wrong! This book should have been called "Cleaning for Dummies, Lazy Teens & Completely Clueless Adults". It contains nothing but common-sense and the obvious. The first 3 sections are insultingly simplistic, i.e., "the buyer will see your clutter", "clean the stove", a list for cleaning ("sponges, bucket, glass cleaner"). If you have to read that broken tiles, whether on the floor or bath, should be replaced prior to showing your home, and that you need to clean the windows, wash down cabinets and tighten loose doorknobs, I'm afraid that you have far worse problems than selling your home!
Section 4 basically tells you not to paint your kitchen orange and yellow, or your bedroom pink, but rather paint everything white, as a base for a buyer to use for "their" color, and so as not to distract from key features.
The 5th and last section is still more from the "Dummies" series... "don't display empty flowerboxes, put fresh flowers on the table, serve coffee, don't have blank walls yet don't display provocative, political or religious items, clear debris." I now know that I can make a living as a writer, with little effort, as this one does.
Basically, if you've ever rented a white-wall/beige-rug apartment in a complex, that's the look to which she's aspiring, perhaps adding a few no-controversy items from a mid-range hotel lobby, like a simple wreath or inobtrusive floral display...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Why wait until you're going to sell?
I have no immediate plans to sell my house, but I bought this book anyway. I'm following the author's suggestions and I'm very pleased with the results. If I need to move, I'll already have myself positioned to list my house quickly. If I stay where I am, I will still have a nicer looking home. By taking care of the small things now, I won't have as much stress down the road.
Don't think that dressing your house for success is "fast" process, as the title implies. Some of us just don't have the time to get everything done in a short time frame. Still, this book has a lot to offer, and when I'm ready to sell I'll be very glad I read it.
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