You've probably made a list of things to do around the house if you're getting ready to sell your house. Remove any clutter from your rooms, paint the walls, and repair any damaged or worn items.
When preparing a home to sell, it's obvious that enhancing the aesthetic appeal is critical. However, there is one extremely crucial chore to add to your to-do list: ensuring that your home has a pleasing scent.
Follow these guidelines on scents to use and avoid to help sell your home.
1. Start with a deep clean.
Cleaning your home when prepping it for sale means scrubbing the nooks and crannies of all hard surfaces until they shine, as well as washing or vacuuming all fabric items, such as bedding and drapes. This heavy-duty cleaning approach should eliminate minor unwanted odors and introduce a clean, refreshing scent throughout each room.
2. Eliminate food and pet odors.
Whether you’re a cat lover or a gourmand, you may no longer notice the odors from pets or cooked food in your home. But for a potential buyer, these smells are at the very least distracting, and in some cases may even be offensive. Remember, buyers, are there to view your home and — hopefully — to imagine themselves living in it. You don’t want them focusing on any unwanted odors.
3. Keep it fresh and simple.
Whether you choose to introduce a scent via reed diffuser, candle, or fresh ingredients, make sure no other scent is mixed with it. Lemon should not be mixed with orange, for example. This will allow your potential home buyer to stay focused on the task at hand.
4. Less is more.
Introducing a simple scent to your home-staging efforts doesn’t necessarily mean you can drench the home in that one smell. Remember, less is more: You want potential buyers to appreciate the home, not be bowled over by an overwhelming smell of lemons.
5. Let the scent reflect the space.
Finally, select a scent that is appropriate for the general environment and aesthetic of the home. For example, if you have a lot of wooden beams and walls, cedar might enhance the ambiance. Likewise, if you’re near the beach, go for something fresh.
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