The Secret to A Successful Home Sale

This post is a guest blog from a recent client who sold her Avon home with The Castetter Group.


We recently put our house on the market and I was terrified. Terrified because I have two young children (ages 4 and less than a year) and keeping the house "show ready" with the littles running around wasn't going to be fun. Also, we had the smallest house in the neighborhood, so it was going to be a challenge finding the right buyer.

I knew logically I had no reason to be so scared. It's a sellers market right now. Inventory is low, so our chances for a home sale were high!

We sold our home after just 7 showings spaced over two weekends.

Several months before we put our house on the market, we invited Chris Castetter over to discuss ways to make our home ready for sale. We wrote down his suggestions and got to work.

Believe me, we didn't love spending money on a home we were trying to get rid of, if you will. We got new carpet and updated all of our kitchen appliances. New refrigerator, new stove, new washing machine and new vent hood. We took down all of our family photos nailed to the walls, fixed the holes and repainted several spaces. We also had some light fixtures to change out.

It wasn't cheap, but we sold our home quickly and we got a good return on our investment! We were very pleased with the offer we received.

The secret to a successful home sale is listen to your realtor. Most people want a "move in ready home" that isn't going to require any additional maintenance once they take possession. Sure, it was work, but now we aren't going to have to worry about being saddled with two mortgages.

We are so pleased with the work The Castetter Team did to help us sell our home quickly! We highly recommend them if you are looking to buy or sell!