When a potential buyer enters your house and sees many of features they want in their next home, you are on your way to making a sale. Not only that, but buyers usually have some idea of what it would cost them to add these features to the home. So if your home already has these features, their offer will usually be made quickly and also be close to, or even over, the listed sales price.
Feature #1: Gourmet Kitchen
Today, the kitchen is the heart of the home. And you don’t have to be a master chef to appreciate a well-appointed kitchen, with top of the line appliances, open shelving, a large island with additional seating, and multiple sinks. Food preparation is no longer considered to be a kitchen’s only function. The kitchen has also become an entertaining space where friends can gather and converse while the meal is being prepared. If a buyer doesn’t like the kitchen, he or she will probably pass on the house.
Feature #2: Home Theater/Media Room
Today’s tech-savvy buyers are interested in their next new home having a home theater/media room. This is a feature that becoming more and more common and more sough after. A home that includes a media room or home theater has a distinct edge on their competition and has a higher perceived value to potential buyers. A well-built media room should include an A/V receiver, a projector and theater screen, a speaker system, and a streaming media player.
Feature #3: Home Office
Because more and more people are working either full or part time from home these days, a dedicated home office has become increasingly sought after. This room should have natural lighting and doors that can be closed to stop interruptions caused by every day family life happening in the rest of the home. Besides a comfy office chair and desk, a home office should have additional seating that is comfortable and a high quality lamp or two to facilitate reading documents or looking at computer screens.
Feature #4: Smart Home Technology
Convenience is the name of the game. As the world becomes busier and busier, convenience grows in importance, especially to the tech-savvy homebuyer. These buyers are looking for everything from smart thermostats, to video doorbells, to smart kitchen appliances, to smart door locks, to even having window shades that can be controlled from their smartphones. It’s no longer “home sweet home”, it’s now “home smart home”.
Feature #5: Outdoor Living Space
Few things disappoint a homebuyer more than a lack of outdoor living space, some place where they can entertain family and friends. Whether this space is a deck (decks constructed with composite materials are preferred) or a patio doesn’t really matter. It’s just important that the space is there.
The whole idea here is to get your home listed for sale, get it sold and off the market quickly, while putting as much extra money as possible into your pocket. It’s important to understand what today’s homebuyers are seeking in their next new home.
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