3 Tips for Selling Your Home During Winter Months

The winter season may statistically point to slower home sales, but that doesn’t mean you need to wait until spring to find the perfect buyer. Motivated buyers will brave the cold and find time between hectic holiday plans to look at your home. With these winter home selling tips, you can help your home stand out when the weather outside is frightful.

Create a Cozy Space

The biggest overall impediment to selling a residential property in the winter is the impact the cold, dreary weather will have on its first impression with buyers. That’s why your top priority when staging your home should be highlighting warm, cozy elements — a little holiday decor can also liven up the space. Remember to set the thermostat to a comfortable temperature. Your home should be toasty, dry but not too dry, free from draftiness and devoid of any muck or mess or melting slush tracked in on boots. Make it easy for your buyers to visualize your home as a cozy reprieve from winter, and it will sell itself.

Let in Lots of Light

Warmth, both in temperature and interior design, will help make buyers feel at home. Make liberal use of natural lighting and fixtures on the warmer side to create a contrast from the dreary outdoors. It’s possible to overdo it with uncomfortably harsh lighting, but a properly lit living space with warm color temperature lighting in the winter will highlight your home’s best features and can even make the space look larger. This is solid advice throughout the year; even in spring, you don’t want cool white lighting in a property you’re hoping to sell.

Shovel the Snow

If you’re not living on the property, shoveling may not be at top of mind. But maintaining the landscape is key to keeping up its curb appeal, even when it’s grey and dreary out. What’s more, you don’t want potential buyers to have to trek through the snow to reach your front door. Unshoveled snow is not just an eyesore; it can also pose a liability issue if someone trips or slips on the way in. Carefully shovel out your sidewalks and walkways so that the snow makes your property look like a winter wonderland. On that note, your listing can include photos from the spring and summer so buyers can see what your property looks like when it’s not covered in snow.

Choose Coakley Realty To Warm Up a Frosty Selling Season

Selling a home in the winter is a challenge, but it isn’t insurmountable. With careful attention to detail and warm, cozy accents, your home will stand out to buyers who are still shopping for a home in the winter. If you’re looking for a further edge in moving your property even when the market goes cold, let the experts at Coakley Realty offer our assistance and help you find the perfect buyer at the perfect price.

Contact Coakley Realty now to learn more about our services or to discuss the possibilities for your property in Montgomery County.