Tips For Keeping A Journal Of Your Home Before Placing It For Sale

There are many things to take into consideration before you try to sell your home. You may wonder about the local market and put a lot of effort into choosing just the right real estate agent to suit your needs.

One thing that you should also consider is making a journal of your house for the future home buyer. Although such a thing won't add direct value to your home, it can increase its appeal for home buyers and capture their imagination and appreciation. Here are some tips for keeping a journal of your home before placing it for sale.

Tip #1: Make It Personable

Since it is being created for the future home buyer, your house journal should be entirely focused on the house itself, not the lives you and your family enjoyed when it was your home. You want the new home buyer to feel as though it is their special home, not one that is shared.

However, you should very much make the house journal personable. Be sure to write a warm introduction to the home journal in which you write your own thoughts about the house from the perspective of someone who can offer the new home buyer insights from your own experience. You may also write personal notes throughout the journal when you have things you think a future home owner would want to know.

Tip #2: Share Lots of Details

Be detailed in your home journal. Include things that you may think are basic. Assume that the home buyer doesn't have any information about your house. You may choose to write your house's exact address with extended zip code. Other details you may want to write in the house journal include the following facts.

• The dates when you moved into your home.
• The dates you know when any previous owners moved in and out of the house.
• Brand names and exact colors of paints used in the home.
• The dates when repairs or improvements were made.
• Details on all repairs you made to the home.
• Trusted vendors who have worked on your home.

Customize the journal to anything special and unique about your home. Help it shine by telling the story of all the love and work you have put into the house before the home buyer receives it.

Finally, if you know that you are planning to eventually sell your home, it is a good idea to get started with the journal now. The longer you have kept the journal, the more you offer potential home buyers. Follow these tips to keep a great journal of your home.