Julie Campbell Home Mortgage Loans Brigham City Utah

Home Mortgage Loans

  • Home
  • About
    • About Julie
    • Privacy Policy
  • Mortgage Info.
    • First Time Home Seller Tips
    • First Time Home Buyer Tips
    • Closing Costs
    • Home Appraisal
    • Home Inspection
    • Interest Rates
    • Loan Checklist
    • Loan Process
    • Loan Programs
    • Mortagage Glossary
    • Mortgage FAQ
  • Apply
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
You are here: Home / Archives for clutter

5 Simple Ways To Declutter Your Home

January 30, 2012 by Julie Campbell

Declutter your home to help it sell fasterWhen a home is listed for sale, its “clutter” can be the difference between a rapid sale and no sale at all.

Clutter, in its strictest sense, is defined as anything untidy; or in a disorderly state. In real estate, the term is broadened to include unnecessary furniture pieces; unwieldy artwork or collections; stacks of papers and/or magazines; and anything that otherwise restricts the open flow of a home’s floor plan.

In other words, clutter is anything that distracts from your home’s natural footprint.

As a home seller in Hooper , understanding how your home’s clutter can affect a buyer is paramount to helping your home sell faster, and at a higher contract price.

First, there’s the psychological angle. A potential home buyer may see clutter and think “mess”. Few people want to buy a house they find messy or otherwise disorganized.

Second, there’s the practical angle. A home that appears full of “things” also appears as if its lacking in storage space. This, too, can turn off buyers.

When you list your home for sale, here are basic tips to de-clutter your home. Some of this advice may not be practical with respect to your home, in particular, so make sure to ask your real estate agent for follow-up help.

  1. In each room, remove photos, trophies, plaques and other personal items on display.
  2. Remove large collections such as dolls, cars, miniature cans, and the like.
  3. Remove worn throw rugs
  4. Remove items from kitchen countertops, including small appliances
  5. Remove items from bathroom countertops

You should also consider removing distinctive artwork from your walls, or replacing pieces with items that are more bland.

The over-reaching goal of de-cluttering is to depersonalize and neutralize your home so a buyer can visualize himself/herself living there. De-cluttering your home can also make your home appear larger, accentuating the features of each room. 

It’s no wonder that minimally-cluttered homes tend to have a wider appeal among buyers.

Filed Under: Around The Home Tagged With: clutter, Home Sales, Listing

Got Junk? How to Tame an Unruly Cluttered Garage

November 26, 2011 by Mikel Erdman

Your garage seemed innocent enough when you first moved in to your home, but now it has grown into a cluttered jungle of junk which Junk in Garagehaunts your dreams.

It begins as a covered space to park your car, but your garage soon becomes a dumping ground for any odd objects and a place to store the odd few tools and things that didn’t fit in the house.

Broken lawn furniture, toys that your kids haven’t played with in years, tangled webs of garden hoses, half-finished DIY projects, garbage bags of clothes that you meant to donate to charity, and that hammer you borrowed from your neighbor are all stacked precariously in dusty corners.

It’s getting to the point where you can barely even squeeze the car in, and something needs to be done.

Taming a garage that has gone out of control is a big job, but if you have some helping hands and a day or do to dedicate to the task, you can hack your way through the mess and turn it into a space that works for you.

Get Rid of the Junk

The very first step is to get rid of anything that doesn’t need to be in your garage in the first place. Although it is tempting to hold onto stuff for sentimental reasons, be brutal in your elimination of junk.

Is it broken and not worth fixing? Throw it away. Have you not used it in the last year? Give it away or sell it. Is it something you borrowed from a neighbor? Give it back.

Keep only the tools and other items that you really need and use often. It is much easier to organize your belongings if you have less of them.

Once you have removed everything out of the garage, this is a great opportunity to give everything a good sweep and scrub so that you have a clean space to work with.

Create a New System for Storage

If you want your newly clean garage to stay clean, you need to create an organized storage system for keeping everything tucked away where it should be. For example, you can get a pegboard for the wall where you can mount rakes, brooms, tools, and hoses neatly without taking up floor space.

If you often work on projects, bring in a table or a cart to work on with drawers for storing your supplies and tools. Keep seasonal gear or other objects in sturdy plastic tubs. You can even get special hooks for bikes and kayaks so that they can be stored hanging from the ceiling.

Congratulations, you have transformed your savage and untamed garage into a practical and efficient storage space!

Filed Under: Home Care Tips Tagged With: clutter, donate, garage, Home Care, Organization tips, organize

Next Page »
Julie Campbell

Contact Julie

Loan Officer


Intercap Lending
Brigham City, UT
Call (801) 388-6732
Personal NMLS# 299573
Download the Homebuyer App

Connect with Me

How can I help?

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Perfect Listing Presentation

Categories

Quick Links

  • Accessibility Statement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Licensing
  • Complaints
  • About Julie
Equal Housing Lender
Intercap Lending NMLS# 190465
• nmlsconsumeraccess.org

Our Location


112 N Main
Brigham City, UT 84302

Copyright © 2023 · Powered by MySMARTblog

Copyright © 2023 · Genesis Sample Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in