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Get ready, moving day is right around the corner!
Get ready, moving day is right around the corner!
Follow these exact steps for the smoothest experience possible:
Pre-listing Seller Homework:
Pre-listing Seller Homework:
(What to do before we put your home on the public market)
(What to do before we put your home on the public market)
Save Dan's contact information into your phone here with this V-Card link. Just click save contact. Click Here
Complete this form, for your utility averages, trash, recycle, and more link: Click Here
Need help with basic fix ups and random repairs? Let Dan know and he'll start a concierge request through Orchard. One of the Concierge team members will come to your home to assess what needs to be done and provide us a quote for each repair item. Sometimes, the team will hire a photographer to take pictures of the home also.
*If you don't want to go through Orchard Concierge, please contact you're preferred contractor or one of these contractors for basic handyman, make ready type items:
David Piel with Hill Country Renovations, 512-429-3031, david@hillcountryrenovations.net, www.hillcountryrenovations.com
Need extra funds to complete repairs?
Please have your roofer contact inspect your roof upfront. Your future buyer will have a general inspection and typically if there are issues, will lead to a request for an insurance claim for the roof. If we can address the issues upfront, it could save you a headache, time, and money. Depending on the age of your roof, this may or may not be an issue, but it's always better to be safe than sorry. Here is my roofer and he will gladly come by and give us a report to share with buyers or a quote to repair whatever issues are discovered. Any reports or receipts that you may have regarding your roof will be helpful for better negotiation outcomes.
Jason McEntire with Priority Roofing, 512-522-1352, jasonmcentire@priorityroofs.com
Please have your HVAC (air condition tech) inspect your HVAC system upfront. When is the last time you've serviced your HVAC and can you please provide me a receipt? Again, your future buyer will have a general inspection and typically if there are issues, will lead to a request for a HVAC tech to service your unit. If we can address the issues upfront, it could save you another headache, time, and money. Here is my HVAC tech, if you don’t have one, and they will, for a fee, come by and give us a report to share with buyers or a quote to repair whatever issues are discovered and or go ahead and get the unit serviced and a written report or receipt of the work performed to share with the buyer.
Stan’s Heating and Cooling, 512-929-9393
If you have any signs of foundation problems, please have it checked out and ask for a report to provide to your new buyer.
Foundation companies only get paid if work is done, Structural Engineers will tell you exactly what's going on and then recommend what needs to be done
Foundation companies serving Austin and nearby areas:
Dura Pier Foundation Repair, 512-871-2725
Groundworks, 210-946-3665
Xpert Foundation Repair, 210-910-3276
OR with Structural Engineers who typically also work with various foundation companies:
Level Engineering: 512-200-8621, https://levelengineering.com/tx/structural-engineer-austin/?utm_campaign=gmb
Crosstown Engineering: 469-502-5977, https://crosstownengineering.com/about/
Higgins Designs: 708-715-9403, https://www.higgins-designs.com/services
Lineberger Consulting Engineers, 512-522-9197, https://engineer.as.me/schedule/dca542c7
Calculate your monthly holding costs and let Dan know what that number is, please. Just text or email Dan..., he needs this number on hand to do his job properly and to be able to give you accurate advice. Here is a handy guide
Email Dan a copy of your home entire survey with the seal included. Anything missing in the copy you send us, it will not be accepted. Please know our transaction coordinator will be contacting you to complete, what's known as a T-47 form, which will accompany your existing survey, if you can find it. The T-47 form must be filled out properly to cover you, in the event the survey you provided will NOT be accepted by the title company or your buyers mortgage company. So it's essential to complete the form accurately.
If you have done any improvements to your property like added a concrete slab, added a shed, added a pool or changed the fence line: DO NOT put "none" in the section for changes.
Instead, list the changes and draw on the copy of your survey approximately where those changes are now.
If you get sent form that already says “none”, but you need to add improvements, please kindly email back the transaction coordinator whatever improvements that need to be added and they will update the form and send it back to you, for your electronic signature.
Close Up Survey Example: (The more accurate we are, the more likely the title co and buyer's mortgage lender will be to approve your existing survey, which will help out in your negotiations)
Close Up Survey Example: (The more accurate we are, the more likely the title co and buyer's mortgage lender will be to approve your existing survey, which will help out in your negotiations)
10. If your tax SqFt is inaccurate, it's advisable to purchase a SqFt report, so we can market your home with the accurate SqFt. Most appraisal companies will do this service, but some will not.
1. Access Appraisal Group, 512-944-0323, austinappraisalgroup@gmail.com
11. Consider your first impressions. The essentials. Please read this page
12. Consider the seller mega list review. Please read this page
***Keep in mind, PRICE = CONDITION
👀 Reminder Video: Click here to watch
13. Cheap fence renewal process: Click here to watch
*For general cleaning, algae, or mold on a wood fence, mix a solution of 1 part household bleach to 3 to 5 parts water (a 25% to 16% bleach ratio). For heavier mildew and graying, a 50/50 ratio can be used. Cover any plants you want to keep with plastic or run a large piece of cardboard while spraying each section of the fence. Also, you'll be working with bleach so cover up everywhere and wear clothes you don't really care about messing up.
Pump Sprayer options at Amazon
14. After you've done everything you're willing to do, we need to pick a price, if you haven't already done so. Sometimes seller clients sign representation documents with a starting asking price of "to be determined". If this is you, we need to discuss and pick a price that will cause your home to sell within the next 30 days. We will also need to sign a amendment to the listing agreement to sign off on this price. Please read this page. Keep in mind, it's best to do the repairs and updates fist rather than later. First impressions matter to your buyer pool. Once we've hit the market, and no offers come in, it's much harder to defend the starting asking price or a higher price, should you decide to do repairs or updates, after we've gone "for sale" publicly. Again, please read this entire page, it's a crucial component of our success.
15. After all repairs updates are done, and you've signed off on a price, now it's time to set up a time with Dan for the final photography after all items have been addressed that you are willing to address. Please see the photography checklist below for all of the things we'll need to do for the photographer:
Please read the Photography Checklist page
16. If you haven't already done so, please make two copies of your front door key or keys. One set will go in a digital lockbox on your front door and the other set will go in a combination lockbox placed somewhere on your property. In the event that a showing agent or other representative can not get into the digital lockbox, the combination lockbox will always work.
17. Sign Placement Guidelines for Your Yard
When it comes to positioning the sign in your yard, please ensure that you water your front yard, particularly the area designated for the “For Sale” sign. If you have a sidewalk, the sign should be placed in the yard area rather than the strip of grass next to the street.
If the ground is too dry and there is no accessible water source, such as a hose connected to your outdoor faucet, the placement of the sign may need to be postponed until this step is addressed.
18. If you have a lawn that is dead or has dead spots or you're selling your home in the Fall season, consider grass paint.
Here are several options at Amazon
The following pages are all a good read. While these links below - are not necessarily seller homework, setting the right expectation upfront is critical to understanding how negotiations begin and end. Everything starts with the showing of the home.
The following pages are all a good read. While these links below - are not necessarily seller homework, setting the right expectation upfront is critical to understanding how negotiations begin and end. Everything starts with the showing of the home.
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