A manual to prepare your home for selling

"You never get a second chance at a first impression." While you prepare your house to sell, it should never be far from your mind. This manual gathers the whole pre-listing process in one place, so you can work through it in order.

Paperwork

• Title, survey certificate if you have one, and the property disclosure statement Nadia will help you complete.
• Warranties, manuals and receipts for recent work: roof, furnace, windows, appliances.
• For strata: the last two years of minutes, bylaws, depreciation report, financials, insurance summary and Form B. Order early.
• Mortgage statement, so you know your payout and any penalty.

Decisions

• Price, from the Comparative Market Analysis.
• Timing: when to list, when to hold open houses, preferred completion dates.
• Which improvements to make. Nadia's rule: fix what is broken, refresh what is dated cheaply, and do not renovate what a buyer will change anyway.

Preparation

• Outside: see the drive-up appeal guide.
• Inside: see the guide on preparing the inside of your home.
• Staging: partial or full, as Nadia recommends for your price band.
• Pre-listing inspection, on some homes, to surface issues before buyers do.

Launch

• Professional photography, floor plans and video once the home is ready.
• Listing goes live on the MLS® and everywhere buyers look, with a first-weekend open house.
• Showing routine in place from day one.

Then let Nadia run it

Marketing, showings, feedback, offers, negotiation, subject removal and completion. Your job is to keep the home show-ready and to make decisions with good information in front of you. That is what she provides.