Huntsville Real Estate - Eco Friendly Homes - 7 Selling Tips
February 6th, 2011Providing Eco Friendly Homes is one way Huntsville real estate home builders are gaining buyers in today's challenging market. But if you are planning to sell your Huntsville real estate, keep in mind that there are certain steps you will have to tackle to get your home ready, which involve attracting those environmentally friendly potential buyers that are becoming more prominent throughout the US (and the world).
With the emphasis on the environment in the last few years, you will want to make sure the cleaning and getting rid of the clutter will be done with the environment in mind. Here are a few tips to help you to get your eco friendly home in the best shape possible and doing it responsibly when it comes to protecting the world around us.
1. When getting your home spic and span, use green cleaners. They will not harm the environment and there will be no chemical odor lingering for prospective buyers to smell. Citrus based cleaners are natural deodorizers and your Huntsville real estate will be the freshest smelling house on the block.
2. The first thing recommended when it comes to getting your eco friendly home ready for viewing is to pick up everything that does not have to be in plain sight. Think about how much garbage goes into our landfills on a daily basis. There are many things that can be re-used. Before you decide to throw everything away, try and find new homes for the things that still have life left. Your personal belongings and anything you want to keep can be packed and put away. The home will be more buyer friendly if the prospective purchasers can picture their belongings there.
3. If your Huntsville real estate has been made energy efficient by using CFL bulbs or insulation that was added make sure this is known. Have you installed motion sensors in your light switches so they will automatically shut off if no motion is detected in the room? This and any other energy efficient steps you have taken should be known by prospective buyers.
4. The refreshments you offer for an open house or for prospective clients appointments can be eco friendly as well. This can be as simple as putting out filtered water rather than bottled. The snacks can be fruits rather than sugar-loaded sweets. Cloth napkins rather than paper ones are another way of showing you care about the environment.
5. Create a brochure with a few interesting photos and relevant information about your home. But make the brochures from recycled paper rather than printing them on regular paper. The brochure can contain points of interest in the area of your Huntsville real estate. A small notation on the back can ask that the brochure be recycled. By having a brochure that prospective buyers may take with them, your home will be easier to remember among all the ones they will be seeing.
6. Huntsville Realtors say the best smell in a home is one of fresh baked cookies. So many people bake cookies every time there will be a showing or an open house. This can use a lot of energy and there is a solution that will work just as well. There are organic candles that are scented with cinnamon and other ingredients that smell just as good as fresh baked cookies (well, almost) you can buy cookies that are already baked to put out for refreshments.
7. Another way of making your home as attractive as possible is to have a couple of live plants inside. Plants will clean the air in your home as well as add that 'touch of green' to make your Huntsville real estate stand out in the crowd. You do not have to overdo it and move the whole outdoors inside but a couple of plants will add to the ambiance in your home.
These are a few of the ways to be environmentally conscious when getting eco friendly homes ready to sell. Let's make an effort to make this city a top place to live for many, many more years to come!















