MLS Home-Selling Tips: 25 Things Buyers Can Find Wrong in your House that Will Cost Tens of Thousands of Dollars – The Wilding Team

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MLS Tips: 25 Things Buyers Can Find Wrong in your House that Will Cost Tens of Thousands of Dollars - The Wilding TeamMLS Home-Selling Tips by The Wilding Team — Homebuyers are incredibly savvy—and so are their agents. This means that they are all actively scrutinizing your home, looking for signs of damage and things that need to be fixed.

These, often small, issues can bring down the MLS price of your home—but if you take care of them before selling your home you can fix them for significantly less than it would cost you to have them discovered by a potential homebuyer.

Here are 25 things that buyers actively look for in your home—that could cost you tens of thousands of dollars if not taken care of.

MLS Home-Selling Tips

1. Leaky faucets: ensure no faucets leaks

2. Dirty or stained broadloom (installed carpets)

Brampton homes for sale by The Wilding Team -- roof damage

3. Laminate flooring with gaps or spaces

4. Broken ceramic tiles

5. Aluminum wiring will often result in an electrical safety inspection being done, so you 6. may want to have one done prior to listing your house

7. Bad paint jobs

8. Damaged wall(s)/drywall

9. Broken windows

10. Visual damage on a roof, like curling or missing shingles

11. Damaged driveways that have holes, warps, cracks, dents, ditches, etc.

12. Damaged garage doors and broken garage door openers (better to have no garage 13. door opener than a broken or faulty one)

14. Chipped bath tubs and other porcelain or otherwise damaged bathtubs

15. Dirty grout and caulking

Brampton homes for sale by the wilding team -- dirty caulking16. Leaky basements

17. Signs of water damage

18. Signs of mould (including the scent)

19. Old doors and windows that aren’t energy efficient

20. Poorly-kept pool, like damaged liner

21. Fences not in good condition—especially ones that are falling over

22. Old cabinetry

23. Chipped/stained/burned kitchen counters

24. Old furnaces (they need inspecting to show if they have been maintained, clean and in good condition)

25. Permit for any additions, like deck, sunrooms or other structures on the outside o the house


All of these are more reasons to MLS list your home with The Wilding Team—because what else don’t you know about selling your home that could cost you thousands?

A great place to start is to download our homebuyer’s guide!