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Remember that a home that looks well kept will create favourable impressions. Make sure you cut the grass or shovel the sidewalk as the season requires. Plan on doing a little spot painting to perk up problem areas, oil squeaking hinges, tighten loose screws, and all the other little things that show an Oakville home is cared for.
Then it's time to start promoting. Your Oakville real estate agent is the expert here, and can advise you what marketing techniques will be used to promote your event. Whether it’s direct mail, advertising in The Oakville Beaver, or website promotion, your representative will effectively promote your event. However, you can add to the process by partnering in the promotion too. Post notices on bulletin boards in supermarkets, libraries or community centers. Any way that you can spread the word will add to the results.
For your Open House day, your representative will also counsel you on how to present your home to its best advantage. Leaving on all the lights, having a fire burning in the fireplace, soft background music playing, and coffee brewing all add to the ambience and make a welcoming impression. But as any Oakville real estate agent will tell you, the best thing that you can do to make your open house a success is to get out and stay out! All joking aside, you'll get better results when your visitors feel free to poke about, linger, and ask very direct questions of myself, your Oakville real estate agent. If you're present, they'll feel more constrained, and I may not even get an opportunity to identify any concerns they may have, and attempt to offer them options and solutions. So pack up the dog and the kids, and enjoy your day away trust me to do the job right. After all, I'm the expert!
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