Steps to Ensuring your Home is Safe During Showings

By -

 Selling a home at the Lake of the Ozarks is an exciting experience, but one of the concerns that we hear often is about home safety. "How secure is my home during the showings?" Your home is your castle, and as such it holds valuables and memories alike, so wanting to ensure it is secure during the showings as strangers tour your home only makes sense. At the Fran Campbell Team, we understand the importance of protecting your home during showings, this is why we take diligent precautions to ensure the safety of your home during these viewings. In this week's blog, we will give our expert advice on how to safely show your Lake of the Ozarks home.

Depersonalizing Your Home

The first and most essential step in safely showing your home is to depersonalize it, for two key reasons. First, you allow buyers to envision building their lives in your home, rather than distracting them with personal family photos and memorabilia. Secondly, your valuables are no longer in the home, minimizing the risk of theft and allowing the home to be effectively marketed online without exposing potentially dangerous information across the web.

Locking Away Valuables

While this may seem obvious, we like to reiterate it in case there was something overlooked during the packing process. Locking away your valuables such as jewelry, firearms, antiques, and the like are surefire ways to reduce the likelihood of theft and future break-ins. While most people have good intentions and wouldn't steal, it's better to be safe than sorry when showing your home.

Securing Confidential Information

After locking away any valuables, it's also wise to go back through your home to ensure that any personal or confidential information is out of visibility. While most people that tour your home have a genuine interest in purchasing, some may take these tours as an opportunity to case your home. When you have your valuables and confidential information stored away and out of sight you are minimizing any enticing factors that these types of people would be looking for, thus making your home unappealing to theives.

Only Allow Scheduled Showings

Maintaining control of who is allowed to come and go through your home while it's listed is another important security measure. When your home is listed, your likely to have a "for sale" sign posted in the front of the property to attract passersby. This can tempt people to stop by unannounced, thinking that they will be able to get a quick tour of your home at a moment's notice. While it can be tempting to accept, as you want to see activity for your listed home, it's advised to politely decline these requests. Simply stating, "Sorry, now isn't a great time, but if you'd like to schedule a touring with my real estate agent," and offer them their business card, most inquisitive buyers will happily make an appointment. 

Choosing the Fran Campbell Team!

While all of these safety precautions are essential for ensuring the security of your home during showings, there is one option that can conveniently & efficiently show your Lake home, and that is to hire a professional real estate team at the Lake of the Ozarks. Our team of real estate experts take diligent security and safety measures with every transaction we take on. So, if you're looking to sell your home at the Lake of the Ozarks the Fran Campbell Team has the experience and passion to get it done and get it done right.


Contact the Fran Campbell Team to get your home SOLD!
Location: Osage Beach, MO 65065, USA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Declutter Your Home Like a Pro!

By MSW -
Image
Once you decide that it's time to  sell your home at the Lake of the Ozarks , one of the first things you will need to do is get your home ready to show to your potential buyers. You won't want to wait until after you put your home on the market to start cleaning and getting your home organized because you could have showings right away. Clutter and an unorganized house will put off your buyers because it's hard to focus on the unique features of your home when you have clutter everywhere. Not sure where to start on decluttering your home? Read on for some expert tips from the  Fran Campbell Team ! Set Goals The thought of decluttering your home can be overwhelming. Where do you even start? Making a plan and setting goals will help you stay focused and be efficient in decluttering your home. Start with a list or map of all the rooms and specific areas that need tackling. Then prioritize them by which area needs the most work. Set goals for when you want each area completed
Read more

5 Kitchen Upgrades that'll Improve Your Home's Value & Marketability!

By MSW -
Image
Are you thinking about  selling your Lake of the Ozarks home  in the near future? If you are, have you thought about making a few updates before you list? Sometimes the difference between selling your home quickly and not is making a few updates to appeal to your modern buyer. A great room to start in is your kitchen! The kitchen is generally one of the most criticized rooms and today, our team of  real estate agents at the Lake of the Ozarks  have a few suggestions for things to consider updating in your kitchen that could increase the value and draw in more potential buyers. 1. Backsplash A tile backsplash is all the rage right now. "Backsplash" refers to tiling the area of the wall above the countertop and below the cabinets above it. Modern kitchens use the backsplash to bring out certain colors in the decor scheme and accent surrounding features. Feel free to make your backsplash the color of your counters, your cabinets, your walls, your floors, or a unique collage mixi
Read more

Fran Campbell Team Attends RE/MAX Mid-States Success Celebration!

By -
Image
Fran Campbell Johnson, RE/MAX Lake of the Ozarks, was honored at the RE/MAX Mid-States Success Celebration in Kansas City on February 26, 2009, with the Platinum Club Award for 2008. The award honors successful agents who have earned at least $250,000 in commissions in the past year. In 2008, only 4% of the RE/MAX network achieved this prestigious award. The RE/MAX Mid-States Region is comprised of Arkansas, Kansas, Western Missouri, and Oklahoma and currently has 1,964 active realtors. On March 5, 2008, at the RE/MAX International Convention held in Las Vegas, NV, Fran was also honored with the “RE/MAX Hall of Fame Award” during the “Night of the Stars” Awards Ceremony. The “Hall of Fame Award”, which honors successful agents who have earned more than $1 million in commissions during their careers with the company. Fran Campbell Johnson has been working in the real estate industry for more than 20 years and joined RE/MAX Lake of the Ozarks in May of 2004. Winning these awards are a tr
Read more