28 min readAs you get ready to sell your parents’ mid-century home, you may feel pressure to “modernize” before listing. But don’t!
What should you do to get ready to sell a house built in the mid-century era – a house built back in the 1950’s or 60’s?
Should you rip out a tired kitchen? Quickly tear off that old, beat up siding and replace it with some easy care vinyl?
No, please don’t.
One of the saddest things that can happen to a mid-century house is that the current owners jump into a bunch of unnecessary repair work right before they sell it in the misguided idea that that’s what future owners will want.
Don’t make un-necessary changes
Instead, let me make your life easier. Do less. Because there is someone out there searching for your parents’ time capsule house.
Here’s a checklist of how to get the house ready to catch that person’s attention…and then move on with your life.
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