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Real Estate - Selling Your Home Is Indeed A Family Affair
Getting ready to sell your home is a very hard task. Getting ready to sell your home, tidy up inside and out and get yourself emotionally geared for this sale is even harder when you have to deal with small children. It is hard enough just to pack up your own stuff, but to pack up theirs, when they are there, and keep them busy, is a daunting task.
We all know that a clean, tidy, and well-kempt home will sell much more quickly than one that is out of sorts, dirty and messy. Stuff needs to be thrown away big-time and not only just packed up to be taken to a new place. Throwing out your own things brings tearful moments, but, as big people, we somehow find the necessary emotional push to accomplish this ordeal. However, when it comes to throwing out "blankie", or that favorite beat-up, dirty rag doll that has been through the mud, it is not even easy for you. But, it is even harder for the small child. That old doll has become the most cherished article that the child owns and if he or she knows that you are going to trash it, a tantrum is sure to follow. So what does a grown-up do?
One of the first thoughts on how to handle this is to allow the child to become part of the clean-up process by 'tidying up' his stockpile of toys. Once the child is involved in putting his cherished things in his toy chest, you can gingerly start removing those items that should no longer be kept. Hopefully, your child will be so involved in helping make the room neat and tidy, that he will not be aware of what you are doing.
Children are like adults. We do not like to part with our stuff. But we all have to. The only real difference between the big people and the little people is that we have learned that it is a good thing to get rid of the old to make room for the new. Or, put in other words, to allow for the room to keep the good stuff that will stay with us and move to our new residence. If the child is made to feel that he is really a part of the grander plan, he or she will more willingly help clear out the junky stuff. Let the child help you clear out some of your junky stuff also. We teach by example. When the child is allowed to see us doing the right thing, then there is the chance that the child will follow our good example and not be overly upset about getting rid of his or her most cherished, wonderful toys.
When there are people viewing your neat and tidy home, let your child(ren) do their normal activities. If they enjoy and are used to painting rocks at 3 in the afternoon sitting at the kitchen table, let them do that. In this way, they are happy and out of the way of the Realtor and prospective buyers. Also, you know where they are and you also know that they are used to this activity. Because of this, it should go rather smoothly. Just keep the area neat and be sure to clean up any mess that is made. In doing this, keeping the place neat, clean and tidy and the kids happy, then selling your home should not be that much of the emotional upheaval that you might have expected!
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