Real Estate Feng Shui: 6 Simple Secrets to Selling Your House

Sell Your Property Quicker with These Easy Feng Shui Tips

1.  Clear Clutter

Feng shui tip #1: clear clutter…everywhere! Simply opening an outdoor storage space and spying a bunch of old mops or dusty soccer trophies can undermine someone’s interest in your home. On the other hand, when every nook and cranny of your home is empty, or (if you still live there) contains nothing but things that you love, need, and will use again, people can look forward to, and actually see themselves having, an easy, breezy, and 100% positive move-in experience. This one feng shui tip can make all the difference.

2.  Remove Family Pictures

If you’re still living in the house, here’s another feng shui secret for you: store personal photos rather than displaying them. This works in a number of ways. First, it’s an affirmation that you’ll be leaving soon and begins to move your personal energy out of the space, which creates the space for someone new to enter. It also allows the potential home buyers to more easily envision the home as theirs, rather than causing them to feel that they’re encroaching on your territory. And as we learned in the first example, a great feng shui strategy for selling a home successfully is all about the potential home buyers’ ability to perceive, in a positive light, their future in the space.

3.  Pay Attention to the Front Door

In feng shui, the front door is the all-important first impression. In no small way, it sets the tone for someone’s entire experience of your house. That’s why you want to make absolutely sure it doesn’t squeak or stick. Repair it, give it a paint job, shine the door knob, or do whatever else it needs in order to sparkle. You might also want to invest in a new doormat and make sure any plants around the entrance are vibrantly healthy.

4.  Have Prominent, Attractive Address Numbers

Ideally, we want the house hunters to arrive in a joyful, dreamy, “the world is my oyster” sort of mood. And knowing this feng shui secret can help with this! If the address numbers are not easily visible, your prospective buyers might have trouble finding the place and arrive annoyed, harried, or confused. Needless to say, none of these feelings (even if only felt slightly) lend themselves to falling in love with a house. In addition to making sure that your numbers are visible, make sure they’re attractive and elegant. If they’re slanting downward, rearrange them so that they’re horizontal or slanting upward, both of which will cause them to impart a more solid, trustworthy, and uplifting feeling.

5.  Diffuse a Pleasing Scent

Good feng shui is about pleasing the senses! So it’s a good idea to diffuse an all-natural, universally non-offensive aroma such as vanilla, spearmint, or peppermint. Simply purchase a bottle of essential oil and, just before the viewing, place a few drops in an essential oil diffuser or pot of steaming hot water.

6.  Pay Close Attention to Detail

Finally, good feng shui is about details! Although no one may consciously notice that you swept the doorstep or shined the knobs on the kitchen cupboards, attention to tiny little details like these positively affects the overall home viewing experience exponentially.

Are you also looking for a house to buy? Try this ritual to find and obtain the perfect space.

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