Buying & Selling Home
Selling Your Home Checklist
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28 itemsPrepare, list, negotiate, close. This free selling your home checklist gives you a 28-item head start so nothing important slips through the cracks. it's been shaped by real families using it in real moments — the kind you don't get a second chance to prepare for. Use it as-is, or open it in Checkbloom to customise every item, share it with anyone by link (no account required on their end), and tick things off together in real time from any phone. When you're offline, changes queue and sync the moment you're back. Every Checkbloom template is free to preview and free to download as a PDF. Create a list from this template and share it with anyone by link — they can check items off in real time with no account or app download required.
Selling well is part presentation, part patience.
What's on the list
- Decide whether to sell with an agent or privately
- Interview three local agents before choosing
- Get a realistic market valuation
- Agree the listing price strategy
- Declutter every room thoroughly
- Deep clean including windows and grout
- Make small repairs that show poorly
- Touch up paint in high-traffic areas
- Improve curb appeal and front entry
- Stage key rooms for photos
- Hire a professional photographer
- Write the listing description carefully
- Plan how showings will work with family
- Keep the home showing-ready daily
- Review offers with your agent
- Negotiate counter-offers calmly
- Accept and sign the purchase agreement
- Cooperate with the buyer's inspection
- Negotiate any repair credits
- Order the survey and title work
- Coordinate with the mortgage payoff
- Plan the move-out timeline
- Forward mail and update addresses
- Cancel or transfer utilities
- Leave manuals and warranties for buyers
- Do the final walk-through clean
- Bring ID and documents to closing
- Hand over keys with a short note
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