What should I do before listing my Coquitlam home?

Work from the outside in, and start earlier than feels necessary — most of what adds value takes weeks, not days. Declutter and depersonalise first, because it costs nothing and it changes how large the rooms read. Then handle the small deferred repairs: the sticking door, the cracked switch plate, the tap that drips. Buyers price those as a proxy for how the rest of the house was maintained.

After that comes presentation. Kristy’s background is in staging, so the usual sequence is a staging consultation, then preparation and any furniture or paint changes, and only then photography — professional photos, video and a floor plan, once the house is actually ready to be photographed. Doing it in the other order is the most common and most expensive mistake, because the listing photos are what most buyers decide on before they ever book a showing.