Home Sellers: Prepare Your Home for Sale in a Cool Market with Fire

Across the country homes are taking longer to sell. Iflarge enough to become the focal point of an
you have a home for sale, you might considerotherwise ordinary backyard.There's also a propane
making a few changes to attract buyers in theversion of that type of firepit available with molded
cooling real estate market. Not only is the marketlogs that appear to be burning. This fire enhancement
cooling, so will the weather. It may feel hot to youalso features the same easy cleanup as the
right now, but in a few weeks, the evenings will getpropane-powered terra cotta unit, since no solid
chilly.Home sellers who stage their homes takematerial actually burns.There are a number of firepit
advantage of advanced sales techniques. One of therings available that can be customized any way you
most popular home upgrades today is the addition ofwant, depending only upon your imagination and
a backyard firepit or fireplace. There's somethingbudget. Generally, a custom firepit should be about 18
magical about sitting around the glow of a fire thatinches tall, to prevent sparks from escaping -- and
makes people feel great. That's one reason manypossibly ending up in your buyer's lap. A diameter of
people go camping, for the simple joy of sitting by a30 inches offers plenty of room for a nice-sized fire.
crackling campfire.Prepare for cool weather sellingStone or concrete blocks are generally used to
with a backyard fire. Besides a fireplace, you havesurround the firepit, though you could dress up the
many options. At the high end of the scale, you couldpit by using a more decorative stone, such as
get a propane type of unit that comes in a terraslate.Before you build a custom firepit, check codes
cotta vase-like container. These types of outdoorwith your building department or local fire
fireplaces come in a variety of styles and sizes, whichdepartment. In our area, it's easy to get a free
look good on any patio. Point out to home buyerspermit.Enchant your home buyers with an outdoor
that this fire feature has the added advantage offire. Find a fire feature to suit your home style and
requiring virtually no cleanup, since these fireplacestake advantage of this growing trend among
don't burn any solid matter.If your home wouldlandscape designers. Entice your buyers with a fire
benefit from the more rustic appeal of a firepit, youand invite them to stay longer connecting to your
have a number of choices, including one that featureshome. Light your fire, a few candles or torches, and
a copper cauldron. It's like putting your campfire in aserve warm drinks. Turn your backyard into a buyer's
large hand-hammered copper pot, measuring aboutdream with fire.
three feet across and two feet deep. Cauldrons are