| p>If you have a home that is known to be haunted | | | | residents. When their pets are summarily disinvited to a |
| and you want to sell it, you may be in for a challenge. | | | | residence, ghosts may well decide to pack their bags. |
| Some buyers have a strange dislike of ghosts, spirits, | | | | The interior of your haunted house is as important as |
| specters and any other paranormal phenomenon. You | | | | the exterior. Instead of the darkness and gloom that |
| could try an exorcism, but will it work? Some ghosts | | | | spirits flourish in, it's time for the white, yellow, blue and |
| may not be of the denomination of the religion you | | | | green with pops of red, orange and purple to come |
| choose to engage to evict them from your home. | | | | out and brighten things up. Strive after light, bright and |
| Some may even be atheists. However, hope is nigh; | | | | airy. Make sure the electrical system and the lights in |
| many of these helpful tips will aid you in making the | | | | your home are well-maintained and serviced. If there is |
| presence of your otherworldly roommates less | | | | a particular room causing you trouble, strip it to the |
| obvious. | | | | bones and start aggressively redecorating with lots of |
| First of all, the outer appearance of your home is going | | | | white paint and hard-to-kill houseplants. |
| to be the first impression that a buyer receives when | | | | It is best to put away all decorations involving armor, |
| he or she timidly tiptoes towards the door. Instead of | | | | weapons, odd books on how to butcher after dark, |
| the dark, forbidding atmosphere that encourages | | | | your voodoo doll collection and that mysterious curio |
| hauntings to proliferate, you should cultivate a modern, | | | | that you picked up out of a junk shop on your travels |
| well-kept appearance. In fact, completely transform the | | | | in rural China, despite the proprietor's incomprehensible |
| exterior with landscaping, new paint or siding and | | | | warning. Staging your home with a minimal amount of |
| different colors. Clear away the jagged, dead trees, | | | | furniture, fresh flowers and tasteful artwork of |
| especially those with a 'hanging branch'. Plant pansies | | | | landscapes and fruit bowls is the best way to confuse |
| and daisies instead of deadly nightshade. Rake the | | | | ghosts and make them wretchedly uncomfortable. |
| leaves. Paint the house a cheerful color like white or | | | | Minimizing the presence of ghosts on your haunted |
| yellow. Wash the windows. Replace the rusty iron | | | | property can be a challenge, but by renovating and |
| gates with a white picket fence. | | | | staging your home, you can make the house less |
| It's a well-known fact that haunted houses are dark, | | | | redolent of spirits. This may require a fair amount of |
| nasty places with spiders the size of Shetland ponies | | | | time and cash outlay, but in the end you will be in |
| cavorting across the carpets and rats frolicking on the | | | | possession of a home that does not immediately elicit |
| banisters. Start your pest-control procedures at once! | | | | images of headless horsemen and that old story going |
| Whether it's KillEmDead Rat Traps or Pete the Pest | | | | around about that person who was in that house that |
| Pestilence Guy, get rid of your unwanted animal | | | | time. |