Home Selling Tips
Home Sellers: Three
Spaces that Pay You to Redesign
Home
sellers who pay close attention to the details that home buyers want will
sell for more money and help sell a home in record time.
Front Elevations
that Grab Attention
Before you can get a home shopper to view your home, you must first attract
them with the exterior. Buyers drive around areas of interest looking for
houses that "speak to them." Entice home shoppers to get out of their car to
see what's behind your attractive front door.
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Gardening: pull weeds, cut overgrowth, add color or deep green
foliage.
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Access: provide walkway to front door so buyers don't have to walk
around cars or over lawns. Especially during winter months, buyers won't
want to track up their future home with dirty shoes.
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Accessorize: attract the eye with colorful pots or flowers near the
front door.
Increase the Value
of Your Home - Redesign These Two Rooms
Of
course, you want your entire home to "feel like home" to the buyer. However,
your front entry, kitchen, and bathrooms generate the largest impact on a
buyer’s opinion.
First Impressions – Your Home's Entry
Home
shoppers make up their minds about a home when they first cross the
threshold. They either like the home or they don't. This impression
influences the rest of the home tour.
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Remove all clutter and extra furnishings. Allow plenty of space for people
to see the home features. Your entry isn't about YOU, so take down family
photos and memorabilia.
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Freshen up paint, if needed, in a color that attracts your buyer's
profile.
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Match the lighting intensity to the outdoor setting. This helps buyers
eyes adjust from outside to inside light.
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Add a large mirror to reflect the buyers in their new home. Seeing
themselves in the setting psychologically puts them in the home.
Kitchen Redesign that Pays
Updated kitchens with new appliances, countertops, and attractive cabinets
excite buyers. But expensive kitchen improvements may only give you back a
portion of the costs. Instead, make minor cosmetic improvements and
necessary repairs. Sometimes replacing ONE kitchen appliance makes a huge
difference.·
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Paint the walls and/or cabinets.
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·Add new cabinet hardware, check the hinges and catches.
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·Replace faucets.
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Replace chipped sinks. (Restore4 works well to remove stubborn stains.)
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Replace light fixtures, switch plates, electrical outlets and covers.
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Learn home staging strategies to make your kitchen stand out from other
kitchens in your buyer's mind.
More
improvements to your home help you sell for top dollar. The key, balance
between costs and payback, gives you the highest return on your time and
investment. Remember, you house is not just your home; it is your
investment property. The more money you make selling your home, the more
money you have for your next home or financial future. |
Jeanette Fisher's