Make all necessary visible repairs, particularly the small ones. This includes things like finishing unfinished projects, repairing broken screens, cracked windows, leaks, shaky railings, and damaged flooring.
Freshen walls with fresh paint and neutralize color schemes to appeal to the majority of buyers. Wallpaper tends to be very personal and most potential buyers will see themselves as having to remove it, so strip or paint over all wallpaper.
Clean the landscape. A good weekend yard clean up could add thousands of dollars to the value of your home. In some cases, it is worth it to add pizzazz to the front entrance of your home with new plants, planters, an outdoor light, a mailbox, or other attractive features.
Clutter tops the list for discouraging offers and reducing the amount of those offers. Get rid of or prepack as much as possible. What you do absolutely need to keep for immediate use, store out of site in furniture or arrange neatly in closets with ample space. Most of your clothes, media, books, collections, office items, toys, wall art and personal photos can be prepacked and removed from the living areas.
Each room or area should have a clear purpose such as: living room, dining room, bedroom, home office. Avoid having rooms other than great rooms serve more than one purpose. Keep only the essential furniture in each room to maximize the feeling of space.
Spring clean your house. Everything should be thoroughly dusted, vacuumed, or washed. Animal and smoking smells in particular, must be thoroughly cleaned, not just covered up with air fresheners.
Sell the lifestyle. Add an arrangement to several rooms such as fresh flowers, candles, or an attractively set table. Each room should be appealing as if it were a fine hotel.
By: CD Mohatta
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Preparing Your Home to Sell
February 16th, 2010Home Improvement On A Budget
November 24th, 2009
You can make improvements to your home without busting the bank. You can even make the improvements yourself, just use an extra amount of care and go slow – two things that will serve you well when you’re doing your own home improvement projects.
For some specific ideas, how old are the lighting fixtures in your dining room or bathrooms? These are fixtures that most people live with and use each and every day but often ignore. Changing these lighting fixtures can make a huge difference in the appearance of your rooms.
Look around at home improvement stores and lighting stores to get an idea of the style that you’re looking for. While a lighting store may be priced higher than what you want to spend, it’s a great place to get ideas for lighting fixtures you may be able to find at less expense retailers later during your budget friendly home improvement project. If you have any second thoughts about the color of the lighting fixture, ask the sales associate to move the fixture to a part of the store that most resembles the level of lighting in the goal room.
Visiting upper scale lighting and home stores is a great place to “window” shop for the style you want for the goal room. When trying to plan home improvements on a budget, shopping around for deals is the first and most time consuming step.
Once you have finally settled on a style that will fit within your home decor and decided on the big purchase, you can move on to step two of your home improvement project on a budget; installation.
Local home improvement stores are constantly offering classes on electrical wiring and lighting installation. To save the most money during your budget wise home improvement project, wait for a class on fixture assembly and installation and install the units yourself.
Saving money while improving your home is all about cutting costs. If lighting fixtures are your current project, shop first, shop second and install last!
By: Julia Vakulenko