How to Get
Every Dollar You Deserve....by Getting the
Full Value of Your House!
The ability to reap additional profits on
the sale of your home can be accomplished
easily enough if you make the right
improvements. Many changes can provide the
prospective buyer with enhanced feelings
about your home. Feelings of more space,
more light, more rooms, more closet space,
greater privacy, warmth and security. Basic,
simple and inexpensive improvements can
provide an improved emotional response in a
potential buyer.
An example could be something as small as a
crack in the paint on a wall. Simply by
applying some plaster and touch up paint,
you eliminated what may be an unstated
concern that your home was poorly
maintained. Though the feeling may be
unconscious, it’s just as important that the
potential buyer feel an overall desire for
your home. If you are working with a small
budget these simple techniques will work
absolute wonders:
- The Magic of Mirrors!
- Mirrors can provide a greater sense
of space and elegance when properly
placed. Be careful not to overdo it, but
when placed properly throughout your
home, each area will seem larger to the
potential home buyer. Try looking in
your attic or basement for any old
mirrors, but be sure they have a nice
frame or at least give the frame a new
coat of paint. You may also want to
visit a local flea market or garage
sale, you can almost always get a great
deal on an old mirror or two. Putting
one foot square mirrors on a closet door
in the master bedroom is always an
attractive touch.
- Adding Additional Closet Space
- One of the biggest complaints heard
from potential buyers is that there just
isn’t enough closet space! Simply
purchasing an inexpensive closet
organizer and installing it in any or
all of your closets can make all the
difference. You can also try putting a
rod across one corner of a bedroom for
hanging clothes. Also you could try
hanging a screen made from a variety of
materials. The screen could match the
material of the bedspread, drapes etc.
The idea here is to be creative so that
the "fake closet" looks as though it was
a part of the room.
- Make a Bare Wall Beautiful
- Wallpaper is inexpensive, quick and
easy to do! The right wallpaper can
brighten the room or hallway and bring
it back to life. Be careful to choose
something with a neutral design or
pattern, remember you’re trying to move
out.
- Bring Old Floors Back to Life!
- Nothing turns off a potential buyer
quicker than dull, dingy, disgusting
looking floors. Whether you have wax,
wooden or tiled floors do whatever you
can to make them shine again! For wax
floors, either rent a floor machine and
do it yourself or, if it’s in your
budget, hire a professional. Have a
professional give you an estimate and
explain exactly what they would do to
bring your floors back to life. If you
have them explain what they would do, it
may be just as easy to do it yourself.
If you have carpeted floors you should
either have the carpet steam cleaned or
install new carpeting. This may sound
expensive but new carpeting can add
thousands of dollars to the value of
your home.
- Add Attractive Plants
- Having plants in the house is not
only healthy for you but you create a
warm feeling with them. Many indoor
plants are far less expensive then you
might imagine. Attractive pots such as
ceramic, brass or even designer plastic
will add a designer flair to your home.
Hanging plants such as Boston ferns are
inexpensive, easy to care for and would
go great in your new home wherever you
move.
- Adding a Room Without Calling in
the Contractor!
- This simple but seldom used
technique, can give a buyer the feeling
there are more actual rooms in your
house. Floor to ceiling room dividers
are inexpensive and simple to install.
When a buyer walks through your home,
they will generally count the rooms in a
subconscious manner. Each room will
present an emotional response as they
walk through your home. By dividing and
designing each side of your room, you
create a " separate room" feeling in the
potential buyer. It may sound crazy but
it works!
- Clean Up the Bathroom
- We’ve probably all heard that phrase
a hundred times growing up as children!
Well guess what? It’s still valid. Give
your bathroom a face-lift if needed:
fresh paint, decorative moldings, tile
grout, new designer faucets are
allattractive eye catchers.
- What is That Smell?
- Though people don’t like to admit
it, everyone's home has a certain
smell to it. We just never notice it
because we live with it day in, day out.
Strategically placing fresh scent
devices throughout the home will be
pleasant to the nose of any potential
buyer. As a matter of fact, an old
Realtor trick is to pop some cinnamon
rolls in an oven 5 minutes before a
showing. I bet you thought all Realtors
just had a sweet-tooth!
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