We have put together a list of ten ways to add value to your home during the marketing process.
- Clean, organize, and neutralize your space: Unclutter your house to make it look bigger and cleaner. Buyers need to be able to envision their own belongings in the home; so, avoid using bright colors and too many personal effects.
- Keep Your Lawn Green: Get your lawn in shape. A patchy lawn takes away from the home’s overall appearance. Your local hardware store has supplies to re-seed those unhealthy areas. Keep your whole yard landscape & trees trimmed & watered, as well.
- Update kitchen appliances: The kitchen is often the room that buyers gravitate towards first, and an updated kitchen can help sell your home. You don’t have to remodel your kitchen to give it a new look. Updating your appliances to the current standard and replacing cabinet doors and hardware can make a big impact at a relatively low cost.
- Update bathroom fixtures: A little change can go a long way when it comes to the look of your bathroom. Updating simple fixtures such as your sink and faucet can give any outdated bathroom style.
- Light up the outside: An easy and inexpensive way to increase your home’s outdoor space is to add lighting. It makes it more appealing and safer.
- Add insulation to save energy: The most inexpensive way to increase your home’s energy is to add insulation, which can reduce heating and cooling costs by more than 25%.
- Build a Patio Cover : If you’re trying to sell a house, a covered patio adds value as it provides additional outdoor living space in our sun soaked climate, giving children and pets some relief during outdoor fun times.
- Painting your home a neutral color inside and/or outside refreshes the appearance of your home and gives it a nice clean feel that appeals to the Buyer.
- Store and organize: Ample storage space is a plus, especially when it comes to garages and closets. Efficient closet structures can help keep your clothes organized and can save space.
- Polish up extra rooms: Many of us use an extra room as a storage area, fixing up this space up and removing all clutter will enhance the look and feel of these rooms and enlarge the look of the home overall.