Inexpensive Upgrades That Help Sell Your Home!
| Quick, simple and cheap do-it-yourself upgrades can help sell your home faster. To make these changes, you don’t have to be a master carpenter or electrician either. |
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| Upgrade your light fixtures. Old chandeliers in the dining room, dated bathroom vanity lights or old-fashioned light fixtures on ceiling fans can be swapped quickly and inexpensively for a more modern look. Spruce up front yard plants. Remove overgrown or dead bushes and plants in the front of your house and replace them with native plants that give a fresh and colorful look to your home’s curb appeal. You’d be surprised what a few geranium pots will do for the front porch. Replace the front door. The first thing buyers touch on your property is the front door. Make sure it has a fresh coat of paint or, if need be, replace it with a steel door. A new door can cost $2,000, which is not inexpensive, but you’ll get back 75% of that in an adjusted sale price. Declutter and paint closets. Every homebuyer wants storage. If your closets are crammed full, you are suggesting to the buyer that your home lacks storage space. Ahead of a showing, toss, or donate items to make your closets look larger. If the walls are dirty, paint them. Paint walls a neutral color. It might have been fun to paint a rainbow on your child’s bedroom wall or paste glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling, but they won’t sell your house. Buyers want neutral wall colors (beiges and greys) and clean, white ceilings (not popcorn), with little variation from room to room. Repainting is one of the cheapest repairs you can do. Put new handles on kitchen cabinets. Nothing seems to get buyer comments more than the hardware in a kitchen. Old knobs and drawer pulls suggest dated or worn cabinets. Replacement is easy and gives a fresh look to the kitchen. |
 Besides these easy fix-ups, remember the obvious, too: clean up sources of odors, fix HVAC systems that aren’t working, clean up water damage, replace burned-out light bulbs, and repair broken shingles or damaged siding. JANICE HOVORKA RE/MAX 303-324-4705 janice@janicehovorka.com http://www.janicehovorka.com Six-Year Five Star Real Estate Agent |