If you are preparing a house for sale, it might be necessary to spend some money on it, if you want to sell the house without delay and at your desired price. Beyond basic decluttering and cleaning, there are areas where some money may need to be spent. You may need to spend a little cash in order to get your property sold, although there are some areas that aren't necessary to spend money on.
Although it's obvious, this is a good beginning. Clean every inch of the house thoroughly. Make clutter disappear. Things you haven't used in several months can be discarded. Wash woodwork, windows, ceilings, walls, and floors. Clean all the grout found in tiled countertops, floors, walls. Launder throw rugs or replace them with new colors, and steam clean carpeting. Broken items should be repaired. Replace broken light fixtures, patch holes or cracks, fix or replace worn or broken window shades or blinds, patch or replace screens in windows, replace cracked or broken windows.
Finish all repair work that you have left. Not only will the buyer's home inspector find those issues anyway, but you are hindering offers if there are obvious repairs that need to be made. Unfinished repairs or projects reflect badly on the overall maintenance of the home and send up a red flag to would-be buyers. A buyer will quickly pull out of a deal and run for the hills if the home inspection report is full of repairs and safety issues.
Painting is necessary. Begin on the ceilings. Buyers spend more time than you would think staring at ceilings. You don't want them to see stains from grease or smoke and ceiling cracks, while they are looking for signs of a leaky roof. New paint is the most cost effective improvement, and nothing else says freshness like it does. Fiberglass tape covers large cracks, then is covered with joint compound and sanded. Paint a neutral color such as light tan.
Consider replacing old or stained carpet before putting it on the market. Sometimes a professional cleaning is enough to do the trick, but it might not be good enough to show it. Stained or dated carpet is a huge turnoff to potential buyers, especially if you have pets. No one is interested in purchasing a house with carpet stained by other peoples' pets, even if they are pet lovers themselves.
Maximize the light in your home. After location, good light is the one thing that every buyer cites that they want in a home. Clean the windows, change the lampshades, take down the drapes, increase the wattage of your light bulbs and cut the bushes outside to let in sunshine. Do what you have to do make your house bright and cheery - it will make it more sellable.
With some creative planning and ideas, it can be painless and inexpensive to fix up your home yourself. This advice should give you a good beginning.
Although it's obvious, this is a good beginning. Clean every inch of the house thoroughly. Make clutter disappear. Things you haven't used in several months can be discarded. Wash woodwork, windows, ceilings, walls, and floors. Clean all the grout found in tiled countertops, floors, walls. Launder throw rugs or replace them with new colors, and steam clean carpeting. Broken items should be repaired. Replace broken light fixtures, patch holes or cracks, fix or replace worn or broken window shades or blinds, patch or replace screens in windows, replace cracked or broken windows.
Finish all repair work that you have left. Not only will the buyer's home inspector find those issues anyway, but you are hindering offers if there are obvious repairs that need to be made. Unfinished repairs or projects reflect badly on the overall maintenance of the home and send up a red flag to would-be buyers. A buyer will quickly pull out of a deal and run for the hills if the home inspection report is full of repairs and safety issues.
Painting is necessary. Begin on the ceilings. Buyers spend more time than you would think staring at ceilings. You don't want them to see stains from grease or smoke and ceiling cracks, while they are looking for signs of a leaky roof. New paint is the most cost effective improvement, and nothing else says freshness like it does. Fiberglass tape covers large cracks, then is covered with joint compound and sanded. Paint a neutral color such as light tan.
Consider replacing old or stained carpet before putting it on the market. Sometimes a professional cleaning is enough to do the trick, but it might not be good enough to show it. Stained or dated carpet is a huge turnoff to potential buyers, especially if you have pets. No one is interested in purchasing a house with carpet stained by other peoples' pets, even if they are pet lovers themselves.
Maximize the light in your home. After location, good light is the one thing that every buyer cites that they want in a home. Clean the windows, change the lampshades, take down the drapes, increase the wattage of your light bulbs and cut the bushes outside to let in sunshine. Do what you have to do make your house bright and cheery - it will make it more sellable.
With some creative planning and ideas, it can be painless and inexpensive to fix up your home yourself. This advice should give you a good beginning.
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