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. Aside from cleaning and eliminating clutter, money may need to be spent in certain areas. While there are some areas that aren't necessary to spend money on, you may need to spend a little cash in order to get your property sold.
This may seem obvious, but it's a good place to start. Clean every inch of the house thoroughly. Get rid of clutter. If you haven't used something in several months, discard it. Wash the floors, the ceilings, and the walls, woodwork and windows too. Clean all the grout found in tiled countertops, floors, walls. Throw rugs can be washed or replaced, and carpets should be steam cleaned. Broken items should be repaired. Fix or replace worn or broken window shades or blinds, patch or replace screens in windows, replace cracked or broken windows, replace broken light fixtures, patch holes or cracks.
Be sure to make any repair work that you have left unfinished. You are hindering offers if there are obvious repairs that need to be made, and the buyer's home inspector will find those issues anyway. Unfinished repairs or projects reflect badly on the overall maintenance of the home and send up a red flag to would-be buyers. A home inspection report riddled with needed repairs and safety concerns will make a buyer pull out of a deal and run for the hills.
Make sure you paint. The ceilings are where you start. Buyers spend more time than you would think staring at ceilings. They are looking for signs of a leaky roof, but what you don't want them to see are stains from grease or smoke and ceiling cracks. New paint is the most cost effective improvement, and nothing else says freshness like it does. On large cracks, use fiberglass tape and cover it with joint compound and sand. Light tan is a good neutral color for paint.
If you have old or stained carpet, you should consider replacing it 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. Old or dirty carpet turns off potential buyers big time, even more so if there are stains caused by your pets. No one is interested in purchasing a house with carpet stained by other peoples' pets, even if they are pet lovers themselves.
The light available in your home should be maximized. 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 must to create a bright and cheery house - it will sell much easier.
Fixing up your home can be painless and inexpensive, if you do it yourself and use some creative planning and ideas. These tips should give you a good start.
This may seem obvious, but it's a good place to start. Clean every inch of the house thoroughly. Get rid of clutter. If you haven't used something in several months, discard it. Wash the floors, the ceilings, and the walls, woodwork and windows too. Clean all the grout found in tiled countertops, floors, walls. Throw rugs can be washed or replaced, and carpets should be steam cleaned. Broken items should be repaired. Fix or replace worn or broken window shades or blinds, patch or replace screens in windows, replace cracked or broken windows, replace broken light fixtures, patch holes or cracks.
Be sure to make any repair work that you have left unfinished. You are hindering offers if there are obvious repairs that need to be made, and the buyer's home inspector will find those issues anyway. Unfinished repairs or projects reflect badly on the overall maintenance of the home and send up a red flag to would-be buyers. A home inspection report riddled with needed repairs and safety concerns will make a buyer pull out of a deal and run for the hills.
Make sure you paint. The ceilings are where you start. Buyers spend more time than you would think staring at ceilings. They are looking for signs of a leaky roof, but what you don't want them to see are stains from grease or smoke and ceiling cracks. New paint is the most cost effective improvement, and nothing else says freshness like it does. On large cracks, use fiberglass tape and cover it with joint compound and sand. Light tan is a good neutral color for paint.
If you have old or stained carpet, you should consider replacing it 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. Old or dirty carpet turns off potential buyers big time, even more so if there are stains caused by your pets. No one is interested in purchasing a house with carpet stained by other peoples' pets, even if they are pet lovers themselves.
The light available in your home should be maximized. 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 must to create a bright and cheery house - it will sell much easier.
Fixing up your home can be painless and inexpensive, if you do it yourself and use some creative planning and ideas. These tips should give you a good start.
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