Monday, March 23, 2009

What Can I Do To Improve The Look of My Home

Paint the rooms in your house in neutral colors: This will appeal to the broader market. Imagine having 100 viewers in your house and your rooms are painted in bright vibrant colors. You may get 5 % who have the same taste in colors as you but what about the other 95%; they will be put off by the amount of work they have to do to change the color scheme. Painting your house in neutral color’s is one of the most effective ways of adding value to our house and one of the cheapest and easiest to achieve.

Depersonalize your home: If you have a lot of personal photographs on the wall and throughout your house take them down and box them for your new house. Prospective buyers want to imagine themselves living in a new house and find it harder to do this when you have the family photos all over the house. This is purely psychological but it does make a difference. Trust me!

Let the Sun Shine in! Open curtains and blinds to their maximum or in some cases take the curtains down altogether. This will let a lot more light in and make it feel more airy and spacious. Some buyers feel claustrophobic when they walk into some homes, don’t let that happen to you!

Kerb appeal: A home to me is like falling in love! If a home is attractive on the outside, I’d be curious in seeing the inside. Clean the front yard, add a few large pots & some greenery. Your garden can be a major selling factor, make sure it’s clean, tidy and presentable. First impressions are key in selling your home!