What can you do to your home to make it more appealing.
Let's start with all the fixtures in the house. Make sure they're all clean and replaced with new ones where needed. Clean the sinks really good to try to remove any stains they may have. Make sure all knobs and faucets turned easily and don't leak.
Take a look at the walls and ceilings and see if there any water stains. If there are make sure the leaks have been repaired and and stained areas repainted. Speaking of paint, a neutral off white paint make your home feel more light and spacious and will appeal to more people than brightly colored rooms. Paint is inexpensive and easy to apply.
Steam clean the carpets or replace any that are outdated or worn out. Repairing broken tiles and windowpanes, make sure all the doors are easy to open. For those of you who smoke or own pets try to take care of the odors they might cause. Odors are often the first thing that buyers notice when they walk in the door.
Take a walk around your house and look at it from your neighbors point of view. What can you do without spending a lot of money to make it more appealing. You've all heard the phrase curb appeal, this is what the outside of the house is all about. Make the entrance to your home appealing. Just painting the door and polishing the handle and putting out a fresh new doormat, might make the entrance more appealing. Planting some colorful flowers and bushes can help keep your house some more curb appeal. If you have very mature plantings make sure they aren't covering the windows, sometimes a little trimming can help with curb appeal as well. Painting the outside of the house can be expensive, deciding whether to spend the money will depend on how bad it needs of paint job. How tired and faded does it look, a new paint job will often bring a higher bid.
These are some suggestions that will help your home the more appealing to a buyer. It's up to to decide how much time energy and money you would like to invest to help your home sell for top dollar.
