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How to Improve Your Home Before Selling It

April 23, 2022 by Eighty Mph Mom Leave a Comment

If you want to sell your home faster or make more money from the sale, you’ll need to think about how you can improve your home. However, the difficult thing about improving your home before you sell it is that you need to consider the taste of the average buyer. This means you can’t just decorate your home to appeal to your personal taste – you need to think about how your home can appeal to as many people as possible. For more info on how you can improve your home before you sell it, just keep on reading.

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Repairs

Before you put your home on the market, you must ensure that there are no major issues with the property. This will reduce the price you can ask for and put off buyers who don’t want to deal with expensive repairs. Therefore, you need to check all areas of your home to see if everything is still working as it should. Pay particular attention to your plumbing and electrical appliances as faults could certainly show up here. 

 

Minor improvements

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Once you’ve fixed the major issues or established that everything is working well, you can move on to the small improvements. For example, you should repair any holes or dents in the walls, replace cracked tiles, and upgrade any worn flooring. These details may seem small, but they can certainly add up and start becoming off-putting to potential buyers. Finally, a fresh lick of paint is necessary to make everything look brighter and more put together. Stick to neutral colors to appeal to as many people as possible. Lighter colors are also preferable as they’ll make each room look more spacious.

 

Cleaning and decluttering

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It goes without saying that potential buyers will prefer a clean, neat, and well-presented home. Therefore, before anyone views your home, you need to make sure it’s absolutely spotless. Start tackling all of the deep cleaning tasks well in advance, including cleaning your kitchen appliances and deep cleaning the carpets, and then move on to the finishing touches such as cleaning windows and surfaces. If this sounds too overwhelming or you don’t have the time, you could always hire a professional cleaner to help you.

 

Decluttering is an important part of the cleaning process. Even if your home is completely clean, it may still look messy and chaotic if you have a lot of clutter. Store your excess clutter elsewhere while people are viewing your home – a minimalist aesthetic will appeal to more people and show off the size of each room.

 

Curb appeal

The outside of your home can be just as important as the inside. As this is the first part of your home that people see, it will make a strong first impression on potential buyers. This means that you need to ensure your outside space is neat and tidy – keep the grass trimmed neatly and perhaps paint your front door if it’s looking a little worn.

 

To sell your home more quickly and for a better price, you need to make sure it looks as good as possible. Take care of any repairs and keep everything looking spotless before viewings begin!

 

What improvements are you thinking of doing? Let us know below!

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