5 Repairs to Consider
Before Selling Your Home
Here, now, are some general
guidelines for repairs to consider before selling your home.
Repairs to consider before selling your home #1
Check your flooring -While carpeting was really in style in
the 1960s, it seems that hardwood flooring is the order of the day of
late. Most old homes tend to have an oak floor base, so if that’s your case,
your best bet would be to rip out your carpet and expose this
beautiful floor.
If, however, your
flooring underneath is plywood, then replace the carpeting with a neutral light
tan color instead. That way, at least any type of furniture would blend in.
If ceramic flooring is
what you have floating throughout your home, replace any chipped or crack tiles
with new ones.
Repairs to consider before selling your home #2
Get started on the paint job - By far, the cheapest and easiest way to increase the value
and esthetics of your home, a new paint job will easily appeal to
most homebuyers, as they tend to gravitate towards move-in ready homes and not
ones that require a ton of work. If you have wallpaper, get rid of it because
décor is a subjective thing and a homebuyer wants to personalize their new home
with their personality, they don’t want to let yours linger.
Repairs to consider before selling your home #3
Improve your kitchen- If your appliances and cabinets rock, then you
are that much closer to an easy home sale. If, however, your cabinets are
rickety and old, then chance are you will have to improve upon them with either
a paint job or by replacing them altogether.
Minor kitchen remodels
return nearly 100% of the cost
incurred, so you really have nothing to lose.
While granite counters,
new faucets and sparkling sinks would wow buyers, replacing them for sale will
not work in your favor and you will likely not turn a profit from it.
Repairs to consider before selling your home #4
Revamp your bathrooms-It is safe to say that minor redecorating in
bathrooms will give you a 100% return on what you spend. If your floors are
pretty awesome, then spend some money replacing the fixtures and lights, and
you are ready to get selling.
Repairs to consider before selling your home #5
Give your curb appeal an overhaul -Okay, for the sake of honesty, if your roof
needs to be repaired, you need to do it, otherwise the chances of your home
selling get slimmer with each visiting homebuyer. Buyers tend to frown upon
homes where the roof needs to be replaced. That is perhaps the biggest cost you
will have to incur for your curb appeal. Besides that, you will need to patch
cement cracks in the driveway, plant greenery, caulk windows, clean the door,
and perhaps paint the fence if need be.
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