When you’re getting ready to sell your home, it’s of the upmost importance to ensure you are showing it in the best light. Taking time to highlight its strengths and fix up some of its possible weaknesses can make a big difference in how fast it sells. Here are our top recommended repairs to make before selling your home.
Repaint walls.
Giving your home a fresh coat of paint is one of the most cost-effective ways to spruce it up, and generally, it can be a do-it-yourself project. Make sure cover any walls with scratches and chips and consider updating any accent walls with a more neutral coat.
Repair floors.
Hardwood floors are a very desirable feature in a home, so you want to ensure they look their best by fixing scratches or dull areas. If your carpet is worn or stained, consider replacing them. And don’t forget the tile in your kitchen or bathrooms. Re-grouting can go a long way in making dingy tile work look brand new!
Refresh the landscaping.
Show buyers your home is the full package by dressing up the outside as well as the in. Clean walkways and driveways, plant seasonal flowers and plants, trim hedges and trees, install outdoor décor pieces and fill in mulch and gravel.
Fix your fixtures.
Leaky faucet? Rusted drains? Loose drawer handle? Making these small fixes can make a big difference to potential buyers with detailed-orientated minds. You might want to attend broken windows, missing light bulbs or light fixtures.
Kitchen that sell.
This is one of the big attraction for the buyer. The kitchen always seems to be top priority for the buyers. They want to picture themselves cooking food for the friends and families. Put some new hardware on the cabinets, refresh cabinets with paint, add or update outdated backsplash and update appliances. Adding granite or quartz countertop always add the value in kitchen.
Structural and Mechanical.
Before taking any final decision, potential buyer always look at the big ticket items like roof, air-conditioning, furnace, water heater, electrical panel and pipes. You don’t need to replace everything but sometime there is a higher value in replacing these things when coming close to end of life.