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home improvement: The Complete Curb Appeal Checklist to Selling Your Home - 09/06/10 09:24 AM
As they say, a first impression is a lasting one. If your home doesn't look good from the outside, buyers are going to believe it doesn't look good on the inside either, so they'll just drive away, or not click on your online listing to see the interior photos.
Also, if your home looks beautiful, loved and taken care of on the outside it speaks volumes for what the buyer perceives the inside looks like. It also says to the buyer "I am the type of homeowner that takes care of EVERYTHING - the roof, the furnace, repairs, etc."
Lastly, with outdoor … (14 comments)
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home improvement: The Forgotten Rooms When Staging Your Home for Sale: The Garage - 08/22/10 05:51 PM
Many home sellers think that it's perfectly okay to leave their garage "as is" when selling their home, or worse, think it's okay to move items out of the house and stuff them into the garage in an effort to declutter and minimize furniture and personal items.
Well, it's NOT OKAY! The garage is extra square footage and should be treated just like any other room in the house when staging it for sale.
It should be shown to it's highest and best possible use - to store and shelter cars most importantly, and secondarily, to store and shelter tools, hardware, sporting equipment, etc.
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home improvement: The Top 10 Home Improvements That Could Devalue Your Home - 08/07/10 11:21 AM
Sometimes, making an improvement to your home could actually hurt you when you try to sell it.
Here are the top 10 home improvements that can make your home harder to sell:
1. Kitchen Renovation. Any renovation of a kitchen that is too taste-specific or extreme in design. For example, a kitchen equipped with a restaurant-level stove or multiple refrigerators may not appeal to the buyer who is a simple cook. You want to appeal to the broadest range of buyers when selling a home, and if a buyer thinks they need to spend money re-doing what you've done, they will … (65 comments)
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home improvement: Paint: One of the Most Important Home Staging Tools - 11/19/09 07:29 PM
When your home is for sale, it is now a product that needs to appeal to the greatest number of buyers. Walls, along with the floors, are the bones of a home and they need to be in good condition and neutral in appearance so that they do appeal to the greatest number of buyers.
People are heavily influenced by color, and it is difficult for buyers to look past the dark purple or other strong colors on the walls. Paint is an inexpensive but effective way to re-decorate a room. It can update a kitchen or bathroom, make a small … (9 comments)
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home improvement: Top 10 Mistakes Sellers Make When Presenting Their Homes for Sale - Part I - 10/24/09 09:42 AM
Do you know the Top 10 Mistakes home sellers make about how they present their homes to prospective buyers? And most home sellers also make the overriding mistake of believing that buyers "can see past this".
Well, it's simply not true. Only 10% of prospective buyers can visualize the potential of your home.
This week I focus on the first Top 5 Mistakes. I will share the remaining five with you next week. And as you will see, ameliorating these mistakes costs little or none.
1. Paint Problems - too often prospective buyers can't get past the ugly shade of green that the house is painted or the … (5 comments)
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home improvement: Does Your Home or Listing Have Architectural Features that Pose Problems: Here are some possible solutions - 09/04/09 02:17 PM
Does your home have architectural features in the interior that pose problems?
For example, the ceilings are so high that it just doesn't feel comfortable when walking into or being in that room? Or a room is so narrow, it feels claustrophobic?
See below for some common problems and how to "fool the eye" to make them just disappear:
Long Rooms - divide the space into two or three separate areas (e.g., in a living room, have several seating areas as pictured below) and anchor each with an area rug. Use dark colors on the end walls to visually advance the wall … (5 comments)
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home improvement: Five Decorative Accessories to Perk Up Any Space - 08/19/09 08:52 PM
Recently I was contacted by a writer for a real estate magazine and she asked me what are the five decorative items I use most often when staging a home for sale and why I use them.
After giving it some thought, I came up with the following, which can also be used to perk up any space even if you're not selling your home:
1. Throw Pillows - do wonders for both the living room and bedroom. Use pillows in bright contrasting colors to the couch, chair or bedding color. Because it's important to use neutral colors on the walls … (8 comments)
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home improvement: No Cost Ways to Improve a Home - Part I - 07/31/09 04:49 PM
Staging a home for sale, or even sprucing one up that's not on the market, doesn't mean money has to be spent.
In Part I of this series, here are FIVE things that can be done at no cost:
Curb Appeal Enhancement - first impressions are critical, and curb appeal, or lack thereof, is the key. Mow the lawn Weed Rake Trim edges and overgrown bushes and trees Clean windows Hose down (or power wash) the exterior, entry way area and walkways Remove cobwebs Clean the gutters Store garbage cans neatly Remove children's toys and bikes. Declutter - most people have too … (7 comments)
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