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Preparing Your Home For Sale --Kitchen Update!

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Real Estate Agent with Windermere Real Estate N.E.

By Greg Perry
Eastside Realtor
www.425Realty.com

 

Kitchens and bathrooms are the most important areas in a house to most buyers.   So many times I hear, "it's nice....but that kitchen!".  

 

Here, we invest a a very modest amount of money to dramatically improve the cosmetics on this old, tired kitchen.  The basic improvements included: 1. Painting the cabinets, 2. Replacing hinges and door hardware to polished chrome. 3. Replacing the counter material with a textured laminate and tile back splash, 4. Replacing the sink and faucet, 5. Replacing the light fixtures and 6. Painting walls and new baseboards.

The entire kitchen area cost approximately $1500.00 to update.  Here are the before and after photos:

8 24kitchen 
Counter detail:

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   Links to other before and after photos for this home:

Preparing Your Home For Market - New Paint, New Baseboards and Interior Door Update

 Preparing Your Home For Market - Curb Appeal 

Preparing Your Home For Market - Entry Update!  

 

Stay tuned!  More to come!

Marcia Kramarz
Re/Max Executive Realty - Medway, MA
CDPE,LMC,CBR

Great post - little money - BIG difference

Aug 24, 2010 12:49 PM
Ann Allen Hoover
RE/MAX Advantage South - Hoover, AL
CDPE SRES ASP e-PRO Realtor - Homes for Sale - AL

That's a very nice improvement!  It's usually less costly for sellers to do updates up front, buyers will overestimate the cost of updates they feel necessary.  Sellers....update if you possibly can!

Aug 24, 2010 12:55 PM