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Potential buyers drive past your home all the time. The more often the take notice and call an agent to show the home, the more likely you are to get an offer. Convince them to take notice by using these 10 tips for great curb appeal.
  1. Your front yard must be immaculately landscaped. The lawn must be cut and trimmed neatly, preferably on the diagonal. The border between your plantings and lawn must be neat.
  2. Sweep the sidewalks, pathways and front porch daily. Put out a new colorful welcome mat. In autumn, leaves must be removed daily. In winter, snow and ice must be removed daily.  
  3. Your front yard plantings should be neat and attractive. No weeds. No dead branches. New mulch. Plant bright yellow flowers because the color yellow sells.
  4. Paint your front door so it looks clean and bright.  Buy new hardware for the front door, including a new mailbox.
  5. Wash the windows in the front of the house. Be sure that there are neat and clean window treatments in the windows. 
  6. The light fixtures in the front of your house must be in working condition and should provide soft lighting to all walkways and stairs without causing a glare. Take down the fixture and clean it, or replace it.
  7. Be sure your house number is easily visible.
  8. Power wash the front of the house to remove dirt.
  9. Maintain a neat and clean place for your garbage cans, preferably out of view on the side of the house.




~ Wayne & Jean 


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Posted by Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl on 04/11/2012 04:07 AM   Comments (21)   Curb Appeal in the Home Selling Channel   curb appeal, selling your home  
Originally posted at: Union County Homes: 9 Curb Appeal MUSTS!
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1,455,176 Points 46 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Curb appeal is very important. If the home does not look good from outside some buyers refuse to go in the house.
4:10am • #2
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Good morning Wayne & Jean,

Great list to make sure the curb appeal is perfect. It's so important..even if the buyer is only seeing 20% of the home when driving up.....first impressions can make or break the showing!
4:24am • #3
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Wayne and Jean,

All of these tips are valuable ways to attact buyers! If implemented, each one makes a bold statement. As people pass by, they will get the impression, the people who live inside are clean and orderly.

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5:13am • #4
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Great tips.  Landscaping and paint are two of the most valuable investments in making a home shine.  I was happy to see you include door hardware and light fixtures... a couple hundred dollars in upgrading these often worn fixtures starts the buyer's experience off on a positive note. 
6:33am • #5
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Its all about first impressions. Pull up and set a negative opinion it is likely to be difficult to change inside.
6:36am • #6
Great post! The pressure washing is an important note. Thanks!
6:44am • #7
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Wayne & Jean,

Good point. You cannot sell a house if you can't get folks inside. Many of my buyer customers and clients do a drive by to see if they want to go see it. 
6:56am • #8
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If there's a porch, a sitting area would be inviting.
7:45am • #9
558,221 Points 6 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Great list. I am amazed at how many houses do not have house numbers on them. 
8:53am • #10
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I usually do a couple of things differently.  I have the mailbox painted instead of replaced - in my area most of them are at curbside and I can get both the box and post refreshed in five minutes.  

The light fixures on the front should almost always be new to incorporate the latest style, not just in working order.

I agree with fresh flowers but I am careful on the color choice as sometimes yellow doesn't look right in our area.

Great ideas!!
9:04am • #11
196,487 Points Outside Blog

Great tips especially cutting the lawn diagonally. The challenge is getting the seller to cooperate and perform these simple yet effective tasks to sell their home. 
10:18am • #12
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Great tips for the curb appeal.  Things that do not cost an arm and leg. Well... except painting but if its only the front door, might not be much. Thanks for sharing.
12:01pm • #13
Outside Blog

The flag and flowering plants on the porch are a great touch as well.  The flag especially invokes a sense of pride in homeownership for most.
2:23pm • #14

Great information for sellers. Thanks for posting.
8:28pm • #15
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Yep! no second chance to make a first impression.
9:23pm • #16
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500,277 Points 13 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Hi Wayne & Jean, we tell sellers that some buyers won't even stop to look if there is not curb appeal.
3:15am • #17
352,199 Points 29 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Thanks for stopping by! Curb appeal makes the difference between someone seeing the houes and possibly making an offer, or driving by.
3:49am • #18
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i totally agree. and not only do we need curb appeal when we are selling our homes, what about if you are living in them and sick to death of the way the front of your house looks! we are on a limited budget for household upgrades and repairs, but something needs to be done. do you have anyone you can recommend that would come on out to westchester county NY to give us ideas on what to improve (i don't mean like making a front porch or something like that). i mean someone who can look at what's going on, give us ideas for landscaping and paint and things like that? i am hoping you can give us some references since you are in nj not too far from where we are. realtors are usually a treasure trove of info. keeping fingers crossed might point me in the right direction. this is a great list you've compiled. i completely agree! -Lisa Swartz, CMP Rye Brook, NY
5:12am • #19

i love the American flaf too!  Great tips.  Thanks for the post.

 
3:39pm • #20
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Neat and clean will do the job.  It must look trimmed and buffed so thatthe buyers can imagine themselves there.
12:01pm • #21

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