Many homes look exactly the same from the outside. The buyer when viewing the home from the street or on the real estate search engines may not even stop when driving or browsing to look at all of your inside improvements. The first main picture of the home on the internet or the appearance when diriving by needs to scream, "Honey...Stop the Car"!
How to do this you ask? Make the home look happy and inviting. Make it smile! Nobody wants to look at a grouchy person, same with your home.
Think about a distintive feature that will set your home apart from all of the others.
1. A Fountain
2. An inviting curving path
3. A porch with a rocker
4. A Magnificent plant
5. A Picket fence
6. An Archway
7. A Stunning door
8. New spectacular shutters or awnings
9. Planters under the windows and potted plants on the porch
10. An American Flag
After, they get to the front door? According to the HomeGain survey, the top five home improvements that Realtors recommend to home sellers based on cost and return on investment (from highest to lowest ROI) are:
1. Cleaning and de-cluttering ($200 cost / $1,700 price increase / 872% ROI)
2. Home staging ($300 cost / $1,780 price increase / 586% ROI)
3. Lightening and brightening ($230 cost / $1,300 price increase / 572% ROI)
4. Landscaping ($320 cost / $1,500 price increase / 473% ROI)
5. Repairing plumbing ($385 cost / $1,250 price increase / 327% ROI)
If you don't feel like you know where to start call your Realtor, they know what improvements will get the "I think we could live here" response from buyers.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. I would be pleased to help sellers in Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills and the Phoenix metro area. A Realtor from my office can help you anywhere in Arizona.
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