Sellers, if you want to make your home stand out from all of the rest take a look at the photo here.It is a study in possibility. There are numerous FREE, inexpensive, cost effective and eco-friendly improvements that could be made to this home to meet the demand of today's Buyers. What would you do right away?
Would you trim? Would you remove clutter? Would you call in a Feng Shui expert? Would you paint? What kind of paint would you select?
Imagine a landscape, spruced up and enriched with fruit-bearing trees and/or native/edible plantings. Imagine what a sun tunnel or two might do to create light within, save energy via daylighting. If you can imagine these improvements, you will attract the interest of today's eco-friendly Buyers.
Sellers if you want to tap into a market where sales are brisker than average, check out Part 1 of this series about GREENING UP your home. Then please come back to the link list below for excellent resources you can use to attract interested Buyers.
RESOURCES
Home Energy Audit
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_improvement.hm_improvement_audits
TAX CREDITS
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=tax_credits.tx_index|
http://www.dsireusa.org/
EPA's Energy Star for Homes/Home Improvement
http://www.energystar.gov/
Green Design and Building -Certification Programs -
Earth Advantage®
http://www.earthadvantage.com/
EarthCraft® House
http://www.earthcrafthouse.com/
GreenPoint® Rated
http://www.builditgreen.org/about/
NC HealthyBuilt® Homes
http://www.healthybuilthomes.org/
LEED ®for Homes
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=147
NAR GREEN®
http://www.greenresourcecouncil.org/
DOE Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Passive Solar Gain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_solar
US DOE Daylighting
http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/lighting_daylighting/index.cfm/mytopic=12290
Solar Tubes
http://www.solatube.com/
Inventory to Improve Indoor Air Quality in the Home
http://keec.ky.gov/homeownerinventory/indoorairquality0609.pdf
US EPA Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
Non-toxic Cleaning
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/five-basics-for-nontoxic-cleaning.html
Plants for IAQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air-filtering_plants (NOTE: Peace Lily is poisonous to pets)
NO VOC PAINT
http://www.earthpaint.net/
Home Performance with Energy Star
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_improvement.hm_improvement_hpwes
Non Toxic Flooring
http://www.ecobydesign.com/
Social Network Marketing.
Real Estate Professional's blog (s)
listedgreen.com
where each listing is vetted by the service for authentic green credentials.
http://www.listedgreen.com/
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