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Low-Cost Ways to Spruce Up Your Home's Exterior

By
Real Estate Agent with F.C. Tucker Company

Make your home more appealing for yourself and potential buyers with these quick and easy tips:

1. Trim bushes so they don't block windows or architectural details.

2. Mow your lawn, and turn on the sprinklers for 30 minutes before the showing to make the lawn sparkle.

3. Put a pot of bright flowers (or a small evergreen in winter) on your porch.

4. Install new doorknobs on your front door.

5. Repair any cracks in the driveway.

6. Edge the grass around walkways and trees.

7. Keep your garden tools and hoses out of sight.

8. Clear toys from the lawn.

9. Buy a new mailbox.

10. Upgrade your outside lighting.

11. Buy a new doormat for the outside of your front door.

12. Clean your windows, inside and outside.

13. Polish or replace your house numbers.

14. Place a seasonal wreath on your door.

Want to know more tips on how to get your home ready for sale? Contact Kammeyer Realty Group at 317-570-3800 or visit us at www.KammeyerRealtyGroup.com.

Coral Gundlach
Compass - Arlington, VA
Real Lives. Not Just Real Estate.

Kay - this is a great list!  Window cleaning is a must for every listing and make such a difference in the way it shows.  I've never met a seller who has ever had it done prior to listing, and must admit, haven't done it on my own house either.  I like the watering the lawn idea, that's great.

Jun 28, 2010 12:26 PM
Christie Lane Craven
Blackwell Real Estate - Odenton, MD
Your Anne Arundel County Agent

Great point Kay!  I'd also add bring your trashcans to the side/backyard and pick up your newspapers daily... two things I am occasionally guilty of!

Jun 28, 2010 01:05 PM
Pam Turner, REALTOR®, e-PRO®, SFR
Century 21 Belk Realtors Dalton GA - Dalton, GA

Great tips -- I definitely need a new mailbox, new doorknobs, and a wreath at my house -- even if I'm NOT trying to sell!!!

Jun 28, 2010 01:57 PM