How To Spring Clean Your Home's Exterior
Spring is coming and what better way to take advantage of more hours of sunlight and warmer temperatures than to spruce up your home? Usher in a new season of the year with dedicated tasks to make your home’s exterior look like brand new. Read on for some tips to get you started on cleaning in a cinch.
Pressure Wash Surfaces
Take a pressure washer to any surfaces that need a good fix me up: the walkway to the front door, the driveway, even the back deck or porch if you have one. You’d be surprised at how pressure washing has the ability to make these surfaces look like brand new and amplify the beauty and appearance of your home overall. You can rent a pressure washer from grocery stores and most home improvement stores for as little as a few hours or days depending on how long you’ll need it. In addition to making your home shine, the benefits of pressure washing include prolonging your exterior’s surface and removing harmful grime and debris.
Landscape Your Lawn
The state of your lawn has the ability to either accent a beautiful home or make your entire property look unkempt. Invest in a little plant TLC to nourish the green blades of grass that should be sprouting up. Noticing more dead patches than lush greenery? Invest in a fertilizer to get growth going. Get rid of weeds and dead plants that won’t be blooming. For an extra touch, hire a landscaper to manicure your lawn in way only a professional can.
Get a Fresh Pain Job
Does your house itself look dull? It might be time for a fresh coat of paint and the spring is no better time to do so. Exterior painting calls for a lot of manual labor. A professional is recommended if you don’t have any experience painting. Bring a little splash of color to your exterior by changing the color or stain of your trim and doors. Small changes can make a big impact!
Wash and Clean Windows
Gunk has its way of accumulating from weather and plain wear and tear. Things like pollen from the spring season settling in or dirt from leaves and sticks after rainstorms can settle into cracks, corners and crevices of windows. Choose a cloudier, cooler day so that the cleaning solution doesn’t dry before you finish the job. Take your time with this task. Window washing and cleaning is a tedious chore, one that others can easily tell was rushed through and not done thoroughly. While cleaning your windows, take the time to check the condition of your seals. If they are dried out and need replacing, spring is the time to do so!
Beautify Driveway
No matter if you have a short or long driveway, odds are you’ll need to do a spot check to see what shape it’s in. Look especially for cracks or spots of gravel that have accumulated. Not only can a driveway in poor shape be an eyesore but it can cause damage to cars that drive over the surface often. Smaller cracks can be repaired with an asphalt repair kit. Bigger cracks and crumbling of gravel will need you to call in a professional before things worsen.
These are just some of the recommendations I give potential seller's in order to ensure you receive top dollar when preparing to sell your home. Great curb appeal is more important than you realize!
Now that you know how to create top notch curb appeal, are ready to sell your house? Contact me here and I'd love to preview your home and provide you with a free home evaluation. Call me at (760) 574-8486.
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