5 DIY Projects That You Should Do Before Selling Your House
Are you contemplating selling your house, but you are worried about its value? These DIY improvements will help you sell your home swiftly for a better price. And, you don't have to worry about applying technical elbow grease even if you are a rookie!
The decision to sell a house is always spontaneous. Therefore, you have plenty of time to contemplate its actual value and even improve it. The good news is that you do not have to go through humongous spending on resplendent renovations like the ones on TV shows. Instead, Simple DIY processes can still make them aesthetic and appealing.
Remember, investing in home renovation projects when listing a home is always a gamble. Buyers are choosy and may turn your offer down anyway. Nevertheless, you still have the capability of improving your home's value. As such, we compiled these DIY processes based on the words of some of the best realtors. Pick any of these five ideas or all of them to sell your home faster and increase its value.
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1. Declutter Every Room in Your House
Your room will appear larger if you have fewer "things." This rule applies to nearly everything, including furniture, souvenirs, area rugs (use no more than one per room), and wall art. Simply tell yourself, "Smaller is better."
Discard everything you won't be taking with you to your new house. This will make relocating easier and cheap while making the room appealing and welcoming in the long run. You may still need to seek advice from your real estate agent, or friends who you believe will be candid with you.
Donate items or give them away to children or family members.
You may even consider holding a garage sale. Whatever is left should be thrown away. We tend to keep a lot of stuff over time which in make a house less attractive. You want it to appear wonderful in person and in photos because that's how they'll remember it. So before sending out photos of your home, you should conduct spring cleaning.
2. Get Rid of Weeds in Your Backyard
Outdoor landscaping will increase the value of your home anywhere between 5% - 20%. We all lack the time and the thousands of dollars to invest in new landscape design. Still, any minor changes to the exterior of the to-be-listed property are worth the effort. It will also help if you use organic ways in de-weeding your ward. Remember, chemicals can come along with other risks.
Homemade mixtures such as baking soda, vinegar, or whiskey will suffice as weed killers. On the other hand, you can use corn gluten to denature weed seeds. Assuming your yard is trimmed, free of weeds, and you still need fast aesthetic appeal, you got to paint your doors with fresh colours.
3. Paint Your Walls With Natural Colours
To make your home look lively and freshened up, you have to apply a new painting. Consider the busiest and most frequented places such as the kitchen and living room for this. Paints do not only cover stains or splatter, but they neutralize foul smells. Additionally, going for a neutral colour pattern keeps you in line with home trends and updates. According to a research done by the national association of realtors in 2017, 68% of real estate experts suggest wall painting and 62% of realtors recommend paint touch-ups.
While the exterior of your home may demand special attention, painting the inside walls of your house is not tough at all. Examine the condition of your walls and wall paint to determine where you should focus your efforts. Also, do check if there are hazardous chemicals in the initial painting.
Remember that you'll be painting the house to sell it, so go for neutral colours.
While neutral colours may seem constricting, there are many beautiful greys to choose from. You have the option for Passive grey, which has a green undertone. And, you can still use Thundercloud Gray, a mid-tone cool or true slate grey, which is a genuine slate grey. The painting should take you up to two days. Once done, your home's value increases by 1% to 2%.
4. Optimize Lighting
Whenever you list your home, potential buyers who will look into your house will want to see energy-saving features in place. A LED lighting system will suffice as proof for this front. They can last 25 times compared to incandescent bulbs and even save about 75 % of energy.
Additionally, lighting makes a significant effect. It has the potential to make your home appear warm and brighter, and appealing. So, for every 50 square feet of space, aim for 60 watts. Replace bulbs where necessary, and reinforce if need be. Also, every room should have three different lighting systems. These are ambient overhead, work-specific, such as hanging or under cabinet reading lights. Then thirdly the accent lighting either on tables or walls.
Elevated hats or inset dim downlights in the ceilings are appropriate for most spaces. However, you have to use table lamps and bedside lamps in bedrooms. On the other hand, amounted sconce will suffice for bathroom walls.
5. Replace Old Floorings with Engineered Wood Planks
Consider installing an engineered plank floor if the existing kitchen floor is outdated or damaged. Kitchens are usually the beating heart of the house. It's where families spend the majority of their time. They, therefore, can impact a sale.
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If you have outdated or damaged tiles or ugly flooring flaking off, you should take care of that problem. What homeowners love about engineered plank floors is that they are attractively cheap and waterproof.
Engineered floor planks have the appearance of hardwood. Their floating floor features allow them to be put right on top of tiles or vinyl without ripping up the old flooring. Also, you can get them in tile styles as many homeowners may not prefer the wooden look.
Conclusion
In summary, the above-mentioned projects are inexpensive, yet the giveback is high. Note, you can use them to increase the value of your home when you want to sell it or even if your house won’t sell and It’s been on the market for a while then maybe it’s time for you to try increasing its value and re-listing it again.
Author Bio: Liam Davies is a Co-Founder of Sell House Fast Local, a property buying company that purchases properties fast for cash with a guaranteed offer
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