By December 9, 2012

Top Changes and Projects That Can Help Your Home to Sell

It might seem like madness to start renovating your property just before you move out of it, and most of us tend to make changes to our homes so that we can then benefit from those changes when we live there for the coming months and years. However, just because you’re moving home soon doesn’t mean your work is done – and actually it’s even more important now in some ways to focus on improving your property and doing work on it to make it look better and be more pleasant to live in. The reason for this is of course that doing up your home can help it to sell better, and as such it can offer a great investment opportunity. At the same time there are some changes that you simply must make if you want your home to be at all appealing to viewers, so here we will look at some of the top jobs you should consider doing before you move out.

Painting

Painting your property can make it looks much newer and more appealing to potential buyers. Chances are that you won’t notice that your painting has faded since you first had it done because it will have happened so gradually. However when you finally do get your home repainted you will be likely to then notice a massive change as your walls and skirting boards suddenly look that much more crisp and vibrant and as the smoke stains and discolouration becomes a thing of the past. Suddenly your home will look brand new and will look much cleaner and so people who come to look around it will be much more likely to be impressed. Make sure that you paint the outside walls of your property too as well as the interior walls, as this can make a big difference to the first impressions that your property leaves on people as they approach your home up the drive (which will colour the rest of their impressions going around).

Carpet Cleaning

Painting the walls makes a subtle difference to the color of your walls that becomes very noticeable across such a large surface area. Likewise then you need to think about what else in your home covers a large surface area. Again your carpet might look fine to you, but it’s not until you have it professionally cleaned that you’ll notice just how much it had all faded.

Cleaning

Of course general cleaninghere is very important and again this can help your home to have a ‘sheen’ that makes it feel clean and inviting. Remember the small details here in particular such as the door knobs which should all be polished.

Room Remodeling

Spending a lot of money on remodeling now might seem like a depressing idea as you won’t be around to enjoy it so in the majority of cases you’re better off waiting until you move into your new home. At the same time though, if you have one room that is really letting the side down by looking old fashioned, claustrophobic or just badly maintained, then you might find that it’s worth spending a little money on a remodel now so that you’ll be able to ask more for your property and so it will stop driving away your potential buyers. Robbie Williams has a very fine taste for home decoration. He suggests different home improvement ideas on the mentioned website home improvement Nashville

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Jon Clark is an Internet Marketing Consultant, Entrepreneur and current editor of the Facebook Marketing Blog. Jon loves coffee, sports and NY. You can follow him on Twitter @jonleeclark or circle him on Google+.

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