A Quick Checklist Of Home Makeover Tips

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No doubt about it selling a home is stressful. Life is a fishbowl offers little privacy and few benefits. Which is why you want to do all you can to make your stay in such a highly visible state as short as possible.

A thorough home makeover can help move the process along. Giving you a proven way to woo would be buyers on first sight. That would be from the curb. And continue to draw them in as they tour your house. Creating the impression yours is the most maintenance free situation they can possibly imagine moving into.

Yet don’t see dollar signs at the mere mention of the word “makeover”. We’re talking cosmetics here. Where even a thousand dollars can work wonders. Not miracles but wonders none the less. Giving you a house that easily stands out from others being marketed by the less well informed competition.

That’s right. A few bucks combined with ample elbow grease can spiff up your house better than you might think possible. And yes, it does need to be clean beyond anything you might imagine to successfully lure in your replacement owner sooner rather than later.

The areas to focus on should be obvious. They include the front door entrance combined with tending to any issues in the two most important rooms: the kitchen and any bathrooms.

Plus you want to eliminate anything that might generate an “Oh Yuck” response on sight. Any flaw fitting that description has to be fixed, resolved or replaced. Be it an oil stain on the drive that rivals the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Or a set in Kool-aid stain sitting in the middle of the living room carpet.

So when you approach the front entrance what do you see? A gleaming mail box? Freshly painted door? Appealing flowers and other plantings? Or it is faded, aged, overgrown and over run?

When it comes to the kitchen and bathrooms let me ask you. What kind of impression will the bathroom vanity make upon closer inspection? Is the grout or caulking white and sparkling or somewhat less so? Would a new faucet make a difference?

How are the kitchen appliances? Consider replacing the oldest among them. Especially if it sports a name badge of a manufacturer that went out of business decades ago.

Before the listing hits the MLS, you want to get the deep cleaning and de-cluttering out of the way. It can’t hurt to visit a model home to see what you’re up against since that might be a good standard to compare to. Because you can bet some buyers will be doing just that. Comparing your house to a new build.

You want to dazzle with spotless cleanliness. Dirty bathrooms and kitchens can turn off would be buyers faster than you ever thought possible. Which is why there is no such thing as a house for sale that’s too clean, too organized or too move in ready. Just not possible. Besides, offering that condition is the best way to catch the attention of more buyers which in the end makes it easier to sell your home sooner rather than later.

Even with this brief overview of how to whip a home into shape for sale maybe you would like other tips for marketing Las Vegas houses for sale. The boom times are done and gone. At least for now. That’s why anyone looking to buy or sell Las Vegas Nevada real estate visits TakeMeHomeToVegas.com – to get all the help they can get.

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1 Comment

  1. jim from Kitchen Appliances Says:

    I think that having nice, new and modern kitchen appliances can make a house very, very appealing to a buyer. I think that that is one of the best things you can do to get your house sold fast.



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