First impressions are important! You can’t redo a first impression for sure. If you are in the market to sell your home, the first impression is your curbside. What your home looks like from the outside will make or break buyers who want to take a better look. If your outdoors needs repair, overgrown gardens, or paint peeling off your home like a banana, then nobody will look further.
Here are some tips on what you can do:
Lawnscaping
Overgrown weeds and grass are very unappealing when you look at a home. Before the buyers enter the door, they are already settled on putting in a lower offer (if you even get an offer) before they have seen the inside of the house. They take it for granted that if the outside is in disrepair, then so is the rest of the house.
Landscaping
This is the most beautiful time of the year to see your home at its best. Flowers and shrubs are blooming, and it just adds to the value of your home. However, if you have let shrubs and bushes just get out of control, it can turn off a potential buyer. As a buyer walks to your door, they look at the path that leads the way. Is there dead grass and weeds everywhere? You want your home to look its best, so don’t forget the exterior.
Add a little pressure!
Nothing can shine up the exterior of the home more than adding a bit of pressure washing to the exterior of your home. While you are at it, make sure that your driveway and walkway are cleaned of grass clippings and debris. Clean away cobwebs from windows and doors. It just looks like you care about your home, and it will encourage buyers to want to step inside.
Lawn ornaments and street numbers
You want to have your home easy to find, especially if you are having a viewing or an open house. Is your street number visible and easy to view? If people must drive around to find your home, they might just continue driving. Make sure your home address is easy to find.
You may think that lawn ornaments jazz up the exterior of your home. However, they are not appealing to all buyers. As you will have the interior of your home staged, think about staging the exterior of your home. If you are not sure, check with our Anne Winch Real Estate Team. We can give you our honest opinion of what can be the best look for the exterior of your home.
Chipped paint
Chipped paint on the exterior of your home is a one-way ticket to no viewings of your home. Don’t think that the next buyer will want to repaint your home. They will skip your home and go on to the next.
Most buyers put all their money into buying the home and don’t have a lot left over for a lot of repairs. If you do have a lot of repair work on your home, you will get low-ball offers that may make you stressed as your home sits for months.
Our last word
Our Team can come to your home and let you know what needs to be done. We have been in the real estate business for many years and we know how buyers think.. we may even save you money with our suggestions too!
We hope that these ideas may help you think about your home a little differently when you decide to sell. Give our team a call and we can help you decide what little changes may help you get your home sold.