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Selling a House Fast in a Declining
Housing Market
Minor Home Improvements That Will Sell Your
House
By Mark J. Donovan
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When the housing
market is declining and you want to sell your house it is more important
than ever that your home look the best it can. Though making sure your home
is clean, organized and uncluttered are critical factors in successfully
selling a house; making some minor home improvements can also be key.
Painting, fixing crack tiled floors, gluing down curled vinyl or linoleum
floors, refinishing wood floors, replacing old exterior lighting fixtures,
trimming shrubs around the home exterior, eliminating old ceiling water
stains from previous roof leaks are just a few of the ideas. |
All of these minor
home improvements can transform an older home into a new home with limited
costs and time.
Paint Interior Walls
If your
interior walls are looking shabby with
marks and dents, and old nail holes then
fill in the holes and repaint the walls.
However, make sure you do a quality job by
taping all trim first and cutting
carefully around the ceiling. Nothing can
hurt the appearance of a room more than a
poor paint job.
Fix Cracked Tile Floors
If you have
tile floors in your home’s entrance way
and kitchen, make sure that you have fixed
any broken tiles prior to attempting to
sell your house.
These are two
highly visible and important areas of your
home and poor flooring in these areas can make
or break the selling of your home.
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Glue Down Curled Edges on your
Vinyl or Linoleum Floors
If your vinyl or
linoleum flooring was put in after your
kitchen or bath cabinets and appliances were
installed, chances are there has been some
curling at the edges of the Vinyl or Linoleum
flooring. Apply some glue underneath the
curling edges and press the vinyl or linoleum
flooring back into place. You will need
something heavy to hold down the edges while
the glue dries.
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Re-sand and Refinish your Wood
Floors
If you wood
floors are in rough shape then re-sand and
refinish them. Quality wood floors can be a
real selling point in a home. Scratched up
wood floors, however, can be a real turn off
to potential homebuyers.
Re-Paint the Ceiling to
Eliminate Water Stains
If you roof at
one time had a leak, make sure there are no
ceiling stains. If there are, then repaint the
ceiling. Ceiling paint is very inexpensive and
can be easily applied with a roller and a
couple hours of work. Leaving ceiling stains
visible to potential homebuyers invites
questions about your roof’s integrity. No
future homeowner is interested in having to
replace the shingles on the home as soon as
they move in.
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Update your Exterior Home
Lighting
If your home is
at least 5 years old and your exterior home
lighting is made out of brass, or brass
plating, chances are that it is dingy and faded
and quite frankly an eye sore. Again, outdoor
entrance way lighting is one of the first
things a potential homebuyer sees. Installing
two or three exterior lights is relatively
inexpensive compared to delaying the selling
of your home in a declining housing market.
Trimming Exterior Shrub
If your home’s
front exterior shrubs are overgrown and
swallowing up your home’s front exterior then
pull out the trimmers and aggressively remove
the overgrowth so that the homes front
exterior can be seen again.
Power Wash the Exterior Siding
Make sure there
is no mold and dirt visible on your home’s
siding. Use a power washer and a proper
detergent to remove any mold and mildew on the
exterior of the home. Nothing looks worse to a
potential homebuyer than to see a green sheen
running up the home’s exterior.
With these minor
home improvements, and pricing your home right
to begin with, you can dramatically increase
the chances of selling your home quickly. It
is important to note that a potential
homebuyer usually makes an impression of your
home in the first 8 seconds of seeing it.
Thus, it is critical that the home’s exterior,
entranceway, and key rooms look as good as new
before they show up at your door.
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