Simple Ways To Boost Your Home Value Before You Sell

If you are thinking about selling your home, you'll need to go around the house and create a checklist of items that need fixing and updating. If you don’t make repairs before you sell your home, your home's value is going to suffer, and you won't get nearly as much for a home that is in disrepair as you would for a home that passes inspection without issue.  With that in mind, here's three simple ways you can boost your home's value before you put it on the market.

3 Simple Ways To Boost Your Home's Value Before Putting It On The Market

Fix It

If you notice that something in your house is broken, you should consider fixing it before you put your house on the market. For example, if you have any cracks or holes in your walls, you need to fill them and make sure it looks good as new. The same applies to doors in your house, if you notice that any of the doors are damaged, you should either fix them or replace them. You don’t want people to be put off because your house looks like a fixer-upper.

You should consider getting a home inspection before you put your house up for sale. The inspector will be able to tell you if there are any issues with the safety of your house and will be able to identify quality installations and damaged building components. If you get this inspection before you put your house on the market, there will be no surprises when a potential buyer requests a home inspection before they purchase your home.

Paint It

You may have a brightly coloured house. Yellows, purples or maybe even reds may cover your walls, but if you are going to sell your house, you need to think about painting these walls white or a magnolia color. These types of colours bring more light into the room, brightening up the room even if it has typically been dark before. As well as this, it will make the room look larger, potentially giving buyers the impression that the room is larger than it is.

Keep It Minimal

​Clutter is the enemy. Everything that is non-essential should be put away in storage somewhere before you have the pictures taken of your home. There should be as little as possible in a room at any given time. For example, if you are a family of four, then two smaller sofas will be sufficient, and you will not need to have any chairs out, taking up space that you could be showing off to potential buyers.

You should try to make all the rooms in the house look as big as possible and minimalistic design is the best way to do this. As well as furniture, you should make sure that all of your countertops and surfaces are clear of clutter as well. You can do this room by room and go over each room every couple of days to see if there is anything else you can put away to emphasize the space in the room.