This is a great time to sell your house. The weather is beautiful and everything is blooming. However, no amount of sunshine and flowers can overcome crummy curb appeal.
While there are a lot of things you can do to make your property more appealing, none of those things matter if prospective buyers never make it inside. Curb appeal is the first impression potential buyers get when they drive up to your house. I can’t tell you how often I hear from Realtors that, after driving up to a house to show it, their clients take one look and say, “Never mind, we don’t need to go in.
” So, if you plan to sell your house, make sure it looks great from the curb. Paint the front door (and maybe the whole house), clean up the landscaping, put away ladders and trash cans and buckets cluttering the view. If the roof is in obvious need of repairs, fix it.
I once looked at a house for sale that had such terrible dry rot next to the front door that you could poke your finger right through the siding. Needless to say, I wasn’t interested in buying the house after that. While you’re sprucing up the front and side yards, might as well keep going.
Your back yard should also look great. If you have a pool, make sure it’s sparkly clean and the outdoor furniture around it looks neat and orderly. Once you get prospective buyers in the door, the rooms where upgrades will make the biggest impression are generally the kitchen and the bathrooms.
Let’s start with the kitchen. If you cannot a.
