
Painting Is One Of The Best Returns On Investment
There’s no better way to increase your property value than a fresh quality paint job. It gives the best overall impact to your interior and exterior and can help your property stand out from the competition.
It’s not always necessary to spend at lot of money to get your house ready to sell. There are a number of simple, relatively low cost and free things you can do to improve its look. More often than not homes can benefit from editing and de-cluttering.
Exterior Improvements To Prepare A House For Sale
- Add a splash of colour with planted flowers in your gardens
- Refresh areas of bark mulch with a fresh topping
- trim back or shape overgrown or unsightly shrubs and plants
- Place a welcoming planter at your front door or an appealing door mat
- Take steps to green up your lawn
- Keep up with the weeding and mowing
- Tidy up your yard and garden, remove unsightly items around your property
- Make sure your gutters are intact and not dripping
- Power wash dirty sidewalks and driveways, or reseal your driveway
- make sure gates and doors are functioning properly
- Clean the exterior of your house where it’s needed, siding, gutters, etc.
- Replace tired looking house numbers with some eye catching new ones

Interior Improvements To Prepare A House For Sale
- Clean, clean, clean, make it sparkle and get in those nooks and crannies
- repair all the little things that are broken or damaged
- do cosmetic upgrades to key spaces like kitchens and bathrooms
- Spruce up your kitchen cabinets with new hardware pulls or knobs
- Maximize the interior light by cleaning the windows
- Consider removing drapes if they are blocking a lot of light, install blinds instead
- Make a space look larger by adding an appropropriately placed mirror
- Replace old style light switches and electrical outlets
- Edit furniture and nick knacks, find storage for extra furniture if need be
- De-clutter all counter tops
- Place a bowl of apples or lemons in the kitchen
- Purchase fresh cut flowers or an orchid to strategically place
- get attractive new towels and a bath mat for bathroom
- Add new life to old bedding or the couch new throw cushions
- Organize things that must be left out into attractive baskets
- De-clutter your closets so they look spacious and organized
- Eliminate pet smells, you may have become nose blind to the odour
- Organize and de-clutter garage, if possible so you can park the vehicles in it
