10 Tips to Selling Your Home
If you have a Baltimore home for sale, or any other MD realty, one thing is always true: the homeowner plays an important part in the appraised value of the home. Below are 10 helpful tips to maximize residential real estate value when selling your home:
1. Paint the exterior
A fresh coat of paint can give any home, even a new home, a much needed facelift, often for as little as a few thousand dollars. Select a neutral tone that is consistent with other residences in the neighborhood. This also includes eaves, gutters and drains that may also need painting.
2. Complete all needed repairs
To maximize a home's worth, it should be in good condition both inside and out. Hire an inspector now, before an offer, and fix any and all problems such as roof deficiencies, leaky plumbing and electrical concerns. This is the best way to make residential real estate sell.
3. Purchase a home warranty
Establish peace of mind. A transferable home warranty protection plan can provide added security to the buyer – and homeowner.
4. Furnish the home to sell
Beautifully furnishing a home can go a long way toward selling a successful sale. Give buyers the option to procure the residence with or without furnishings, and have a pre-established sale price for either scenario.
5. Upgrade front yard landscaping
Curb appeal plays a big role in buying and selling residential real estate, in Baltimore, MD or anywhere else. Potential buyers may never show any interest if your home doesn't look appealing from their car. Buyers waiting for their Realtor to show up will often spend time mentally critiquing the landscaping while they wait. In addition to foliage, add landscape lighting and a weather and soil moisture-based landscape irrigation scheduling device to boost value even more.
6. Create a quick kitchen makeover
Kitchens are the one place where you really get the most bang for your remodeling buck. Update countertops and appliances as well as faucets, fixtures, and doorknobs. Even easily changed items can have a huge impact on how fast your home sells…and for how much. This is a great way to make your property look like a new property.
7. Think spa, not bathroom
Where the master bath is concerned, think spa or private sanctuary. It should be a relaxing and rejuvenating space that excites buyers, with upgraded faucets, fixtures, lighting, cabinetry, and mirrors. Then dress it up with plants, candles and other inexpensive, high impact decor.
8. Install soft and hard window treatments
Nothing can enhance real estate more than a beautiful window treatment. It gives the home's interior design more impact, and can actually increase the home's worth. In addition to "hard" treatments such as blinds and shutters that offer privacy, soft treatments hung from decorative fixtures can really enhance a room’s appeal. Look to a professional to ensure the best outcome.
9. Replace carpet rather than just cleaning
Rather than simply steam cleaning old, used carpet, replace it with fresh, neutral-toned carpet and an upgraded pad for an extra luxurious feel. Spending the extra money on new carpet will really make your home stand out from the crowd. It will look better. Feel better. And even smell better.
10. Don't overlook your closets
Sometimes fast-selling, high yielding real estate is well organized real estate. The better organized a closet, the larger it appears and the better it reflects on the home. So box up those unwanted clothes and shoes and donate them to charity. Then invest in a closet organization system - either by a professional or self-installed - which will positively impact an appraisal.
