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WHEN it comes to selling your home, it needs to stand out from the competition. So, before you start looking for an estate agent, follow our value-adding tips.
1. Revamp the entrance
First impressions count, particularly if you’re about to put your house on the market.
By painting the front door in a strong colour, such as red or blue, updating doorway furniture and the entrance mat, you’re sending a message that your home is up-to-date and well maintained before anyone even crosses the threshold.
2. Refresh with paint
Painting the interior can lift the mood of your house and it’s inexpensive if you’re willing to do the work.
If your budget allows, tackle walls yourself and get professionals in to do the ceilings, as these can be hard going on the neck.
If you’re taking the DIY approach, tackle one room at a time. Choose a warm, dry day to start, move all of your furniture into the middle of the room and do the first coat in the morning. As most paint needs only a few hours between coats, you can do the second later in the day and have the room finished by the evening.
Bigger rooms will take more time of course, but the one-room-at-a-time method limits disruption.
3. Update flooring
Getting carpets cleaned can make a huge amount of difference to the look (and smell) of a home, so calling in the professionals is well worth considering.
However, no amount of cleaning is going to lift a floor covering beyond its use-by date, so it may be time to replace what you’ve got.
If floorboards are showing a little too much wear and tear, have them re-sanded, washed, stained, painted or simply resealed. If you decide to rip up old carpet and find old dirty floorboards underneath, mix up a solution of boiled linseed oil, turpentine and white vinegar in equal parts and test a patch with a lint-free cloth to clean and feed the timber.
If the wood looks good, you may have unearthed a gem.
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Jenny
1. Revamp the entrance
First impressions count, particularly if you’re about to put your house on the market.
By painting the front door in a strong colour, such as red or blue, updating doorway furniture and the entrance mat, you’re sending a message that your home is up-to-date and well maintained before anyone even crosses the threshold.
2. Refresh with paint
Painting the interior can lift the mood of your house and it’s inexpensive if you’re willing to do the work.
If your budget allows, tackle walls yourself and get professionals in to do the ceilings, as these can be hard going on the neck.
If you’re taking the DIY approach, tackle one room at a time. Choose a warm, dry day to start, move all of your furniture into the middle of the room and do the first coat in the morning. As most paint needs only a few hours between coats, you can do the second later in the day and have the room finished by the evening.
Bigger rooms will take more time of course, but the one-room-at-a-time method limits disruption.
3. Update flooring
Getting carpets cleaned can make a huge amount of difference to the look (and smell) of a home, so calling in the professionals is well worth considering.
However, no amount of cleaning is going to lift a floor covering beyond its use-by date, so it may be time to replace what you’ve got.
If floorboards are showing a little too much wear and tear, have them re-sanded, washed, stained, painted or simply resealed. If you decide to rip up old carpet and find old dirty floorboards underneath, mix up a solution of boiled linseed oil, turpentine and white vinegar in equal parts and test a patch with a lint-free cloth to clean and feed the timber.
If the wood looks good, you may have unearthed a gem.
Read more ...
Jenny