The first thing anyone will ever see when they look at your home is the exterior. In that respect, when you are selling a home your goal should be to strike emotion and love for what their eyes see. It's step 1 of Home Staging 101.
The starting point is easy. Make sure that your real estate is well maintained. That is to say that the lawn is cut, the flower beds are weeded and the trees are trimmed. Any landscape features should be in order and looking like the day they were installed. Shrubs, bushes have a tendency to grow wild if not constantly maintained.
Let's take a look at a case study to see how you might be able to take your home one step beyond!
BEFORE
Take a look at the place above. Right off there are a few simple things that must be done.
AFTER
Ok. So if you have a $22,500 budget here is the final product. The yard has been totally changed. Small shrubs and flowers have replaced the lawn. The large tree on the front lawn is gone. They have spent some money and replaced the front entrance steps and the walkway leading up to the steps. Painted the house yellow and the brick chimney grey.
NOW THIS PLACE HAS CURB APPEAL. But it also came at a high cost.
So what can we take out of this picture that would help us improve the curb appeal on the Before picture beside what has already been mentioned that would cost under $ 3,000.00.
OK most sellers will be somewhere between the Before and After scenario. You as a seller must decide which end of the scale you can afford to be on.
Sellers: You want to be closer to the After look then the Before look. There are several reasons for this.
Last but not least put yourself in the buyers shoes and ask yourself these important questions.
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