Selling a Home? Curb Appeal Means Everything

Selling a Home?  Curb Appeal Means Everything

If you're selling your home, or even THINKING ABOUT it, one of the most important things you must do is to improve the curb appeal of your home.

The exterior of your home is the first item potential home buyers are going to see.  Therefore, there should be a lot of emphasis placed on your homes exterior.  After all, if potential home buyers are turned off by your home's curb appeal, you may never get them inside the home to have a chance for a sale.  Here are a few tips to spruce up your home's exterior:

• Power-wash your siding
• Re-mulch your landscaping beds
• Trim up bushes and hedges
• Add colorful flowers
• Add some cheap bushes in bare spots
• Spot seed your lawn if you have any bare spots
• Water your lawn to "green it up"
• Weed and feed your lawn as well
• Re-paint the siding if needed
• Pick up any lose debris in the yard
• Rake up leaves
• Trim tree branches if necessary
• Keep the yard mowed very regularly
• Edge along your driveway and your sidewalks (makes a big difference)
• Pull out all weeds in landscaping beds
• Waterproof wood patios
• Re-seal concrete patios
• Hide or store away any unsightly or run down outdoor furniture and/or decor
• Repaint or replace your mailbox if necessary
• Clean outside windows
• Make any necessary repairs to siding, roof, flashing, shutters, etc.

This list is only the beginning and only includes the outside of your home.  This list can be as long (or longer) for getting the inside of your home ready to show, but hopefully these tips get you started on that all important curb appeal.

See other Home Selling Tips in the "Home Selling Tips" category of this site for more.