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| Sprucing Up Your Yard And Garden To Sell |
| If you are thinking of selling your home, the best way to raise
the value of your property is to fix the place up! Whether it be
new landscaping, a new front door, remodeling the kitchen or
bathroom, or building a fence, every dollar that you put into
your home to make it better for the person who is going to
purchase the home in the future. While you are in the process of
fixing things up, putting dollars into your home may seem a
futile effort. What if these improvements don't raise the market
value or salability of your house at all? These are concerns
that all home owners looking to sell are faced with, and while
they are valid concerns never make the mistake of
underestimating what a few spruce ups can do the selling power
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| your home or property. Curb appeal is everything. Most
intelligent prospective home buyers will not stop to attend the
open house for a home whose gardens are falling apart or are
nonexistent, whose lawn has bare patches and whose porch is
sagging in the middle from the weather. When it comes to selling
a home, the prospective buyer's first impression really is
everything. A good tip is to try to put yourself in the other
person's shoes. Stand in front of your home and walk up the
walkway. Be as critical as you can of your home, it will help
you in your improvement endeavors. What is it about the house
that first attracted you to purchase it? Are these things still
intact? Do you see any problems with the house that a
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| buyer might notice, such as an old roof or a broken
screen door? Homes are already expensive enough; most buyers are
not going to want to make the home repairs that you should have
made upon purchase of the property. Well established gardens and
curb appeal can add as much as 20 percent to the sale value of
your property, meaning that if you make a good transaction all
of the money you put into the project should come back to you.
Do you have things in your yard such as garden gnomes and lawn
furniture, or even a child's swing set or jungle gym in the back
yard? It is strongly recommended that you remove these things
from your yard before showing your home if at all possible. Of
course, removing a swing set or jungle gym would be a |
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task, but perhaps moving it to a corner of the yard that is a
little more difficult to see from the backyard will help. If
they think garden gnomes are tacky and you have three or four
scattered about your front lawn, believe it or not that may turn
a prospective buyer off. The prospective home buyer cares as
much about outer appearance for their future home investment as
you do, and they should be able to picture their own things in
the yard and garden.
About the author:
Kirsten Hawkins is a real estate expert from Nashville, TN.
Visit http://www.king-of-real-estate.com/ for more information
on real estate, mortgages, and finding the house of your dream.
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