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Sprucing Up Your
Yard and Garden to Sell
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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 of 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
prospective 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 hefty 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:
Peter Dobler is a veteran in the IT business. His passion for experimenting
with new internet marketing strategies leads him to explore new niche
markets.
Read more about his experience with real estate; visit
http://real-estate.online-business-idea.com
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