Clever Ways To Add Value To Your Home
When selling a property, you want to get the best price possible for it. If you want to increase the value of your home in clever ways, without turning to more expensive methods like remodelling your kitchen or building an extension. Here are some clever tricks to add value instantly to your home.
Add some smart technology
If you want to make your home more valuable, then smart technology is a smart addition. Smart tech like thermostats, lighting, locks, and security cameras can add value without the expense of renovations. If a buyer is looking at other homes that are very similar to yours, then the addition of smart technology could be what makes the difference in helping them to decide to buy yours and not another.
Remove your carpeting
Many modern homebuyers don’t want carpeting. Wooden floors are fashionable, easy to clean, and far more popular with buyers. A new wood floor will be popular with those looking at the house. If you don’t want to spend on real wood, laminate or engineered wood can work just as well.
Resurface your cabinets
If there’s no budget available to remodel your whole kitchen, you can still make some improvements that buyers will appreciate. Even beaten up cabinet doors can be saved with resurfacing, making the kitchen look much fresher. If a buyer doesn’t think they have will to replace the kitchen as soon as they move in, they will be willing to spend more on the property.
Build a deck
If you want to maximise your outdoor space in order to increase your home’s value, then a desk is a great idea. People want to see usable outdoor space that they don’t have to do anything to. Dress the deck with some garden furniture so potential buyers can imagine themselves using it and living in your home.
Add attic insulation
A home that is drafty, or doesn’t hold cool air from air conditioning will be a turn-off for buyers. Insulation in the attic will increase the property’s value, and help it to hold value for the future. Insulation helps to reduce energy costs, thanks to more efficient heating and air conditioning.
Finish any minor repairs around the house
It can be easy to overlook and ignore minor repairs that you have been putting off around the house, but a potential buyer will see these small things are annoyances that they will have to put right when they move in. Don’t give a buyer a reason to be put off, and get those little repairs done. This could be things like repairing a loose drawer, a leaking tap, a door that sticks, or cracks in the plasterwork. Get everything fixed up, so a buyer won’t be wondering how many bigger problems are disguised by small repairs.
If you’re not sure which improvements to make, take advise from your real estate company, like JKK Real Estate, who can advise you on what is popular with buyers and helping to drive sales.
