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Monday, March 28, 2016

Tips to Boost Your Home's Curb Appeal

Tips to Boost Your Home's Curb Appeal

Homes with great curb appeal reflect a home that's been well taken care of by its owners. With proper maintenance, stylish features, and a well-maintained landscape, your home will command a higher sales price and take less time to sell in today's competitive housing market. Here are some tips to boost your home's curb appeal and property value.

Give Your House a Clean Face

Before you add a fresh coat of paint or plant beautiful flowers, wash the dust, mildew and general dirt off your home's facade. Washing your home's exterior can add $10,000 to $15,000 to the sale price. With a tub of soapy water and a large, soft brush, you can remove the dirt from wood, stucco, brick, metal, and vinyl siding. With a power washer, you can clean your driveway, front walkway, porch and patio. It's important to wash your windows and doors, clean your garage door, get rid of cobwebs, and clean out your gutters. With help from a friend, or a professional cleaning crew, you can make your house sparkle in a few weekends.

Add a Fresh, New Coat of Paint

A fresh, new coat of paint will instantly boost your home's curb appeal. It's a quick fix with great benefits. Since painting your home can be an expensive and time-consuming job, you need to plan ahead. Depending you your location and the condition of your home, a 3,000-square-foot home can cost $400 to $800 for paint and $3,000 to $8,000 for professional labor. To save time and money, match the existing paint color that's on the house, so there's less preparation with scraping, sanding and priming. Avoid the urge to choose a bold or bright color. An appraiser will often mark down the value of a house that’s painted a wildly different color from others in the same neighborhood. 

Create an Appealing Landscape 

A well-manicured lawn, neatly pruned shrubs and trees, and fresh mulch will quickly boost the curb appeal of any home. Mow your lawn and green up your grass with lawn food and water. Cover any bare spots with new grass seed or sod, and get rid of weeds. Trim overgrown shrubs and trees and use bark chips or straw around the base for a neat, finished appearance. Fill your garden beds with colorful annuals, then add a stylish border edge with stone or brick pavers. For more tips, hire a general contractor now.

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