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Posted over 14 years ago

Top 5 Home Resale Value Boosters

 San Antonio homes are not just a place for you to live; they are also a major investment. One of everyone's major concerns is to get the best value for every penny that is spent on their home. To ensure that you achieve the best, if not the highest selling price and get the highest return on your investment, you must always consider these top 5 home value boosters.
 
 Use Available Space Wisely
 
 The manner by which you arrange your furniture and other fixtures in a room will have a significant impact on how big or small it will turn out. You must also look at your lifestyle and assess whether you really need that pair of couches, chairs or love seats that tend to eat up a lot of space in your home. You must evaluate how well you organize things and carefully assess the mix of stuff that you presently have in your home. Are there items that you have not been using for the past 3 months and need to be stored away in your storage area? Or are there things that you have not been used within the last 12 months and need to be disposed of altogether?
 
 There are small items that can make even a good-sized home look a tad smaller. These are the last things that a home buyer will want to see in the home that they want to buy. Take some time to think of all the possible space-maximizing options and make those small changes in the look of your home interior before you decide to show your property to an interested buyer.
 
 Assess your Interior Decorations
 
 The last thing that you want to do is go overboard in your home interior decorations. A perfect home interior decoration is not always appealing to buyers. Sometimes, your taste and preference in home decoration could limit some of your home selling options. Your taste in home interior decorations are largely a personal thing. If your style is moving towards bright, dark or wild colors or have a home interior design that is really “out of this world,” then you may have to seriously consider “un-decorating” your home interior. The basic rule that you must remember when preparing your San Antonio home for sale is to keep the obvious and prominent aspects of your home in neutral territory.
 
 Un-clutter is the Buzzword
 
 Clutter is your worst enemy when you are planning to sell your home. You have to get of rid of useless stuff and excess items in your house. The rule of thumb when preparing your home for sale is to keep things on neutral mode. Those large family portraits, toys and other personal stuff must be stored away. Home buyers must be given the opportunity to visualize themselves as owners of the real estate. This becomes hard, if they see your strong presence in the items that are around your house.
 
 Keep Things Clear and Clean
 
 You will easily score big points in aspects related to aesthetic and perceived value of your real estate if you follow the basic rule of keeping things clean and clear. Dirt stains, blemishes and smudges can significantly devalue your house. Make sure that your home is immaculately clean before you show it to prospective buyers. Keep the critical parts of your home in their best and sparkling form.
 
 It is also a wise decision if you hire the services of a professional home cleaning specialist to perform a top-to-bottom clean-up job on your home. You must also look at the lighting in your home interior as well as exterior. Check the bulbs of your lighting fixtures and make sure that all are in working condition.
 
 Set the Stage for a Perfect Home Staging
 
 Once you have sufficiently covered all the essential aspects of an effective home staging, the last thing that you need to do is to stay away when the prospective buyer views your house. You can take a short walk in the neighborhood, go watch a movie, or treat your family to a dinner. It's best that you are not in it while your agent is showing your always best to let the selling agent and prospective buyers walk and talk freely.
 
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Comments (2)

  1. Hi Liz! Something that really work for me is using Feng Shui tips in the houses. For example, what you mention about the clutter is key, but if you really want a peaceful and good energy atmosphere for the property, then you have to take care of the decoration and of the way you put plants, mirrors, tables, etc. An excelent book , easy to use is "The Western Guide to Feng Shui", Terah Kathryn Collins. I always recomend it because I have excelent sales with Feng Shui and also you can use it for your own home. Kind Regards Maria


  2. The main thing is that all homes will look larger with nothing in them. The clutter and some colors actually reduce the "appearance" size of the home. Of course, I am speaking of any sale EXCEPT the end buyer who is going to be the owner/occupant of the home.