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By: Raynor James
As the real estate market cools off, selling your home requires
that you return to the basic fundamentals. Here are some tips
for preparing your home to sell as applied to painting.
Tips on Preparing Your Home for Sale - Painting
We have just come out of one of the all time glorious seller’s
markets. The demand was so rabid, you could practically close
a transaction before you the property appeared in the multiple
listing services. I actually went to look at models in a new
development where there was a line to get into the properties!
Talk about a seller’s market. With demand cooling off
and prices pulling back, you actually have to put some effort
into selling your home today. Here are some tips to make it
happen when it comes to paint.
Buying a property is very much an emotional act. Yes, issues
such as schools, location, size and so on come into play,
but a buyer is primarily motivated by what they see. To this
end, one of the biggest issues to consider when preparing
your home to go on the market is the paint.
You may need a major paint job on your home or just some
minor tweaks. Only you can decide, but painting should be
approached in a systematic manner. If you have rooms that
are on the small side, you should paint them with a lighter
color. Lighter colors make a room look larger. Conversely,
an overly large room should be painted with darker colors,
which will make it look smaller.
The second issue to consider with painting is the odd nature
of colors. When considering colors, you will look at patches
to find a selection. For some odd reason, what you see in
samples rarely translates to the appearance on your home.
To save money, time and frustration, do not pick a color and
then paint the area in question. Instead, you should buy a
small amount of the paint and apply it to a small part of
the wall in question. Let it dry and then consider if it meets
your expectations. Often, the color will not appear as you
thought it would. Take note of the problem and then buy another
small pint of paint that has the correction, to wit, slightly
lighter or darker. Now paint another small part of the wall
and see what it looks like. Repeat this process until you
find the color you want.
At the end of the day, a buyer that falls in love with the
physical appearance of your home is the one that is going
to make an offer. Painting all or part of your home is one
way to make sure that happens.
About The Author
Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - listings
of FSBO homes for sale by owner.
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