HERE are some easy ways to increase your house value before putting it on the market, from the experts at Armishaws Removals.
Make a good first impression
You can add kerb appeal and make a better first impression without breaking the budget.
Repaint the front door, jet wash driveways and paths, give garden gates a spruce up and a video doorbell. You can easily perform a façade facelift in a single weekend.
Declutter
Not only does decluttering make rooms look and feel bigger, but cluttered houses are one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers.
Time to do that long overdue tip run, put everything in its place and find places for all the rest, leaving floors and rooms free from ‘life-debris’.
Declutter again
Now you’ve got rid of the big stuff, go through every room again, hang coats in wardrobes, tidy away shoes from the front door, put dog leads in drawers, and anything that’s left that could be tidied, tidy it.
Making your house look ‘zen’ will attract buyers, increasing competition and offers.
Upgrade the bathroom
Replace taps, plugs and showerheads. Clean the grouting and put in new seals and sealants.
You can even add a pot plant or two, all transforming a bathroom for under £100.
Kitchen makeover
The other room that really matters to buyers is the kitchen. Painting or spraying doors, replacing handles or simply changing the light fitting can make a big difference.
Painting tiles is another inexpensive trick to freshen up the room. Specialist tile paints are well on budget.
Worktops
Another handy kitchen hack is updating worktops by adding an overlay.
Tough, durable and surprisingly easy to apply, overlays come in a huge range of colours, styles and patterns.
Make a workspace
With more people working from home, having a clearly defined workspace shows prospective buyers how the house can work for them.
Add a house name
Studies have found houses named using words like ‘Cottage’, ‘Willow’, ‘Holly’ sell for a higher price than similar homes without a name.
It’s easy to design and buy your own house name plaque online.
Get planning permission
If you can stretch your budget a bit further, houses with planning permission (to add an extra room, convert the loft or garage, etc) sell on average for 10% more and sell faster.
Typically, it costs around £258 to apply for planning permission.
Leave a Reply