If you’re trying to sell your home, or beautify your neighborhood, curb appeal is probably on your mind. Curb appeal is simply how your home looks when you first pull up to it, and curb appeal can often make the difference between a house that sells quickly and one that sits on the market forever.
Make a great first impression on potential buyers with these five simple tips to beautify your home:
Plant Flowers
Flowers are a cheap and easy way to improve curb appeal, especially for homes that have a shady front that may be hard to see from the curb. If you have a front yard that’s heavily shaded, adding outdoor lighting can be a great way to highlight flower beds and other landscaping features.
Flowers beds add a splash of color and help make a home, especially one with a fairly bland front yard, seem more attractive and dynamic. Especially if your home is charming on the inside, some flowers will ensure buyers come in to take a look.
Repave Your Driveway
Everything about your home is part of curb appeal, and your driveway is no exception. A cracked, stained driveway isn’t as pleasing to the eye. More importantly, the more damaged your driveway seems to be, the more questions a buyer will have about the overall condition of the house, even if it’s in tip-top shape, and they’ll be mentally adding the cost of fixing that onto the overall price of the house. So, if you’re selling your home, ensure your driveway is top-notch; it’ll help make your home seem new.
Tidy Up The Yard
We all have better things to do than trim the grass every weekend, but if you’re trying to sell your home, a clean yard can often help get the attention of buyers. So, keep the grass short, trim away branches and limbs that might block a view of your home, and cover dead spots around trees with mulch and flowers that thrive in shade. A good-looking yard is often the first step to selling a home.
Repaint Your Home’s Exterior
By the time you’re ready to put your property on the market, it likely will have been quite some time since you last applied a coat of exterior paint. Over time, your home’s exterior paint job can fade and crack, often from the stress of inclement weather. Moisture from rain, snow, ice, frost, or even the humidity of the Maryland summer can erode the protection that exterior paint provides.
A cracked, faded exterior paint job can make a terrible first impression, and can undermine all of the hard work you’ve done to other features of your property, inside and out. Repaint your home’s exterior and give visitor’s and potential buyers the impression that they’re looking at a home that’s in top condition.
Redo Walkways
Walkways should be redone regardless of your goals. Just like curb appeal sells a house, if the walkway up to your home is in need of repair, you’ll often find the buyer has made a decision before they even ring the doorbell. So, take the time to ensure your walkways are properly laid and patched, or even replace them entirely. And, while you’re at it, look into installing walkway lighting, using items like solar-powered stake lights; it’s both good for safety and will help add a touch of beauty to your home at night.
There’s many ways to improve curb appeal, but with these five, you’ll be well on the way to a more beautiful, sought-after home.
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