One of my favorite TV shows is "Designed to Sell" on HGTV. I have learned a lot from that show on how to stage a home when you're putting it on the market. So I have been doing a lot of home improvements the last few weeks in the effort to get my house "buyer friendly."
So far, I have painted the entire outside a neutral gray tone, painted the inside a neutral taupe, have totally de-cluttered and de-personalized the interior so that any potential buyer can just move in without having to paint or remove wallpaper. (By the way...does anyone wallpaper anymore???)
I know that you have to get rid of unsightly areas so these were the ones I tended to today. This is the left side of my house which I never see. I could probably count the number of times on two hands that I've walked around to this side of the house since I moved here five yeas ago.
So this is what I did to it today. I took the railroad ties from the back yard and put about five bags of mulch down...so the whole deal coast me about ten bucks. Can't beat that with a stick.
This was an area that had rotted out due to a prior roof leak.
And, voila! All clean and tidy! Replaced some boards and you'd never know. Cost: $2.00.
This is definitely a questionable time to be putting a house on the market, but there are also a lot of tax incentives out there for new buyers right now, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm definitely not going to give it away, but you just never know.
Stay tuned...
5 comments:
Wow! I'm really impressed that you did all that yourself! I'd probably be able to handle the gardening/landscaping part, but I'd be an idiot when it came to replacing boards! Good luck with the home sale. I'm betting with all the work and staging you've done, you'll get your buyer!
Nice work, Deb. Good luck with the sale. Do you have a property to buy in mind?
Thanks, Beck. With my limited budget, I definitely have to be innovative on home repairs!
Vee - No I don't have anything in mind to buy. I was thinking of renting a place for about six months so I can do some serious looking rather than jumping right into a place. Plus, after my yard from hell, it would be nice to have a break from yard work for awhile!!
Pretty Spiffy, Ms Vila....Is there any Limts to your talents... I am kinda surprised There isnt a gazebo there you built from a collection of recycled Popcycle sticks ,4 cigar boxes and one of the boy's old Louisville Slugger bats . Good Luck with the Sale.... btw, any way can I get Norm Abrams autogragh..
Barry - HaHaHaHaHaHa! No Popsicle gazebo...yet. I had to google "Norm Abrams"--had no clue who he was, much less get his autograph! You gave me a good laugh today.
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