5 Reasons to Paint Home Exteriors Before Selling
When selling your home, you want to know the most cost-efficient upgrades for increasing your house’s appraisal value and general market interest. One of the simplest solutions is simply to freshen up your home’s exterior appearance with a fresh coat of paint.
Houses with contemporary paint designs will not only be worth more but also attract a higher number of buyers. In fact, painting the exterior of your house including the trim and doors is one of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to add immediate value.
According to Home & Garden television, “you can typically get a 100-percent return on the money you put into your home’s curb appeal.”
Exterior Painting Helps Your House Show Better
In real estate first impressions are everything. If your house isn’t immediately eye-catching, potential buyers will lose interest quickly. Curb appeal is king!
Your house should look like a fresh, blank slate on which a new family can build their own vision. Our experts recommend painting the exterior with bright, neutral colors, and adding a pop of modern color to your trim and doors. Coupled with streamlined landscaping, that crisp curb appeal can go a long way toward enticing potential buyers.
Immaculate interiors with manicured showrooms and high-end furniture mean nothing if people never come inside.
Exterior Painting Improves Your Online Listing
Modern potential buyers do most of their house-searching online. Your digital photos should be eye-catching, high-resolution, and appealing.
A fresh coat of exterior paint will showcase your home properly – clean lines, neutral colors, and simple use of color to highlight special features. You’re not just taking a snapshot of your home; you are creating professional marketing collateral.
If you want to take it a step further, an experienced photographer with state-of-the-art equipment can capture the perfect angles and lighting to really make your Raleigh real estate listing stand out from the crowd.
Your Price Will Be Less Negotiable
Even though a few scuffs on your paint job shouldn’t really decrease your appraisal value, those few imperfections create wiggle room for negotiations with potential buyers. Even one scrape or scratch on your exterior siding can create the illusion that the interior or structure may have similar flaws.
Instead, present a clean, beautiful canvas that the new family can’t resist. Again, this is where curb appeal is your friend – those first impressions can be the difference between buyers negotiating for your home, versus buyers clamoring to see who can close the deal first.
Your Home Will Sell More Easily
Sometimes a real estate listing sits online for months without being noticed – but a fresh coat of paint does more than simply add value to your house; it also increases your likelihood of being noticed.
Do you have a beautiful bay window or accent arch on your porch? Highlight it with a coat of paint to make it stand out. People are far more likely to look at your online listing, contact your real estate agent after driving past, and ultimately pay more for a house with bold, clean lines and fresh aesthetics.
We really can’t say it enough: Curb appeal is king!
Exterior Paint Could Affect Your Appraisal
A fresh coat of paint is one of the least expensive ways to upgrade your home that will impact your bottom line. Making the house “move-in ready” has a huge appeal, and people are willing to pay more for a home that requires no work.
In fact, according to Consumer Reports, “paint can give a potential bump of 1-2%” on your total home value. Plus, painting a home helps take care of visible weathering and stains, giving your house a clean, new-home aesthetic that encourages buyers to pay more.
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