Creating Curb Appeal Is Easy & Inexpensive

Creating Curb Appeal Is Easy & Inexpensive

Someone said that you have 10 seconds to make a good first impression of your house, and if that is the case, the outside of your house may cause some buyers to keep on driving!

Here are a few ideas to make them want to come inside:

• Clean up the outside by removing leaves, branches, dying shrubs or other “yard clutter” to make it neat and tidy.

• Sweep the driveway, walkway, patio and deck and if you get snow, shovel it off the driveway and walkway.

• Put away any garden equipment such as rakes and tools.

• Keep the grass cut and shrubs pruned.

• Clean the windows and repair any caulking or paint that needs attention.

• Make the garage and front door look as inviting as you can. If it needs it, a fresh coat of paint and kick plate can inexpensively transform a front door. Make sure the garage is not dented or dirty. Little things count a lot.

• What about eaves troughs, gutters, shutters and house numbers. Are they clean, can they be painted or washed down? If rusty, a coat of paint is worth 100 times the cost of the paint!

• Make sure the mailbox is not rusty or dented and if so, what about replacing it if it needs it?

• Wash down or brush off any spider webs, nests or dust, grime or chipped paint and if required, touch up the paint.

• Get rid of the pink flamingos, or one of the 7 cement dwarfs you bought at a yard sale, or the plastic geranium bush, or the tomato plants or whatever shouldn’t be there.