How to improve your listings?
Real estate has turned into a competitive industry. Marketing your client’s property and making it stand out is your job as a real estate agent. In order to increase the value of their listings, landowners need to make certain changes to their properties. Read on to find out how you can improve your home and gain more profit.
Let there be light:
Adding natural light to a home indicates that it is minimalist and energy conversant. Adjusting the lighting can increase its appeal to the buyers. You must remember that there needs to be a balance between natural and artificial light for things to look better. Some ideas for improving lighting at your house are:
- Turn on all lights when showing your house
- Opening shades for natural light to fall through.
- Adding more lights in fairly darker rooms.
- Replacing damaged lights
Improve Furniture in your listings
Furniture plays an important role in upstaged houses. You need to carefully select the best suited furniture for your place. If you think that your existing furniture will do great, consider giving it a slight retouch. Some ideas for furniture staging include:
- If there is a spare room, make it a study
- Setup a dining room table
- Get the furniture repainted
Improve your Kitchen
Kitchen is the most important room of a home. Most families spend time in the kitchen and its needs to be full of facilities. This doesn’t mean installing all new cabinetry and appliances. A couple of small updates can make all the difference, such as:
- Replace the cabinets if required
- Get the walls re-done
- Maximize facilities
Improve your listings by improving the bathroom
Bathroom and kitchen are the most important. Whenever a buyer is visiting a home, they always look for the bathroom and the kitchen. Even with minor changes, you can ask for a higher price for your house. Some low cost ideas include:
- Move on with the old tiles
- Add fresh paint
- Replace smaller items with new ones
The Entryway
First impression is the last impression. Based on this precedent the entrance of your house is really important. The entrance of your house will mark the initial threshold between the buyer’s old home and their potential new home. You don’t have to spend a fortune at the entrance of your house; still here are some tips for staging a better entrance:
- Place a new welcome mat
- Replace porch lights
- Get it painted
- Paint the front doors with vibrant colors
Improve your curb
Buyers sometimes also look at a home’s exterior. They look at the yards, the sidewalks and surrounding shrubbery. Some ways to improve curb appeal include:
- Trim the lawn
- Improve your windows.
- Adding a fresh coat of paint to the siding, trim and shutters, and lamp or mailbox posts.