Simple Bathroom Renovation Tips for Selling...
By Dana J. Smithers
www.sunonmybackredesigns.com
At all of my public talks on Preparing Your House for Selling home
sellers want to know ‘Which are the most important rooms for selling?.
My answer is always - the bathroom and the kitchen. Other rooms are
important but since women make 85% of the buying decisions you need to
pay attention to what we look at first! Many a restaurant has lost our
business because of the condition of the bathroom – right ladies!
As a professional home stager I have worked with hundreds of clients
getting their home ready for selling. Home Stagers are part of a growing
service sector in the real estate industry. We know our business and we
know how to give a home that ‘Open House Ready’ look.
One of the most important criteria that home stagers work with is
determining who your target market is. We provide many services that
allow us to assist the home seller to save them TIME, MONEY & ENERGY.
Make no mistake – selling is a very, very big job.
My advice to you is not to spend too much money on major renovations in
your bathroom or kitchen. These are very personal rooms and they are the
ones that are most often updated once the new owner has moved in. Do
what you need to do to make the rooms look good. There will be other
places for you to spend your money.
I am going to share some simple tips that you can take to get your
bathrooms looking great for selling no matter who your target market is.
You can make these changes to your bathroom on a very small budget.
TIPS For Selling & Simple Bathroom Renovations:
Remove all the clutter and all of your personal items. Buyers don’t want
to see your hair brush, tooth brush or your cat’s litter. (Honestly this
is what I walked into one day…) Now is the time to sort through what you
really need to keep, give away, sell or throw out. Recycle where you
can. Counter tops should be clear with the exception of a few
accessories.
Clean until every single thing sparkles in this bathroom. If you have a
shower curtain buyers will pull it back to see the condition of the tub
so clean all the grout until it is white.
One of the biggest changes and best investments is painting your walls.
Choose a paint colour that will go with the colour scheme of your home
which will be in a neutral colour. Light blues and/or greens are easy on
the eye colours in bathrooms – think ‘spa’ and calm – a warm beige is
always a safe colour.
If your lighting fixtures are old then replace them. You can buy very
current brushed nickel light fixtures for very reasonable prices at Home
Depot, Ikea, Canadian Tire or Rona. The old brass plates just don’t have
the look home buyers want. Flooring does not have to be an expensive
item for your bathroom update. There are many excellent products on the
market.
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10 Home Staging Tips
Preparing your house for selling can be a daunting and overwhelming task
whether you have lived in your home a few years or many. The longer you
have lived in your home the more things you will have acquired. The
intent of this Top 10 Tips for Successful Home Staging is to help you
save TIME, MONEY & ENERGY.
