It's time to sell your Saskatoon home so you can use the money toward investing in condo real estate in Toronto, but the market isn't great right now. If you really want a fighting chance at selling your home, you need to redecorate. You've watched the TV shows but you're still unsure when it comes to doing things for real. You can always hire someone to do it for you, but where's the fun in that? If you're a born do it yourself-er or would like to do this particular project yourself, here are some jobs you can start with.
Flooring
Of all the things that you can redecorate, the floors are what will give you the most sway with buyers because it's so much work - work they don't want to do themselves. They'd much rather by real estate in Milton, Ontario rather than Saskatoon if it's got the right flooring. Some suggestions for floor coverings that are popular with buyers: hardwood or laminate flooring in living rooms and dining rooms, tile in the kitchen, carpets or cork flooring in bedrooms. Some unpopular floor coverings to avoid: outdoor carpeting indoors, bare concrete, vinyl, and linoleum.
Walls
The walls of your home will be surrounding your potential buyers, so you want them to feel welcoming rather than stifling. Decorating shows might lead you to believe painting your walls with stripes or bright colors will give your home an advantage over a house for sale in Scarborough, but in fact the best colors for your wall when you're selling are neutral ones. Creams, tans, beiges and whites open up the space and help buyers visualize their own colors. Never use dark colors. Paint is better than wallpaper, because it's more easily changed when the buyer moves in.
Furnishings
When showing your home, you want only the basics. That means couch, coffee table, and entertainment center in the living room, beds and dressers in the bedrooms, dining table and chairs in the dining room, and a cabinet, bookcase, or end table where there's too much room left over. Items of furniture in the same room should co-ordinate, both with each other and the walls. Remember that house for sale Oshawa that was absolutely jam packed with furniture, making it hard to move? This is what you should avoid doing.
Accents
Be sparing with accent pieces, adding only enough vases (with flowers), pictures (nothing controversial), and lamps to make the space seem lived in rather than crowded. All windows should have curtains or blinds. Add a table cloth or place mats in the dining room if you like, and a centerpiece. Co-ordinate the colors with walls and furniture. With any luck, those power of sale properties in Brampton won't have a chance against your home.
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