INEXPENSIVE WAYS TO BOOST YOUR HOMES VALUE

 
     "A Good home must be Made not Bought"

-Joyce Maynard

 

 

 

 

 

According to Black Enterprise;  

In today’s shaky housing market, homeowners are becoming more circumspect, weighing the pros and cons of how the renovations they make will affect the bottom line, specifically if they’re trying to sell. This especially holds true with falling home prices. The average price of an existing home dropped about 13% between 2008 and 2010 to $172,900, NAR reports. The top-selling areas of a home are usually the kitchen and bathroom, which can be costly to upgrade. The national average cost of a minor kitchen remodel is $21,695, adding $15,790 to the value of a home at sale, while a bathroom remodel is $16,634, adding $10,668 to the value of a home, according to Remodeling magazine’s Cost vs. Value Report 2010-11.

 

So basically it isnt as easy as get a loan, buy a home, and just live!!  Homeowners have to continusely make adjustments in the home, for one, to keep their homes up to date but secondly to keep its value up for when time to sell.  Here is our top 5 ways to help boost the value!!!

 

 

 

GENERAL REPAIRS 

 

First and foremost you want to stop putting off and start repairing any and everything that needs repair!  That toilet thats just been getting by flushing on its own! 

 

 

 

LANDSCAPING

For all homeowners with landscaping surronding the home, we advise that you keep up the greenery. You can do this one of two ways. You could hire a professional landscaper to keep it up for you or you could learn to do it yourself. Check with HOMEDEPOT for their monthly Do-It-Yourself workshops!! You can learn all there is to gardening here!!

CALL AN INSPECTOR

Since you'll one day put your home up for sale, Forbes says why not hire an inspector.  This way you can be ahead of the game in knowing what need to be tuned, fixed, and or changed in your home.



FINAL TOUCHES


To add the final touches of a home's value Forbes recommends upgrades, as in all around the house.  Upgrade your light fixtures, your kitchen counter tops and even the cabinets if outdates.  Even the bathroom shower tiles if needing a change.  Little things like this will help in making the room itself look well polished!!