Bathroom Remodeling Tips for Preparing Your Home for Sale
Denver home buyers get pickier everyday. Today's home sellers need to do more preparing their homes for sale to compete. If you want to take small remodeling steps to sell your home or investment house, consider the bathrooms.
Powder Rooms or Guest Bathrooms Attract Buyers
One room to remodel that
makes a difference in your
property's attraction to home
buyers--the guest
bathroom--takes little money to
make a huge impact.
If you have a guest bathroom,
play up this home feature in a
big way for four reasons:
1. Home shoppers often ask to
use the bathroom. They spend
more time viewing this space and
examine it more closely than
other rooms.
2. Because the home buyer uses
the space, they feel connected
to the home. A positive
connection rather than a feeling
of "can't wait to get out of
here" makes the difference
between a sale and the buyer
moving on to the next house.
3. You get a big bang for your
buck in the small space. One
gallon of paint goes along way
and costs as little as $2 if you
use oops paint. Besides paint,
Habitat for Humanity's ReStore
sells sinks, toilets, mirrors,
lighting fixtures, and cabinets
at extreme discounted prices.
4. Buyers' choose the house that
will impress their friends and
family. An impressive guest bath
fills the self-esteem need of
your home buyer.
If you don't have a guest
bathroom--in other words the
children's bathroom does double
duty--design this bathroom for
adults. Children don't need a
cutesy nursery-theme bathroom.
In fact, children love to feel
grown-up!
Master Bathroom
Buyers love the larger master
bathrooms they see in new tract
homes. Counter to ceiling
mirrors above the sink will make
an older small bathroom feel
larger. If you're working with
the typical small master bath,
make it feel like a private spa
retreat. Stage the bathroom with
fluffy towels, exotic oils, and
green plants.
Bathroom Remodeling Tips
Get rid of old medicine
cabinets.
Hang a huge framed mirror or
mirror from counter to ceiling.
Paint walls and ceiling the same
color to save time cutting in.
Water colors like pale
green-blue look great with white
trim, which updates tired wood
cabinets.
If you can't get the stains out
of a toilet, replace it.
Hardware centers sell pumice
stones to remove heavy stains if
you don't mind hard work.
Take a hard look at the
bathrooms in your house and get
busy making changes that will
make buyers feel connected to
your home. Preparing your home
for sale makes a huge difference
in attracting buyers.
Copyright © 2006
Jeanette J. Fisher
America's "Dream Home" Maker,
Jeanette Fisher, helps home
sellers with FREE 21 Action
Steps to Prepare Home for Sale
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