Curb appeal means external appeal. While staging your home, you need to make sure that it carries a good exterior appeal. Buyers are attracted to your home through the curb appeal of the home. You must make it so attractive that they will be pulled into your home through the exterior appeal. Don’t leave the front yard dirty and keep it clean. Trim the overgrown bushes at the entrance and dispose extremely old furniture sets in the portico of the building. These are some of the basic steps that you take towards increasing your curb appeal. If you don’t do this, it will be a put off for potential visitors to enter your home. Home staging is extremely important and if you don’t do it well, your home continues to sit vacant in the marketplace for a long time. And curb appeal is the most important part of home staging as first impression is the best impression. In this article Dc Fawcett, a million dollar online entrepreneur, gives tips for increasing the curb appeal of your home.
Engraving the name of your home differently
Instead of using plain letters, you can use different types of embossments to engrave the name of your home. This will present the name in a unique and outstanding fashion. Instead of using digits to denote the number of your home, use non-traditional letters. It will look distinct.
Flowers
Flowers are the queens of beauty. Anybody, even the driest hearts will get attracted towards flowers. Put flowers in the exterior to enhance the beauty of the home. They will give a warm welcome to potential buyers of your home. Their fragrance will put the buyers in a cheerful mood. Flowers come in different colors and look enticing. Contact the local nursery and they will tell you what flowers to grow. Also keep decorated flower pots. You can keep them in a line on the staircase.
Window boxes
They give a dignified and alluring appearance. They give the posh touch to your windows. You can put some window boxes outlined by grey cylindrical pipe-like structures and add some color and beauty to it through flower pots.
Adding a stone edging
Add a stone edging to the driveway. It gives the driveway a precise and clear cut look and lays down a defined path for the drivers. It prevents accidents and increases the exterior appeal. The driveway looks outstanding now.
Replace external doors
This may be expensive but still old and dirty doors are put offs. So spend a few bucks and replace them to give your house a fresh and new appearance.
Add a coat or two
Add fresh paint to the exterior walls and the doors. Let the portico paint contrast well with your front yard. Painting leads to freshness and a new dawn and let it be a new dawn for both you and your buyer.
Conclusion
There are a lot more tips given by Dc Fawcett to increase the curb appeal of your home. Home inspection is an important step in the home buying process.For a deeper insight into this, read Fawcett’s article on how to increase the curb appeal of your home – part 2.