03/10/2025
๐ก 20 Renovation Hacks Real Estate Professionals Know. ๐
1. Hallway Lights:
Turn Old Houses into Beautiful Homes.
I once renovated a house with a very dilapidated interior. I often repainted it and installed track lights to instantly restore the dilapidated look. Just fews hundred but it made visitors say "Wow!"
2. PVC Baseboards = Termite-Resistant, Economical
Real wood is beautiful but susceptible to termites. PVC doesn't absorb water or swell, is half the price, and installs smoothly like expensive materials. This is a significant saving.
3. Never completely dismantle a dilapidated room.
Use the "New Tiles + Large Mirror" formula.
Lay tiles over existing tiles to save on labor costs.
Insert a full-length mirror on one wall, and the room instantly looks larger.
4. Instantly remodeling a dilapidated place with metallic paint.
when the door frames were still in good condition, but the doors were covered in stains. No need to replace them, but the entire frame had to be dismantled = a huge budget.
Try to use a metallic spray paint like a black matte.
5. Tile over the tile.
This tip will saved you a full 10 days of kitchen work.
Only just check those old floor are still solid or not.
6. Use wall panels to hide cracks.
A cracked wall = a major hassle, but if re-plaster all will take a long time to complete. Wall panels can be a hero!
7. Matte black light switches.
Small touches that create a premium feeling.
8. Try to paint the entire house all white.
White is beautiful on the first try, but it gets dusty and stains very quickly.
Then try to use the "white + light gray" formula. It doesn't look boring and doesn't deteriorate easily.
(The first look at the house looks new even after several months.)
9. Storage room under the stairs = Don't forget to care it.
Keep it clean by arrange there things neat and tidy. Most important thing is make it easy to find & use.
10. Warm White lights = Ready-to-move-in house
Cool White = Hospital/Clinic
11. New showerhead = New memories.
It's good to replace the old plumbing fixtures every time you touch them.
12. Ground floor + T-molding finish
Not just finishing the floor, but also adding matching T-molding.
13. Chandelier (Note: try to hang a nice one the centre of the living room and there will be a house spot point .)
14. Faux wood blinds instead of curtains
The house looks instantly more modern plus there are many more curtains. If you want to taking photos of houses for rent or sale, There will look so much better.
15. Patchwork ceiling repair.
Try to not remove all the entire ceiling. just do a 60x60 cm ceiling. It saves energy and money, but the results are like new.
16. USB charger plug in the bedroom.
Small things, but customers nowadays are impressed when they see them.
17. Epoxy walkway = Not expensive, but look expensive.
If you want to do a new walkway and you have not much time to re-pave it. Try to used epoxy for a walkway in front of the house, which cost a few hundred ringgit.
18. Marble-pattern HPL kitchen countertops. Can try to use real stone, but itโs marble-pattern HPL if not mistaken is 3-4 times cheaper. Most people never notice this. It's beautiful.
19. Hidden LED lighting under the cabinets.
Add a modern touch & cozy feeling.
20. Before taking photos:
Clean the mirrors and turn on all the lights.
I once want to help customer sell a house and I accidentally took photos of the dirty & cracking mirrors then posted. my phone really silence no one interested. So, need to replace a new one. Just a small point but after change that house got booked within 3 days.
๐ก What renovators never experience
- A well-made houseโฆ but it couldnโt sell because the specs doesnโt meet the market expectations.
- Renovation budgets are blown every time due to upcoming issues.
- Finishing a house drags on for months, so the profits are lost to bank interest.
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