08/09/2022
Want to know the best 💵 you can spend to get your home ready for the market? It is paint! It seems some home owners are reluctant to do it - perhaps they would prefer to do it themselves (and we all know it is labor intensive!), or another hurdle is the annoying prep work (removing all the furniture away from walls, taking down art, etc), or it could just be the cost to hire it out. I also get owners saying “whoever buys it next will want to paint it their own color anyways.” While this could be true- having neutral walls to start is going to make everything look fresh and new, giving home buyers a clean canvas to imagine what they would do with the space. Fresh, crisp white walls also photograph really well while mismatched colors in every room can really distract home shoppers from focusing on the room.
If you just can’t paint the entire house, focus on rooms where the paint may be looking drab (stairwells, mud rooms, & bathrooms are high use areas that always have more smudges than anywhere else). Speaking of paint, I always recommend painting the walls a white color. It may sound boring but trust me, it looks so good and updates any space!
