7 Ways To Increase Your Home's Resale Value
It is a common misconception that you should spend all of your remodeling budget on the interior of your home rather than the exterior when you try to increase its resale value. While not surprising, as you spend most of your time inside your home, your exterior can quickly become run down, neglected, and tired. Here are some useful tips to help boost your home's curb appeal.
Retouch your landscaping
Old mulch, overgrown hedges and shrubs, and even brown spots on your lawn can make your house appear run down. One of the easiest ways to increase your home's curb appeal is to focus on sprucing up your front yard. When planning this project, it is best to approach it in the Fall during cooler weather, especially if you intend to plant new shrubs or trees or relay your lawn.
The importance of roofing material
One of the first things a real estate professional or a prospective home buyer will notice is your roofing material. Your home's curb appeal can be boosted by having durable, functional, and on-trend roofing materials. Consumers' tastes, needs, and trends in roofing will change, as with any home decor trends. In the current real estate market, the energy efficiency of your home's roofing material has become increasingly important. The type of roofing material a prospective buyer will look for has primarily come down to preference. Still, some categories are more appealing than others. Clay tiles, asphalt shingles, and slate remain the most popular.
Siding material should match your neighborhood
When you're looking to add some style to the exterior of your home, the siding materials you choose should match those of your neighborhood. The type of siding you choose is essential to your home's curb appeal. Recent data shows that choosing a siding that fits your neighborhood's trends and styles and seamlessly blends in with other houses in the area will instantly make your home more appealing. Vinyl, brick, and stone are the three most popular siding materials.
Update your window dressings
Neglected flower boxes, dated metal greetings, and old shutters will quickly give your home's exterior an uncared-for appearance. Simply removing or replacing outdated shutters and replacing them with something stylish can boost your home's curb appeal. Whether this involves adding a coat of paint, some stylish awnings, or new wooden shutters, the choice is yours. Looking at current modern trends to find out which style will best suit your home. Search Zillow for recent homes sold in your area to get some ideas!
Replace your old garage door
Replacing the door of your covered garage offers the perfect opportunity for a cost-effective facelift to the front of your home. For example, we now consider beige or white garage doors a thing of the past. Most real estate agents will point to the variety of different garage door options that are now available to boost the aesthetics of your home's exterior. A new garage door can also complement the addition of new roofing materials.
Create clear borders
Clear borders of the length of your front pathway and driveway, can make your home's entrance more inviting. Adding some lighting to your pathways or edging them with stone or flower beds can help use your borders to highlight the rest of your home's exterior decor. If you invest in touching up your landscaping, adding some high-quality lighting to your design will instantly add an element of eye-catching character to your home's exterior. If you have a concrete driveway already installed, consider a stone border that can complement the different parts of your home's exterior.
It's all about the front door
The centerpiece of any home's exterior design is the front door. If you do nothing else in your plan to boost your home's curb appeal, remove or replace any front doors that feature a broken latch, an old worn-out frame, or a torn screen. Their impression of your front door can positively or negatively influence the opinions of prospective buyers.
We hope that the tips listed above will help boost your home's curb appeal and increase your home's resale value. If you found this article valuable please share on social media and if you would like to increase your home's value and curb appeal with a new roof or siding click the Free Estimate button above!
