Browse Forums Increasing Home Value 1 Jul 26, 2009 7:48 pm When we moved in our house I decided to paint later as the children were still small (this was a very good decision!). Now we might have to sell, the outside is painted, the bathroom new and there is a new entertainment area and solar hot water. Our suburb is good and our house, as it is small would be on the lower price range. I wonder if it is worthwhile painting the inside. I actually don't really appreciate painting, but if it really would add value and help to sell the house, then I would do the job. I would rather prefer not to paint and maybe choose colours which prospective buyers don't like. Re: To paint or not to paint? 2Aug 01, 2009 7:43 pm I always think tha a lick of paint on the walls can add a fresh look to the place. It's best if you go neutral colours that way it will be accetable to most prospective buyers. I think when you view a house for sale and it has been painted it sort gives you a fresh feel rather than a sad, tired feel. ALso shows that that you care a little. That's just my opinion but I think that if it's a smallish hpuse it shouldn't take too long. One room at a time? www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: To paint or not to paint? 3Aug 01, 2009 8:01 pm PAINT.....what's a few hundred bucks and a couple of weekends...and might add a couple of grand to the sale price...or the difference between getting a sale and not getting a sale.... Re: To paint or not to paint? 4Aug 04, 2009 1:38 pm [bitter and twisted] I've become cynical about painting. In my not-inconsiderable experience, most people have no idea how to paint a house, and yet expect a top dollar return for a rubbish job because the place is "freshly painted". And I either have to pass over the house, let someone else pay the inflated asking price, or accept that I'm going to spend hours and hours of my time fixing their bodge job. On the flip side, I've done paint jobs that professional painters are envious of, and have not had a single potential buyer that has ever been interested in the quality of the work of the lack of future maintenance that would be required. So my advice is: paint the place as cheaply and as quickly as possible and don't waste time to make it good, just make it happen. Then advertise the place as "Freshly painted and renovated" and if it brings in an extra grand or two then that's a bonus, and the new owners can deal with the peeling and cracking and flaking problems in six months. [/bitter and twisted] Re: To paint or not to paint? 5Aug 04, 2009 2:07 pm Thudd, that's exactly what our landlord has done and there is flaking and peeling everywhere, makes it look like we did the damage. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: To paint or not to paint? 6Aug 11, 2009 4:47 pm Thudd, that's it. We have hardboard inside. the paint job won't be really easy. If you say one or two grants - for this money I will never ever paint the house, especially when we live there meanwhile. Paint is rather expensive and if you count all together then I guess we'll spend one or two grants. Painting is really a major job. Wash down, putty holes screw everything out, sand back, wash down, mask, undercoat and two topcoats. I guess two adults need more than a week end if you have children to mind at the same time. But I think that the house would sell better with a fresher look, especially if you have buyers who are just ready with renovations and don't want to go over it again. Re: To paint or not to paint? 7Oct 16, 2009 2:11 pm I think it depends how bad it is. If it's noticeably bad I'd paint. You could just paint the main rooms (lounge, kitchen, master bedroom). I would rather a place not be painted than have a bad paint job. It's more work to fix mistakes than it is to paint fresh. It also sticks out like a sore thumb (for me anyway). Also stick with neutrals. I hate that people want more money because a place is "renovated" and it is awful. When we bought our current house it was painted in lime green FLAT paint. We offered a lower price. We left it for a few years until the kids got older then painted it. Re: To paint or not to paint? 8Oct 16, 2009 3:21 pm I think the suggestion of painting a few of the main rooms is a good one. I re-painted our last house, and I did it over 2 years. Originally the whole place was pink including the woodwork and the paintwork was grubby due to 5 kids living there before us. Personally, I would never want to have to do that again and I'd much rather pay a few grand more for somewhere where the work is done. This is of course providing that it's a good paint job and not a cr@p one. If that was the case, I simply wouldn't buy the house. Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: To paint or not to paint? 9Oct 17, 2009 12:23 pm I would be painting for sure, but that's just me. We had a hideous colour scheme and it made our little house seem much more spacious and modern when we did neutral colours throughout. We did it about 2 years ago and did very basic prep and its not flaking or peeling at all.... We did use good quality paint tho. ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Re: To paint or not to paint? 10Oct 20, 2009 12:55 pm You say "you dont appreciate painting" and you "would prefer not to paint" so I think it will be hard to do a thorough job being dis-interested. Should you decide to paint, I would be using neutral colours throughout to suit the taste of a purchaser, unless you gamble on someone who likes painting buying your home. Why not be guided by the selling agent? Arfur Re: To paint or not to paint? 11Mar 03, 2010 8:04 am Here's an idea. We were about to begin the daunting task of painting our house, we got through the living room. We decided to add wall decals and it really jazzed up the joint. We decided to wall decal the house and it saved me a lot of paint. We used wall decals form http://www.wallsneedlove.com/ . I recently discovered more but this place you can custom design your own pictures. Just a thought. Jess Re: To paint or not to paint? 12Mar 03, 2010 11:03 am ooohh, I hate it when I hear people say just do a bodgey job...let them deal with the peeling later. Paint it by all means....everone likes a fresh house... It doesn't take too much more effort to do a good job...just make sure you get off all the loose flaky paint, first. I recently had my ceiling "professionally painted by some overseas people" (old ornate ceiling ?kalsomine) 3 months later it is peeling and cracking all over the place...sometimes I think if you want a good job you have to do things yourself Re: To paint or not to paint? 13Mar 08, 2010 12:58 am Generally the reasons people hire professional painters to re-paint before sale are as follows : Painters rectify minor issues with carpentry and plaster work (visual mediums) while painting. Change your home to the current industry trend (if u notice currently whites are very populer) Home owners, generally under estimate the work involved, take a minute to think about what it actually takes to paint just one room, move all the furniture out of the room or into the middle....drop sheet, remove blinds or cutains without damage to safe place, sand it all, repair any dings dent, your almost ready to paint ? how long would that take you in perspective , i can tell you it takes a professional 2 days to paint a room per person. It does affect your ability to sell the home, also people use damage and bad paintwork as an avenue to negotiate price drops. Last two storey home I was contracted on recieved an evaluation of 530k before paint, sold for 580k after painting six weeks later and significant plaster damage was repaired during the painting. cost of painting to the owners $11,000. Re: To paint or not to paint? 14Apr 08, 2010 10:31 am I bought my home 2 years ago negotiated $18000 off the asking price due to paint and carpet (didnt need replacing because it was wrecked just to update). The house was built in 1952 and has never been painted or had carpet since then. As you can imagine it is a wonderful aray of pastel colours with beautiful floral carpet. The home was in imaculate condition as it only ever had 2 old couples live in it till i bought it. So far for new carpet its costing $2300 for 3 bedrooms and a giant living room and paint is a very minamal cost when you think of the price of your home. (to paint the insided of your home yourself it would not even come to 1 percent of the total value of your home) It may have only been luck that i got $18000 off the asking price on my home but my thought is because it did need an update this was my power to negotiate and i dont want the next owner of the house to have that power when i sell Septmber/October this year. Re: To paint or not to paint? 15Jun 08, 2010 10:09 pm If you dont like painting and a freshen up of the main rooms can definitely improve the resale, get someone else to do it. My Dad was on a tight budget, and the house was in desperate need, so he bought the paint on sale and paid a trained painter per hour to do the job. He helped out the guy as he was able, so he could keep his labour costs down. 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