Browse Forums Increasing Home Value Re: basics of increasing home value 5Sep 25, 2006 10:08 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: basics of increasing home value 7Sep 26, 2006 1:14 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: basics of increasing home value 13Jun 26, 2007 10:30 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: basics of increasing home value 16May 20, 2008 3:07 pm yendor28 great thread, what about preparing the neighbours in case they asked any questions or planning any unsightly behaviour? I am planning to sell soon and am on a corner, so I only have 1 neighbour. She is 82 years old. I will ask her to keep the heavy metal music down, not rev up the motorbike, do the naked sunbathing or have her Hells Angels friends over on open inspection day Re: basics of increasing home value 17May 20, 2008 3:08 pm yendor28 great thread, what about preparing the neighbours in case they asked any questions or planning any unsightly behaviour? I am planning to sell soon and am on a corner, so I only have 1 neighbour. She is 82 years old. I will ask her to keep the heavy metal music down, not rev up the motorbike, do the naked sunbathing or have her Hells Angels friends over on open inspection day Re: basics of increasing home value 18May 20, 2008 3:25 pm Helyn yendor28 great thread, what about preparing the neighbours in case they asked any questions or planning any unsightly behaviour? I am planning to sell soon and am on a corner, so I only have 1 neighbour. She is 82 years old. I will ask her to keep the heavy metal music down, not rev up the motorbike, do the naked sunbathing or have her Hells Angels friends over on open inspection day And to keep the size 20 bonds undies off the line on that day! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: basics of increasing home value 19May 20, 2008 8:14 pm ok our house was looking pretty run down and worn out last year when we sold. we hadn't done anything much to it in a while and I'd been out of action on the garden front for quite a while at that stage with hubby too busy caring for me and keeping the lawn from turning into a jungle. These are the things we were advised to do. ***
The rest we decided to do as they were not expensive and meant it made it easier for a buyer to get an impression of the house without being put off. Most importantly know your market. We did. We knew who we were likely to appeal to and what it was worth spending/doing. these were the possibilities.Our property was a 859 squ m block with a 19 year old house on it. 1. investor who would do the minimum 2, someone who wanted to subdivide and would poss rip the house down 3. a family who would do some gutting. All: ***Clean . scrub and declutter. Inside: ***Organised a tiler to replace some cracked tiles in the ensuite. ( we had spares) Retouched all paint work that needed it. We also removed a large number of small pictures from around the walls of our dining room. ( Having checked out some other houses nearby us we saw one that had previously had lots of pictures on a couple of their walls. Actually they were decorative plates from what we could gather, we realised that to a prospective buyer having a themed picture collection or at least in the case of the house we looked at, having hooks or pictures everywhere might put some people off so we removed the pictures and hooks, plastered and repainted. Repatched and repainted DS2's bedroom to hide the remains of a border removal. Painted the spare room/study and replaced the curtain that was falling apart in there with a cheap basic curtain so the window was not bare. Washed all curtains etc. ***Paid for a window cleaner to do all the windows and sliding door bits (well worth it) ***We were advised not to replace tap/shower fittings anywhere because they would make the rest of the bathroom/kitchen looked more tired / worse. ( ensuite was due for renovation) Replaced the main bedroom carpet ( it was falling apart) and over due to be replaced. We did this 4 months before the house went on the market but knowing it was likely to go on the market was an added encouragement ***Of course we also made sure the entire house was clean, spotlessly so and smelt clean. We did do the coffee trick. My idea not the agents. I also used a very small amount of vanilla essence on a damp cloth and ran it over the sink area and just inside the inner edge of several kitchen cupboards. There was a "hint" of vanilla not a cloud of it. Outside: ***Not to spend loads of $ repainting the patio lattice as it would have been tricky to do. Washed the underside of the patio roof as the colorbond and , poly carbon sheeting was dusty and dirty. ***Removed the small xmas tree type lighting from around the patio as a number of the light bulbs had blown and were past replacing stage. ***Removed a paved area external light that had sun damage and was not worth replacing. ***Replaced the light bulbs and repaired wiring in garden lights that needed it. *** cleaned all light shades etc Made sure there were no weeds in the paving . Purchased some inexpensive plants ( multiples of) for a bare garden border along a side fence. ***Tidy lawns, remove weeds, have some colour ( ie flowers) not just greenery in the garden. - We weeded, sprayed, moved, edged, added some bright flowering annuals to one small garden bed near the path to the front door and to the small bed next to the letterbox. Then mulched all the front garden areas the week before "home opens" started. I oiled the front doorstep- the timber had greyed. Replaced the front doormat with a fresh new one that looked welcoming but not over the top. We spent less than$3500 including the cost of the tiler, plumber , some plaster repairs from water damage and good quality bedroom carpet, professional window washer, mini skip and getting someone else in to purchase, deliver and put all the mulch in ( 2 large ute ?loads) some "hard graft" weeding to one lawned area and some weed poisoning with an expensive non garden plant weed killer, wetta soil , and the wrong more expensive brand fertilizer, feeder for all our lawn areas. (ouch) and paints, mat, curtains. all of the above. A word of warnign about mini skips. the hinged doors are heavy. The day ours was delivered hubby thought he would open it up so we could put some old furniture in it that no one wanted... Oops the hinged door slipped and landed on his foot. he hobbled off in pain and wasn't able to do much for the next 3 days although he still managed to life a few very heavy items single handed. After much persuasion he finally went to the doctor 4 days later. HIs foot and lower leg was some very pretty colours by this stage. yes he did fracture bones in his foot!. yes it did take 2 months to heal!. Yes we were trying to put the last weeks worth of final touches to our house before home opens with him not very mobile!. BE CAREFUL Blog http://wherethehearthis.blogspot.com/ Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6634: Yard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27687&p=378401#p378401 Re: basics of increasing home value 20May 20, 2008 8:23 pm Quote: And to keep the size 20 bonds undies off the line on that day! Oh, I so agree - underwear left hanging out in the garden - not a good look!! http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj187/nurselovescoffee/PlantaBraPink.jpg As a tradesmen get a private inspector although I don't think there worth it in their profession themselves the reminder they serve to the tradesmen doing the work is… 3 28036 They make the room much easier to clean for one, reflect more light (if light colour tiles are used), and you dont end up with dust on the top edge of tiles (cause most… 3 10163 The last home I lived in didn't have a pool and when i went to sell it the agents were not happy, even telling me to put one in to sell the place. The agents weren't happy… 2 4701 |