If you want to sell Portland house for cash, and the best possible price, making some minor improvements before listing it makes sense. The key is not to improve key areas that will give you the most bang for your buck. In this post, we’ll go through some lower-budget options with a lot of impact.
Update the Kitchen and Bathroom
Nothing screams the seventies louder than that avocado-colored bath-tub and matching garish linoleum floor. You may have to live with it, but it could be off-putting for buyers. Think about your first reaction when you moved in – was it, “Wow, this is awesome,” or “We’ll need to redo that?”
It was probably the latter. You didn’t get around to it then, but you should think about it now. You can get the tub refinished, and install some new flooring and fixtures to bring your bathroom back up to date.
The same applies to the kitchen. If the cabinetry or appliances are out of Noah’s Ark, you’ll want to make some updates to improve your chances of a better selling price. If the bathroom and kitchen look modern, you have a better chance of doing this.
Clean and Clean Again
How clean is your home, seriously? Have the carpets seen some significant foot traffic? Do they still look and feel good? If they’re looking a little grimy, a good steam cleaning can do wonders to refresh them. You can hire a service to do this, or a machine and do it yourself.
Get your cleaning gear out and clean the house from top to bottom. If the paint on the walls still looks reasonably good, try washing the walls to get rid of accumulated grime.
If you’re not redoing the bathroom, you’ll want to scrub the grout and consider going over it with a grouting pen to get a fresher look.
Once you’ve finished that, perform all those little maintenance tasks you’ve been putting off, or get someone to do them for you.
Consider Repainting
A fresh coat of paint is a cosmetic change that can make a big difference in a room. It can change the entire look and feel of the house as well. This becomes important if you have made bold design decisions in the past.
Say, for example, that you have painted the walls of a bedroom a bright red. You might love it, but how many others will? When choosing new paint colors, think generic and boring. Think white, cream, beiges, etc. and do consider lighter colors for the best effect.
If you really feel that it adds to the look, consider adding one fashion color on a feature wall. But here again, do try to look for a more generic color. Cocoa is a rich color but also a reasonably safe one. Hot pink, on the other hand, is not.
Conclusion
The improvements that we have suggested above are not going to break the bank. They all do help to give the home a fresh appeal that can make it more irresistible to buyers.