Freshening up your house with a few low-cost alterations can add a lot of value to your property when marketing it for sale. Once you’ve decluttered the space of personal items and made the necessary repairs, it’s easier to view your property in a more neutral, subjective light, where adding some modern finishes doesn’t seem like too daunting of a task.
The kitchen is arguably the most important room in the house, as generally it’s the first place where buyers look. Making simple and cost-effective alterations, can really help this space become a statement room in the house. Replacing older tap-wear and freshening it up with a matt-black or brass piece instantly lifts the room and makes it more appealing. In addition to this, if your cabinets are looking a bit scruffy and old, repainting them will breathe new life into the space. Of course you can stick to a more neutral tone of paint, like white or black, but current trends are also leaning towards more statement colours such as olive green, which looks beautiful with brass handles (and brass tap-wear).
Similarly to kitchens, replacing old vanity handles and tap-wear, is a more cost-effective method in adding more contemporary feel to your bathroom and helping it photograph well. If you have a shower curtain, ensure this has also been replaced prior to marketing the property.
Cracked or damaged light switches and power plugs are extremely common in older properties and although can be easily missed, are very important to replace. If you’ve got the extra cash, replacing light switches with Clipsal Iconics, and light fittings with nordic style LED disk ceiling lights, can give buyers those new home feels. Adding some funky big sphere globes to your lamp shades can also freshen up the space.
Overall, when bringing your property on the market, in order to achieve the best price, it’s important the fixtures and fittings in your property are up to date. This not only assists in creating a more neutral, trendy space, but also helps the property photograph really well and stand out from other homes.