Help, I need to sell my home fast!

To launch the new Houston Homes Source blog I have decided to make my very first post on the most common question I hear from Houston Home owners.  With the sear number of times a week I hear the following question I thought it would be very helpful to the online community.

Question: We’ve purchased a new Houston Home, and are selling our existing Houston home.  We don’t have a lot of money to fix up our existing Houston home before selling it.  Do you have any inexpensive suggestions?

Answer: My first suggestion is to deep-clean your Houston homes and “make them sparkle!”  Here are a few more tricks of the trade to help you get the most for your money.

·         If your master bedroom looks drab, add new linens, pillows, and shams to spice it up as it is always a good idea to add color that is in good taste.

·         Buy a bright colored shower curtain and rug to perk up a dull bathroom.  Re-grout if your bathroom grout is chipped or discolored.

·         Eliminate clutter!  Remove photos, knickknacks, refrigerator magnets and other personal items.  Organize your cabinets and closets.

·         Clear off kitchen and bathroom counter tops.  Put away appliances.

·         Arrange your furniture so it focuses on your Houston home’s strongest feature (it may be a view, a garden, flowers, or a painting).  Remove excess furniture. Create a “Houston model home” look, clean, attractive with well-placed items.

·         Dress up your rooms with attractive area rugs and framed prints.

·         Install new light fixtures if they’re damaged or unappealing.

·         Paint your walls in neutral tones. Paint the front door if it has dings or fading paint.  For many Houston homes buyers this is one of the most important points of curb appeal.

·         Trim bushes and make sure the outside landscaping is neat and clean.  In the Houston homes market landscaping is one of the most important aspects of getting a Houston home sold.  The reason being it is the first thing that Houston home buyers see when they pull up to your Houston home.  Therefore it sets the potential home buyer’s opinion of your Houston home.  Sometimes it can even kill a showing.

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