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Give Your Home Sales Appeal You Can Enjoy |
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First Impressions:
- Make your front entrance clean and inviting
- Brighten a faded or worn front door with paint
- Paint shutters, trim, fences and any other outside features
- Add color and interest, but not clutter, to your landscaping
Second Impressions:
- Keep windows and floors clean
- Repair and stain or paint worn woodwork
- Remove or replace faded or outdated wallpaper
- Avoid grease and mineral deposits in kitchens and bath rooms
- Repair and repaint damaged and smudged walls a neutral shade
- Clean and stretch carpeting or consider replacing if badly worn
- Recaulk and regrout bathtubs, showers and tile work before damage occurs
- Perform the work so it has a neat and professional appearance or hire an expert
- Repair cabinets, drawers, handles, hinges, doors, windows, light fixtures and switches, locks and other minor items
Details:
- Create mood and atmosphere with lighting, color and furnishings to complement each room's function.
- Update window treatments to let light in
- Arrange all your rooms neatly and add eye appeal
- Coordinate towels, curtains and accessories in the bathroom
- Place inexpensive mirrors in small rooms or foyers to add depth
- Arrange lamps to help small rooms seem larger and large rooms more intimate
- Remove all clutter from cabinets, drawers, closets, attic, garage, basement, shed and any other storage areas
- Neutralize pet and cooking odors so that they do not permeate porous surfaces
- Avoid lighting that makes a room look "washed out"
- Vacuum ductwork regularly
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Written By Rosemary Chiaverini, Realtor®
RE/MAX Preferred of O'Fallon, IL
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ROSEMARY
CHIAVERINI, ABR, CRS, ePRO, GRI
Key to Real Estate Information
Licensed Real Estate Broker
1668 Windham Way - Lakepointe Centre
O'Fallon, Illinois 62269-3067
Email:
Rosemary@OFallon.Com
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