DIY Tips to make your house worth more
Do you want to redecorate your house but are not sure where to start? This can be done without great expense and quite quickly. You can find the goods you need in your local Do It Yourself shop and at good prices in most cases to help make your property look better and increase its value.
To begin with why not just paint the rooms in your home to smarten up the appearance of your house. All you need for tools are a paintbrush and roller which will probably cost less than 10 and some paint. Even the paint need not be that expensive and if you look around your house you will probably find some old paint tins that you can use to start with.
Then look at your floors. If you have carpets do they look worn and tired? Look especially at those parts of the house like the Hall which are most used by you and your family. Could you replace them or if that is too expensive what about just taking them up and if you have floorboards sanding them down yourself. You can buy a sander for less than 60 or hire one for the day to do it. Once the job is done thought remember to finish off by varnishing or sealing the floor.
Go to the Kitchen and Bathroom and see whether your tiles could do with being cleaned up. These can be renewed quite easily with grout cleaner which you can buy for 5 or so . You can use an old scrubbing brush rather than buying a new brush and it will probably do just as well. With some elbow grease they will soon look as good as new.
If you think the Kitchen really looks old fashioned but do not have the funds to buy a new kitchen then why not make simple changes by for example putting new handles on the cupboards and drawers. This can really give your Kitchen a new look. If you can afford it and have the time what about painting cupboard doors before changing the handles.
In your children’s bedroom clear up graffiti and dirt. Simple sugar soap is effective for cleaning these up. These are very cheap and can transform the room . What about getting the children to help so they have a sense of ownership about their own room being cleaned up?
Do you have children? Have they expressed their ” artistic genius” on their walls? Potential Sellers may not see this as cute but simply messy. All you have to do to get rid of this is clean it up with sugar soap. This is such a simple way of improving your home and you may even persuade the kids to join in if you make it a game.
Always try to make rooms look light particularly if they are naturally dark and badly lit. A bright room looks so much more cheerful than a dark room. Again there is no need to spend a lot of money on fancy light fittings. A simple paper light or lights strategically placed can do the job just as effectively.
After the house is spruced up what about considering the garden. Just weeding the flower beds can make them look so much more attractive. And all you need for that is a trowel. For a patio just put some weedkiller down or use a pressure washer to both clean the patio and clear weeds and debris. You can hire the pressure washer for a small fee.
See what you can achieve for a total outlay of less than 100 You have watched the programmes on telly now apply these tips for yourself and reap the benefits. You can probably do all these jobs in one weekend and if you get some members of your family in to help make it a fun thing to do and end up with a more valuable house.
Marcus Selmon writes for Just Commercial Mortgages the UK’s No1 site for the latest commercial mortgage rates and commercial property finance news
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