Sometimes home upgrades can seem a daunting task, and on many levels. In the worst case scenario they require vast amounts of time, energy, living disturbance and of course, money. But, there are some simpler approaches to upgrading your home in order to have it looking up to snuff for the real estate market and to, ideally, boost its market value. So, no need to fret. Just consider the following easy upgrades and see what might be manageable for you while you begin to prepare your home for sale.
As the foyer is the first impression a potential buyer will have of the interior of your home, you’ll want to begin here. Now, you may be thinking, “But it’s not the most functional and used area of my home, so why should I bother?”. You’d be shocked at how many buyers are led by their “impressions” of a home, and for better or for worse, the ones that’ll stick hardest, are those “first impressions”. Like a first kiss, you want to go in for the kill and not offer up something boring ( or dirty, for that matter!) that’ll potentially turn away prospects.
If you have carpet or linoleum in your foyer,...