With thousands of homes for sale in Florida, home sellers are only going to get one chance to make a good first impression. Curb appeal is the first chance a seller's home has to make a good impression. What is curb appeal? It might be described as what the buyer first sees when they pull up in front of a home. How the home appears from the driveway or curb will often get the buyer excited about seeing the inside of the home or if the home lacks curb appeal it might cause the buyer to immediately lose interest in the home.
What can a seller do to make sure their home has great curb appeal?
- Make sure you move the broken down vehicles off the front yard. OK, that is an extreme example but the point is you should make sure your lawn is tidy and well manicured.
- Become an artist. Even if you can't draw a stick figure you should be able to paint the house where needed.
- Doors and windows. Close the garage door, replace the cracked glass, fix the broken hinges or torn screens.
Unless your home is a fixer upper and priced accordingly, you need to make sure your home shows as well as it possibly can and that starts with the curb appeal.
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