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How to Raise the Market Value of Your Home

by | May 9, 2016 | Home, Home Selling, Home Staging, Staging | 0 comments

If you want to make your home look like something truly amazing, then there is much you can do to make its market value rise as well.
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If you work on the projects, then you will need to start small since these investments will pay themselves off in the end. Keep self-sufficiency in mind as you work on some of the tips ahead and you will have a much easier time overall:

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Prepping the kitchen

A lot of people consider the use of your kitchen as one of the more important areas around your home and there is a good reason for it too. Updating to a more recent and modern look will help in the long run, as long as you have done this in a practical way that doesn’t go too far. You need to avoid excessive investment into solutions that would be way too much. You will need to avoid this, instead going for a smaller set of renovations you can count on making a difference. The resources you put into this will not always pay off, so talk to a real estate agent for more information on the subject. They will give you a hand and will let you know what the good choices are at this time to maximize the usefulness of your upgrades. Consider a more laid back approach to the job that doesn’t involve incredible effort.

Bathroom renovation

Assuming your home has only one bathroom, then you should work on creating a good look for it, or you can add another one. This can be a really good way of making your home more interesting and useful to larger families. Storage in the bathroom can also be improved in a good way to make more of what you have. Spaces under your stairs, closets and more can be useful in many ways, but on the other hand you will find a few other places you can use to make your storage perfect. You will also add more value by using a new bathtub as part of the setup. It will take some work, but it will be well worth it if you implement it into your designs. Make a floor plan of the entire home, but also measure the dimensions of your bathroom to ensure you have the space you need to make it work right with new improvements. Much as it is with other projects, the final costs of the addition and the upgrade itself will depend on the final options of the additions you are planning on, so check out whether there are better prices for the materials of your choice.

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Cleaning up and maintenance

When it comes down to it, maintenance should be a major part of the job, but you should keep in mind that it goes beyond that. Every little problem there is needs to be solved if you want to make the property worth it on the market. Working on house cleaning, specifically floor cleaning and upholstery cleaning for any furniture left behind will be equally important. Hire a cleaning company to make this work and if you have any permanent carpeting, then find a company that works on carpet cleaning as well.
Heather Roberts is a freelance guest blogger from London, UK. She has got many published articles on various topics such as cleaning, organizing, home and garden etc. She loves to spend her time with family and friends and she also tries to live an eco-friendly life.

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