Making your Home more Appealing from the Outside

Your focus shouldn’t be just on the interior of your home if you want to generate interest in it. Street appeal refers to the outside of your home and it should be very enticing. This is what will make people take notice of the ‘For Sale’ sign in the yard. It will also be the first impression people get when they show up to inspect the property.

First Impressions are Hard to Shake

While we are told not to judge a book by its cover, the reality is, we do. You can’t help it when you see a home that just doesn’t look great from the outside. Buyers don’t want to move in and immediately have to get to work with updating the exterior. With that in mind, take an inventory of what doesn’t work. You may find an expert opinion is what you need to get this all in order.

Invest to Impress

It doesn’t have to be a huge expense to make the exterior of your home look better. A coat of paint, cleaning the front entrance and even adding some flowers or pot plants to the doorway can make a huge difference. The lawn should be well cared for and the fence repaired and painted if necessary. If the area of town is dark at night, consider some solar lights along the path from the driveway to the front steps. Make sure all of the glass is clean. If you have windows that need repairing or have missing screens, those issues should be addressed too.