What to Repair Before You List Your Home For Sale

When you’re getting ready to list your home, it’s of the upmost importance to ensure you are showing it in the best light. Taking time to highlight its strengths and fix up some of its possible weaknesses can make a big difference in how fast it sells. Here are our top 5 recommended repairs to make before selling your home.

Improve Your Kitchen

An outdated kitchen can be a real eyesore in a home. Updating cabinetry, repairing or replacing countertops, and installing new faucets and sinks may be worth the investment.

Repaint Walls

Giving your home a fresh coat of paint is one of the most cost-effective ways to spruce it up, and generally, it can be a do-it-yourself project.  Don’t miss walls with scratches and chips and consider updating any accent walls with a more neutral coat.  

Repair Floors

Hardwood floors are a very desirable feature in a home, so you want to ensure they look their best by fixing scratches or dull areas. If your carpets are worn or stained, consider replacing them.  And, don’t forget the tile in your kitchen or bathrooms. Re-grouting can go a long way in making dingy tile-work look new again!

Fix Your Fixtures

Leaky faucet? Rusted drains? Loose drawer handle? Making these small fixes can make a big difference to potential buyers with detailed-orientated minds.

Refresh the Landscaping

Show buyers your home is the full package by dressing up the outside as well as the inside. Clean the walkways and driveways, plant seasonal flowers, add blooming plants for color, trim hedges and trees, install outdoor décor pieces, and replenish flowerbeds with fresh mulch.