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Friday, June 24, 2011
The Importance of Curb Appeal
Categories:Community,Technology
When selling your house, first impressions are everything. Whether or not a potential buyer will actually get out of his car during a drive-by viewing to see the inside depends largely on how good the outside looks. This is where a little exterior staging makes a big difference. After all, getting the buyer to come see the place is one of the hardest parts of selling, but if he pulls up and sees overflowing gutters, overturned planters and an unkempt lawn, he may decide he's seen enough and just keep driving.
Improving the curb appeal of your home can be as simple or intense as you like but the more you put into it, the better the chance of attracting a buyer. For front yard landscaping, the goal is to make your house look as inviting as possible: highlighting driveways and walkways with flowerbeds or potted plants on the borders, sweeping the sidewalk and walkway, keeping the lawn neatly trimmed and edged. Remember, though, that while the yard does a lot for appeal, it's the house people are here to see. Make sure gutters are clean, you've taken in the garbage cans from the morning pick-up, and you've touched up the paint job.
Curb appeal has become a whole industry within real estate. Several television shows have dedicated entire episodes to explaining and demonstrating the importance of curb appeal and how to best achieve it. There was even a show called Curb Appeal that aired on HGTV. Curb appeal has become so prominent that there is even software available that lets you virtually alter your front yard to see the changes before even touching a rake or hammer. A bit much, I think, when all you really need is some hard work and gardening gloves, but the point is still the same: In order to get people out of their car to see your house, it has to look good from the curb.
Improving the curb appeal of your home can be as simple or intense as you like but the more you put into it, the better the chance of attracting a buyer. For front yard landscaping, the goal is to make your house look as inviting as possible: highlighting driveways and walkways with flowerbeds or potted plants on the borders, sweeping the sidewalk and walkway, keeping the lawn neatly trimmed and edged. Remember, though, that while the yard does a lot for appeal, it's the house people are here to see. Make sure gutters are clean, you've taken in the garbage cans from the morning pick-up, and you've touched up the paint job.
Curb appeal has become a whole industry within real estate. Several television shows have dedicated entire episodes to explaining and demonstrating the importance of curb appeal and how to best achieve it. There was even a show called Curb Appeal that aired on HGTV. Curb appeal has become so prominent that there is even software available that lets you virtually alter your front yard to see the changes before even touching a rake or hammer. A bit much, I think, when all you really need is some hard work and gardening gloves, but the point is still the same: In order to get people out of their car to see your house, it has to look good from the curb.-- Sarah Mah
Comments
Yup, that'll do it. You have my aprpecaition.
That's not just logic. That's ralely sensible.
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