Comments on: Preparing Your House For a Better Sale http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/preparing-your-house-for-a-better-sale/ This is where your finance takes place Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: This and That: Earl Jones documentary, new ETFs and more… | Canadian Capitalist http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/preparing-your-house-for-a-better-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-8892 This and That: Earl Jones documentary, new ETFs and more… | Canadian Capitalist Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:53:20 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/?p=2650#comment-8892 [...] The Financial Blogger is batting around ideas that will help him sell his house faster and for a higher price. [...] [...] The Financial Blogger is batting around ideas that will help him sell his house faster and for a higher price. [...]

]]> By: finance http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/preparing-your-house-for-a-better-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-8850 finance Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:21:04 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/?p=2650#comment-8850 Those are the basic things needed to be remodeled so that your house will look worthy of the money to be sold. Painting is a rather great idea and would give a better appraisal value of the house and fixing the doors, walls is necessary if damaged. That's what we do to here in our old house and it was given a good price. Those are the basic things needed to be remodeled so that your house will look worthy of the money to be sold. Painting is a rather great idea and would give a better appraisal value of the house and fixing the doors, walls is necessary if damaged. That’s what we do to here in our old house and it was given a good price.

]]> By: The Rat http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/preparing-your-house-for-a-better-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-8803 The Rat Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/?p=2650#comment-8803 Yeah, it doesn't take much for it to add up! Yeah, it doesn’t take much for it to add up!

]]> By: The Financial Blogger http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/preparing-your-house-for-a-better-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-8801 The Financial Blogger Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:02:09 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/?p=2650#comment-8801 @ The Rat, I know about renovation costs. We put 10K renovating our basement and 5K went into the bathroom which represent 50% of our budget but only 15% of our basement ;-) @ The Rat,

I know about renovation costs. We put 10K renovating our basement and 5K went into the bathroom which represent 50% of our budget but only 15% of our basement ;-)

]]> By: The Rat http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/preparing-your-house-for-a-better-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-8785 The Rat Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:14:18 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/?p=2650#comment-8785 Nice thread. I sold my first home on the basis that it needed a LOT of work/renovations and I figured if I could sell it and buy another that required less renovations, I would be saving big on renovations expenses and labor. I flipped two homes until I finally got my third (and last one!) home with a paved driveway, siding, small garage, etc. not mainly with the desire to gain on the sale price wise (although it certainly helps) but to save on the work required to get it to the level you want it to be. I think you're right in that a good coat of paint can go a long way. Also, my wife scrubbed the house from head to toe before any viewers came and we removed all clutter to maintain a nice open concept for viewers so they could 'visualize' how they could see what their future home could look like. One thing i would caution is to be careful on how much money you pump into the home. We just renovated our upstairs bathroom this year (the only thing we felt needed work since buying the home) and it doesn't take long to blow 5K after its all said and done. if the goal is to sell it and get a new one, my only suggestion is to be careful how much gets pumped into it because you may not come out on top when it comes to flipping it. Nice thread.

I sold my first home on the basis that it needed a LOT of work/renovations and I figured if I could sell it and buy another that required less renovations, I would be saving big on renovations expenses and labor.

I flipped two homes until I finally got my third (and last one!) home with a paved driveway, siding, small garage, etc. not mainly with the desire to gain on the sale price wise (although it certainly helps) but to save on the work required to get it to the level you want it to be.

I think you’re right in that a good coat of paint can go a long way. Also, my wife scrubbed the house from head to toe before any viewers came and we removed all clutter to maintain a nice open concept for viewers so they could ‘visualize’ how they could see what their future home could look like.

One thing i would caution is to be careful on how much money you pump into the home. We just renovated our upstairs bathroom this year (the only thing we felt needed work since buying the home) and it doesn’t take long to blow 5K after its all said and done. if the goal is to sell it and get a new one, my only suggestion is to be careful how much gets pumped into it because you may not come out on top when it comes to flipping it.

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