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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Create a home that will sell Five easy $100 fixes to complete before you have an open house By SHARON NAYLOR Creators.com
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It’s the little things that add up when having an open house.
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pull it down.” According to Weintraub, major improvements such As you look forward to as room additions or total your open house and wowing replacements of your kitchen potential buyers, you might and bath rarely pay off fully be tempted to make some in the near term, and are improvements to your home. unlikely to return their full But before you order new cost if the house is sold within marble countertops or remod- two or three years. Instead, el your master bathroom, take “small and relatively inexpennote of this warning from sive changes can pay off in a Elizabeth Weintraub, broker big way, making your home associate with Lyon Real attractive to buyers if your Estate: “Probably the most decision is to move now.” basic rule of all is that you In addition to the big facshould never — unless you tors of comparative pricing absolutely don’t care at all and return on large-budget about eventual resale value home improvement projects — improve a house to the is the reality that you may point where its desired sales not have an extra $20,000 price would be more than 20 lying around with which to percent higher than the most undertake a major remodel expensive of the other houses before your open house. The in the immediate neighborgood news: You can boost hood. If you try to raise the your home’s ability to impress value of your house too high, at an open house with just a surrounding properties will $100 investment per small improvement. Here are some easy-to-complete, stress-free and impression-making improvements that you can plan for your open house’s optimal success: 1) Replace a lighting fixture in your kitchen or bathVisit us at the Winter Show at the Carlson Center room, putting in a more modern design that provides more flattering illumination. “My father-in-law taught 455-7722 me how to change a light 2081 Van Horn Rd. #4 fixture and do the wiring in (Across the street from Northern Power Sports) just one afternoon,” says new homeowner Joseph Torres. If you don’t have a relative or friend with experience in light installation, your local Home Depot or Lowe’s store may offer a free class on the do’s and don’ts of light fixture installing. Call your store to inquire about their seminar • Free Consultations & On-site schedule, and request one on Quotes lighting if they don’t already have a class planned. Real • References estate website HomeGain says • Licensed, Bonded & Insured lighting fixes provide an 865 • Premium Grade Materials Used percent average return on investment. • Professional Services & Results 2) Replace all of the light• All sizes of Projects ing switch wallplates in your home. Upgrade to a style such
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