Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa November 2013 | Page 40

IMPROVING

BY ANGIE REDMOND

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ou don’t have to spend a fortune to increase
the value of your house. If you are looking
to sell or rent your home, there are a
number of simple steps you can take to ensure you
get the best deal for your house. So don’t break the
bank, just borrow from the piggy bank and watch
the value of your home increase.

Repainting cabinets and cupboards
A fresh coat of paint can make all the difference
when it comes to your home, while repainting the
walls can be costly, it doesn’t take much to put a
fresh coat of paint on all the cupboards and cabinets
in the house. Instantly these look fresher and new.
If the walls of your property are smudged, dirty and
look like they were last repainted in the 80’s, then
giving them a fresh new coat is a must. When you
are thinking of shades, stick to neutral, you want
the person who is looking at the house to imagine
themselves in the house and garish green walls
might make them run away.

What you will need
• Paint – enamel (white or cream)
• Roller brush and paint tray
• Turpentine
Black garbage bags if you are painting the walls,
(tape these to the floor to ensure you don’t get paint
on the carpet or bare floors)
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Top painting tips

Fixing cracked and broken tiles

Using primer is a good way to save some paint, since
you’ll need to use fewer coats of mixed paint, which
is more expensive, and it will also help give your
walls a truer colour.

If the tile isn’t too badly damaged, you can try
to fill in the chip or crack and then paint over it.
You can buy tile epo