The Insider's Guide To Selling Your Home By Owner- Rocio Fausto I | Page 27

If you haven’t painted your house in the last year, consider
doing the entire inside of the home right now.
If you have painted it, you might want to repaint a second
time.
When I say repaint, I mean repaint everything. Paint the
ceilings. Paint the trim and window casings. Paint the doors.
Don’t forget inside closets. And, of course, paint the walls.
Just make sure you paint the right way. An artist creates
a new painting on a plain, primed canvas.
Through your efforts with painting, you are hand delivering
your potential buyers, a clean, primed canvas where they can
imagine their family in your home.
Keeping all of this in mind, proceed with your home’s canvas
using neutral colors. That doesn’t mean everything must be
completely lifeless or stark white.
Rather, you want your colors to be unobtrusive.
So, stick with gray, beige, off white and white colors. Even if
you just painted the master bath turquoise and added cute polka
dot trim — change it! Remember, a blank canvas opens the
imagination to endless possibilities. Polka dots don’t.

Solid Tip #3: The kitchen and
bathrooms are super important.
Buyers are most turned off by dirty, grungy bathrooms and
kitchens.
Let’s face it. Nobody wants to eat from a place they feel is
nasty. Likewise, no one wants to be naked in a disgusting place.
Now that doesn’t mean you can create stunning bathrooms
and kitchens, all the while leaving the rest of the home a mess,
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