The Insider's Guide To Selling Your Home By Owner- Rocio Fausto I | Page 28

and still expect to sell your house for top dollar. But you do need
to address your bathroom and kitchen first.
Keep this in mind: potential buyers might forgive a less than
stellar child’s room, but a questionable bathroom or kitchen could
cost you a possible sale.
So, let’s get started.
Now, you’ve done a deep clean of the whole house, and you
most likely painted the whole house — including the bathrooms
and kitchen. So it’s time to move on to a pressing issue: to get
new appliances or to not get new appliances?
That is the question. Good idea or just a money pit?
Should I Really Buy New Appliances? It really depends
on you and your particular situation. No doubt, new appliances
make an impact with buyers.
When the National Association of Realtors did a survey,
most surveyed buyers between 2010 and 2012 were:
• Very concerned with buying a home that featured new
appliances
• Roughly 17% of these folks preferred stainless steel.
• The most important factor: appliances are available.
• Most buyers who were unable to get their sought after
appliances said they would have been willing to pay, on
average, nearly $2,000 more for them.
Potential buyers want appliances included and will pay more
for them.
If you can afford it, new appliances might be the very act that
sets your house apart from the home that is for sale across the

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