Creating Curb Appeal Is Easy & Inexpensive

Creating Curb Appeal Is Easy & Inexpensive .Someone said that you have 10 seconds to make a good first impression of your house, and if that is the case, the outside of your house may cause some buyers to keep on driving!

Here are a few ideas to make them want to come inside:

Clean up the outside by removing leaves, branches, dying shrubs or other "yard clutter" to make it neat and tidy.

Sweep off the driveway, walkway, patio and deck and if you get snow, shovel it off the driveway and walkway.

Put away any garden equipment such as rakes and tools.

Keep the grass cut and shrubs pruned.

Clean the windows and repair any caulking or paint that needs attention

Make the garage and front door look as inviting as you can. If it needs it, a fresh coat of paint and kick plate can inexpensively transform a front door. Make sure the garage is not dented or dirty. Little things count a lot.

What about eaves troughs, gutters, shutters and house numbers. Are they clean, can they be painted or washed down? If rusty, a coat of paint is worth 100 times the cost of the paint!

Make sure the mailbox is not rusty or dented and if so, what about replacing it if it needs it?

Wash down or brush off any spider webs, nests or dust, grime or chipped paint and if required, touch up the paint.

Get rid of the pink flamingos, or one of the 7 cement dwarfs you bought at a yard sale, or the plastic geranium bush, or the tomato plants or whatever shouldn't be there.

All in all, a couple days of elbow grease could be worth thousands!