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Most families don't move into a new home automatically thinking about its resale value. After all, most people intend on living in their homes for quite some time before thinking about moving. It is only when they're thinking about selling that the home's value comes into consideration.
If you're considering selling your home, or you just want to help ensure your home retains as much of its values as possible in a fluctuating market, there are some things you can do to help boost home value. Here are ten easy upgrades recommended by Southland's GA builders.
If you have an older home, then odds are it features dedicated spaces for rooms. In other words, your rooms are closed off from one another by dividing walls. But, in recent years open floor plans have become more preferred. By knocking down one or more non-load bearing walls, you can really open up the living space while increasing your home's value at the same time.
Sure, a new kitchen looks great, but if it has leaky plumbing then all of the expected value is lost. Therefore, before making any major renovations, be sure to repair and maintain the guts of the home first. This includes making sure the attic is well insulated, the furnace is inspected, the wiring is safe, the plumbing is clear and leak-free, the windows and doors are insulated and leak-free, and the flower beds are weeded.
Things like skylights and sun tubes bring natural light into the home and for many buyers, this really improves a home's selling points and overall value. Even if you can't spring for skylights, there are still ways to improve your home's lighting control. Replacing traditional wall switches with dimmer switches promotes greater lighting control, and this also helps improve your home's worth.
While bright and vibrant colors might be your personal preference, they can have a negative impact on your home's market value. Buyers prefer neutral wall colors. So, if you're planning on selling in the near future, now is the time to start repainting your walls.
Homes with cleaner, more defined landscapes have higher property values than those with messy, overgrown bushes, shrubs, and trees. It's true - studies show that whatever you invest in proper landscaping will come back four times in the home's value.
Your front door makes your home's initial impression on buyers. If your door is beat up, losing its paint, or otherwise just unsightly, then replacing it with a more attractive one can have an immediate impact on your home's value.
If your flooring is ugly, discolored, or simply out of trend, then spending the money to replace it could be well worth it. In fact, studies show that whatever is spent on improving flooring usually comes back more than double in the home's value. And, while wood floors might be timeless, squeaky floors can pose a problem. Simply nailing down your squeaky boards does the trick.
Things like dirty grout lines, missing caulk, rust stains, ugly faucets, and frosted glass in your bathrooms can really detract for your home's value. So, get to work and give your bath a quick clean up and replace what needs replacing. You don't need to a complete bathroom renovation, sometimes a simple cleaning and some maintenance will go a long way.
Today, home buyers want energy efficient homes, so one of the best things you can do to help raise your home's value is to invest in green technology. From solar energy to Energy Star appliances, there are dozens of ways to make your home more energy-conscious and you'll not only enjoy attractive tax incentives for doing so, but you'll also boost the value of your home significantly.
Every home has certain things that make guests ask - what happened there? When you're trying to improve your home's value, you'll want to address as many of those questionable concerns as possible so buyers won't have a reason to second guess your asking price.
Southland Custom Homes is one of the premier custom GA builders. We have model showrooms located in Macon (3956 Bloomfield Village Drive, Macon, GA 31206), Dawsonville (837 GA 400 S, Dawsonville, GA 30534), and Marietta (265 N. Cobb PKWY, Marietta, GA 30062). Stop by today to see all that Southland has to offer!
Southland Custom Homes builds in the following locations:
| Baldwin County Banks County Barrow County Bartow County Bibb County Bleckley County Butts County Carroll County Cherokee County Clarke County Clayton County Cobb County Coweta County Crawford County Dawson County DeKalb County |
Dooly County Douglas County Fannin County Fayette County Floyd County Forsyth County Fulton County Gilmer County Gordon County Greene County Gwinnett County Habersham County Hall County Hancock County Haralson County Hart County |
Heard County Henry County Jackson County Jasper County Jones County Lamar County Lumpkin County Macon County Madison County Meriwether County Monroe County Morgan County Newton County Oconee County Oglethorpe County Paulding County |
Peach County Pickens County Pike County Polk County Pulaski County Putnam County Rockdale County Stephens County Talbot County Taylor County Twiggs County Union County Upson County Walton County White County Wilkinson County |
We also build in the following cities in Georgia:
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Acworth Alpharetta Athens Athens-Clarke Atlanta Barrow Bartow Belvedere Belvedere Park Brookhaven Butts Calhoun Canton Carroll Carrollton Cartersville Cherokee |
Cobb College Park Coweta Cumming Dawsonville Decatur Dekalb Douglas Dublin Douglasville Dunwoody Duluth East Point Ellijay Fayette Forest Park Forest |
Forsyth Gainesville Grantville Griffin Gwinnett Hall Henry Hinesville Hogansville Jasper John's Creek Kennesaw LaGrange Lake Allatoona Lake Blue Ridge Lake Chatuge Lake Hartwell |
Lake Jackson Lake Lanier Lake Nottely Lake Oconee Lawrenceville Lone Oak Mableton Macon Marietta McDonough Milledgeville Milton Newnan Newton North Atlanta North Druid Hills The North Georgia mountains |
Paulding Peachtree City Redan Rockdale Rome Roswell Sandy Springs Smyrna Snellville Spalding Stone Mountain Sugar Hill Tucker Union City Washington Winder |
