Best Exterior House Color When Selling Your Home
The reality is that paint color packs a serious punch in the real estate game. Unlike interior colors, exterior hues can affect the entire street — and that puts a lot of pressure on homeowners when it comes to choosing a palette. In addition, a number of factors come into play that you don’t have to deal with on the inside of a house: landscaping, hardscaping, roofing and more. Use these tips, along with the help of a professional, to choose a color scheme that works both for your style and for your home’s surroundings.. So, what is the best house color to sell your home to a potential buyer? When you go to social events, do you make an effort to snazzy yourself up? Of course you do. The simply fact is attraction is a key factor in forming relationships and the same applies to your house. When you put the house on the market, you need to make it look good for the dates with potential buyers. The color of your house can make all the difference. First, there is absolutely no correct answer to the BEST color. Instead, the decision depends on the makeup of your home and the surrounding landscape. Let’s take a look at some issues: 1. Your neighborhood. Whatever color you choose, make sure it doesn’t clash with the other homes in the neighborhood. An otherwise unappealing color could end up making your house an eye-sore. You want your home to have beautiful curb appeal and you don’t want to make any color mistakes. 2. The Roof. What color is the roof on your home? If it is a red tile roof? Off-whites are probably going to be the best choice. Dark green will not. Whereas, if you have a black or neutral grey, you don’t have to worry as much about color clashing. So unless you are going to invest money in a new roof, make sure the paint color doesn’t clash with it. 3. Highlights and accents. If there is a particular part of your house that should be emphasized, used light colored paint around it to draw attention. Keep in mind, if you want a white exterior or white accents, you will also need to choose a warmer white otherwise your home will have a blue cast to it. 4. Hide It! Conversely, if there are parts of the house that are mundane, use darker colors to draw attention away from them. As you pull all of this together and I know it’s a lot to think about, I want to really help you by mentioning that less is more when it comes to exterior colors. Anything more than 2-3 colors is too much on the exterior. So keep this in mind when choosing the multiple necessary colors for your home. 5. Lastly, On large flat surfaces, such as the side of a garage, keep in mind the color you choose will have a washed out appearance. Be sure to look at your samples at morning, mid-day and at dusk. This is such a critical step, especially when choosing exterior paint colors because the sun can pull out strange undertones that you may not see on the paint card.
4 Things to Know Before You Move
MOVING! The very thought of it can send chills down our spine and can cause us to break out into a cold sweat. Experts say that any kind of “change” creates “stress”. Moving, (and especially if we are relocating to a new city or state), represents a huge change and naturally brings a great amount of stress along with it. This can be a double whammy, because stress can lead to a lack of energy and motivation. Many of us tend to procrastinate during stressful periods of our lives. This is one time, though, when we must rise above that. When preparing for a move we need to put the pedal to the metal and get a lot of things done. This checklist contains many suggestions that may seem like “no-brainers”. However, the very act of printing out these simple suggestions and reminders can become a significant security blanket as the dreaded time approaches. Moving and relocating calls for being proactive, grabbing the bull by the horns and actually completing certain chores well in advance of their deadlines. Hopefully this little article will help you to accomplish that. 1. Get rid of what you don’t need. Many of us are “pack rats”. One thing that we can accomplish immediately is going through all of our “stuff” and getting rid of what we don’t need anymore. Moving unwanted clothing and bric-a-bracs from one place of residence to another is a great waste of time and effort. It is surprising how much more in control we feel once we start narrowing down our “inventory” to what we actually need to keep. Getting rid of the unwanted items can be done by having a garage sale long before moving time and then donating the leftovers to the Salvation Army or other charitable groups. 2. Get all important papers and documents together and secure them. Since moving is hectic, to say the least, we need to be aware of the exact location of all of our important items. Things that we absolutely must not lose or misplace should certainly be hand carried, not put in a box for the movers: Address Books, Birth Certificates, Bank Statements, Checks, Credit Cards and Statements, Home Movies, Irreplaceable Memorabilia, Insurance Policies, Marriage Records, Medical and Dental Records, Military Records, Passports, Photos and Photo Albums, Resumes, School Records, Stock Certificates, Tax Returns, Telephone Numbers, Valuables, Vehicle Documents, Wills. 3. Prepare well in advance for living at your new location. There are many things that we can do at our new location well in advance of our move that will help smooth out the bumps and grinds of our relocation process when the actual event occurs: Open up new bank accounts. Open up a new Safe Deposit Box. Contact the new area utility companies and arrange for your new services. These can include Cable TV, gas, electric, oil, telephone, water and Internet access. Arrange for new medical providers. If you are moving to a new state, contact the DMV and get forms necessary to re-register your vehicles. Contact your insurance companies and find out if your car insurance, homeowner’s insurance, etc. can be transferred. If not, find an Insurance Broker in your new area and discuss your needs and requirements for new policies. Go to the post office and get a moving kit. Prepare change of address forms for all of your correspondents; credit card companies, other credit accounts, banks, insurance companies, current utility companies for final statements, magazines and other subscriptions, family, friends, and any other persons or businesses that you correspond with on a regular basis. 4. As the time approaches, have the important numbers handy. As moving day approaches and when the moving process actually begins, you don’t want to be hunting for phone numbers in wallets, purses, or address books. Have a nice new notebook or electronic notebook ready with all important phone numbers written clearly and legibly for both your old and new contacts: Banks, Doctors, Emergency contacts, Family members, Friends, Landlords or Real Estate Brokers, Movers, Pharmacies Schools, Storage Facilities, Utilities. With proper planning and preparation the moving process, though never fun, can at least be sane. If you need help or some contacts for services feel free to reach out to me. I got you!
Bathroom Design Ideas to Increase the Value of Your Home
When it comes to adding value to your property, focusing in on the bathroom and kitchen almost certainly guarantees profitable returns. If you’re considering making your home appealing to potential buyers, then one of the first places to start is in the bathroom. When it comes to bathroom design, what is it that most people really want? Would choosing a spacious jetted tub above a soaker tub be financially beneficial in the long haul? Wouldn’t designing your bathroom be a much easier task if you were armed with a guideline of what tickled the fancy of potential homebuyers? If you’re going to design your bathroom get it right the first time round to avoid flushing away hard-earned money. Hello simplicity From as far back as the 1960s much focus was placed on bold colour in the bathroom. Patterned wall tiles of nautical creatures and over-the-top colours were the trend, along with plastic. Plastic bathroom decor was the craze, from bold orange, olive green, mustard yellow and chocolate brown coloured toothbrush, soap and towel holders, to thick patterned plastic shower curtains that screamed colours of the boldest nature. As the times moved on, the 1970s and early 1980s became a period when gold bathroom fixings and furnishing, such as taps, towel rails and toilet roll holders, were considered very stylish. These ostentatious gold trimmed features were all the rage, and bathroom décor was ‘loud’. Added to this were those once delightful bathroom suites in colors avocado, coral pink, and chocolate brown. Bathroom color has changed dramatically over the past few decades, and shades have become more neutral, sometimes with a hint of color that adds a complementary vigor to the overall scheme. So, when designing and decorating your bathroom, consider white decor, and opt for chrome fixtures and furnishings. Not only do the lend to a much more of a neutral palette, they will appeal to the majority of potential homebuyers, therefore adding to the overall value of your home. Shower power When designing a bathroom at home, we face the dilemma of opting for the installation of either a shower or a bathtub. In both cases, design plays an important role, but this role is even bigger as far as functionality, space availability, and the necessary requirements are concerned. Fitting out a large bathroom is not the same as doing a small one, and furthermore, the fact that the bathroom is used for just a person is far different from a whole family’s way of using it. Consider installing a shower over the bath if space is limited. A shower takes up much less space than a bathtub, and it also offers a high adaptability to any space. There are shower models of all kinds of sizes, colours, designs and shapes, and its access becomes much easier and faster. Saving water is, moreover, a plus for the shower installation. According to many studies, showering instead of taking a bath is a great water saver, providing that is used responsibly. Choosing your bath tub The bathtub becomes the centre of attention in the bathroom, by bringing together almost the whole decorative style and at the same time, it becomes the focus of attention. Furthermore, nowadays we can find highly contemporary minimalist bathtub designs which are able to delight interior design and turn it into something very exclusive and unique. Bathroom flooring Bathroom flooring needs to withstand water and high humidity while keeping slip resistance. Most homeowners prefer floors that are also easy to clean and maintain. The best flooring types for the bathroom are more than just functional. They are also attractive and improve home decor. Consider features such as shape, colour, texture, and material when choosing flooring for bathrooms. Ceramic and porcelain floor tiles are a popular choice for flooring in the bathroom. Consider choosing a textured tile to help keep bathroom floors from getting slippery when wet. Keep it clean If you are planning to put your home on the market, inspect your bathroom for those small generally unnoticed flaws, like mould on the silicone sealant around the bath, and even on your shower curtain if you have one. Potential homebuyers may notice these small faults, which could send then running! It’s up to each homeowner to decide if a bathroom renovation is worth the expense. Overall though, you can expect to get a good return on the money that you spend, plus a high joy score out of the project. If having a bathroom that you enjoy being in matters to you, then go for it. It’s just icing on the cake that you’ll get to recoup a lot of the associated costs as well.
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