Creating Curb Appeal

Last week we talked about getting your home ready for showings. As you are preparing your home for the spring market, it's a great time to spruce up the exterior.

Curb appeal means to make a home visually pleasing when viewed from the street. This includes the exterior as well as the property. Below are a few tips on how to create "eye pleasing" curb appeal.

• Pressure wash or freshly paint the exterior of your home
• Touch up or clean the front door and all other doors including the garage door, trim, shutters
• Clean and align gutters
• Wash windows
• Polish hardware
• Repair outdoor lighting fixtures or replace burned out bulbs
• Repair or paint porch, fences, gates
• Reseal driveway and tend to walkways and steps
• Tidy landscaping by removing weeds, trimming lawn and shrubbery
• Replace worn door-mats
• Replace weathered door bell
• Remove out-of-season decorations and tone down ornate lawn or home adornments

Source: Move Magazine by Homes and Land Affiliates

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