Curb appeal is important when selling your home

As quoted from an article in KansasCity.com, curb appeal counts when selling home.

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. While this old adage was intended as advice for people, the same is true for houses. If someone doesn’t like what they see on the outside, they certainly aren’t anxious to see the inside.
If you are thinking about selling your home, one of the very first steps you should take is to assess the “curb appeal” of your house. Does it beckon buyers? If you were a potential purchaser, would the house shout “Come back!”?

This is very true. Homes that have great curb appeal get more phone and e-mail inquiries. We the realtors will get more inquiries to sift through to find the right buyer. An example would be:
We had a home for sale in a subdivision this past April that had another similar home for sale by another realtor. They were both the same floorplan and within two blocks of each other. Most Most of the features were the same except their front curb appeal. Our home with great curb appeal was listed for $10,000 more than the one with a not so good curb appeal. Our home with great curb appeal was getting on average 2 more phone inquiries and 15 more internet inquiries a day then the home with not so good curb appeal, according to the other realtor. Our home with great curb appeal sold in 14 days at list price, while the home with not so good curb appeal sold in 54 days at 3.2% under list price. Our home with great curb appeal was average until we suggested less than $50 worth of fix ups. Do you think we advised our clients correctly? This is how we help clients.

If you are looking to sell your home and would like some pointers on low cost ways to make your home have better curb appeal, contact The Dowell Taggart Team.