Getting your house ready to sell in Spring – Get Painting Quotes now
This is the first in a series of articles to help you get your house ready for the spring selling season.
If you think about the things that are going to take the longest to achieve you really need to start these now. Jobs like a lick of paint can be reasonably cheap but make the house much easier to sell for a better price.
If your timber floors are in poor condition or have been painted previously, consider painting them white, whilst its hard to keep clean it looks fantastic, adds almost a holiday feel and works really well in older houses.
So its really time to book your painters now. From a selling perspective paint is very subjective what appeals to some turns others off. The secret for the potential vendor is to go neutral but classy colors.
Its tempting to look at some of the speciality paints such as Lime washes and distemper finishes and strong colors, but here is the problem, they are very acquired tastes and its easy to knock out a whole section of your potential buyers or make your house look small/dark/unattractive just by choosing the wrong paints.
Also a modern variation is the modern muted theme, check it out at Color Lovers
Depending on where you live and the style of house a coat of paint on the front of your house could make a big difference.
Consider modern classy colors on your Kirribilli, McMahons Point or Neutral Bay Terrace, Semi or Duplex. Beige, tan, biscuit lighter colors for the walls, dark browns, blacks for the windows, doors, eves and barge boards.
More modern houses around Mosman and Balmoral may be repainted whites, beiges, tans or greys with timber work refinished or replaced
Thanks to Porters Paints Dulux Color Lovers Build Report Napier Properties
