Think you’re ready to put your home on the real estate market and sell it? You may think you have completed your mental checklist of getting your house ready for the real estate market and the public, but have you considered all the things you can do—and the things you should get rid of, too—to increase the value and worth of your house beforehand?

 

 

Some of these considerations include generally “spiffing” up your home to improve its overall look; getting rid of unpleasant odors, unsightly stains, and unwanted bugs; making any and all necessary repairs to fix everything that is broken or not working properly; cleaning the house from top to bottom, especially the bathroom(s) and the basement; de-cluttering and reorganizing the house; making your home look more attractive and appealing on the inside; cleaning your gutters; and increasing your “curb appeal” by tidying up and fixing your yard and increasing the overall attractiveness of your house from the outside.

 

 

One way to up your “curb appeal” factor is through exterior painting. Painting is also often highly recommended for the interior or your home, as well, before you put it on the real estate market and have potential buyers scrutinizing your every crook and cranny.

 

Painting your house—both inside and out—can greatly benefit and enhance the real estate appreciation of your home, and will increase buyer appeal and potential and your chance to sell your home at the price you want.

 

 

When sizing up a home from the outside, one of the biggest indications of whether or not a buyer will consider seeing it is the exterior paint job. A poor color choice or color combination, a poor paint job, or old and peeling paint will more than likely turn potential buyers away, or cause interested buyers in putting a low bid on your home—lower than you know it is worth.

 

Take some time and invest some money into repainting the exterior of your house. Not only will it up its real estate appreciation (increase the value of your home—what it’s worth), but a good paint job will actually help to attract more potential buyers who are willing to offer a price more closely matched to what you are looking for.

 

Make sure to choose neutral and complementary colors when shopping for paint for the outside of your house. Neutral colors are important, because they appeal more to the masses and give you better resale. Make sure to also select a primer and to take the necessary time to do a top-quality job, something that will look good and something of which you can be proud.

 

 

Next, think about the interior of your home. While the exterior paint job is important for the outer look and curb appeal, the interior paint job is just as if not more important for real estate appreciation as well as for increasing the appeal of your home, thus attracting more potential buyers.

 

If your home has already been painted (with attractive yet neutral colors) in the recent past and is essentially wallpaper-free, you may not need a new paint job. However, if the paint job is old, if the colors are too bright or otherwise questionable, and if it has busy wallpaper, it’s time to invest in a new paint job.

 

An old, peeling paint job says you don’t take care of your home and looks unattractive. Too-bright colors are sometimes a turn-off. Neutral colors appeal to the masses. You don’t want to be known as the owners of “that house with the bright purple and orange bathroom,” do you? Most people don’t like busy wallpaper, or wallpaper at all. Remove it first, and then paint. Select some primer as well as fresh, high-quality paint in appealing, neutral (and matching) tones, and get to work.

 

Another way in which interior painting can help with the real estate appreciation of your home and its overall appeal is in the case of having a small room. Some homes have that one room that is so small it almost seems like a closet. If this is the case with your home, consider a new paint job in a light-colored, neutral tone. Light-colored paint will help to make any small room look substantially bigger, not to mention brighter.

 

 

If you don’t have the time or think you can do a good enough job, and you have some extra money, consider hiring a professional painting company for either the exterior painting or interior painting of your home, or both.

 

Onyx Construction Group is a residential and commercial painting contractor based in Philadelphia, PA. We provide residential and commercial interior and exterior painting, decorative finishes, floor and wall coatings and other specialty painting and coating products and services in the Greater Philadelphia area, Bucks County and Montgomery County including suburbs throughout the Delaware Valley.

This is a list of towns we service for painting and repairs Philadelphia Kensington Northeast Germantown Frankford South Philly Ardsley Ambler Bala Cynwyd Blue Bell Cheltenham Gulf Mills Gwynedd Huntingdon Valley Jenkintown King of Prussia Horsham Lafayette Hills Merion Morland Pottsgrove Lower Providence Merion Park Merion Station North Wales Oak Lane Manor Oak Summit Oak lane Oaks Rockledge Roseglen Rosemont Roslyn Heights Royersford Rydal Souderton Spring House Spring Mount Sumneytown Sunnybrook Telford Trappe Trooper Valley Forge Whitemarsh Whitpain Wyncote Wyndmoor Willow Grove Buckingham Doylestown Fairless Hills Hulmeville Neshaminy New Hope Philadelphia Northampton Southampton Abington Narberth Brynmaur Warminster Upper Moorland Lower Moorland Upper Dublin Dresher Feasterville Trevose Bensalem Morrisville Yardley Richboro Ambler Elkins Park Wrightstown Bristol Holland Newtown Makefield Hatfield Montgomeryville Pa Pennsylvania Delaware Valley NJ New Jersey Specialists in auto 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Miquon Mont Clare Montgomery Township Montgomeryville Narberth New Hanover Township king of prussia Norristown North Wales Oaks Ogontz Campus Oreland Palm Penllyn Pennsburg Perkiomen Township Perkiomenville Philadelphia Phoenixville Plymouth Meeting Plymouth Township Pottstown Red Hill Rockledge Roslyn Royersford Rydal Salford Township Salfordville Sanatoga Sassamansville Schwenksville Skippack Township Souderton Spring House Spring Mount Springfield Township Stowe Sumneytown Telford Towamencin Township Trappe Tylersport Upper Dublin Township Upper Frederick Township Upper Gwynedd Township Upper Hanover Township Upper Merion Township Upper Moreland Township Upper Pottsgrove Township Upper Providence Township Upper Salford Township Valley Forge West Conshohocken West Norriton Township West Point West Pottsgrove Township Whitemarsh Township Whitpain Township Willow Grove Worcester Township Woxall Wyncote Wyndmoor Wynnewood Zieglersville Zieglerville Listing of cities and municipalities we serve in Bucks County, Pa.: Andalusia Bedminster Township Bensalem Township Blooming Glen Bridgeton Township Bristol Township Buckingham Township Carversville Chalfont Churchville Cornwells Heights Croydon Danboro Doylestown Township Dublin Durham Township East Rockhill Township Eddington Edgely Erwinna Fairless Hills Falls Township Fallsington Feasterville Trevose Ferndale Forest Grove Fountainville Furlong Gardenville George School Haycock Township Hilltown Township Holicong Holland Hulmeville Ivyland Jamison Kintnersville Lahaska Langhorne Langhorne Manor Levittown Line Lexington Lower Makefield Township Lower Southampton Township Lumberville Mechanicsville Middletown Township Milford Square Milford Township Morrisville New Britain New Hope Newportville Newtown Nockamixon Township Northampton Township Oakford Ottsville Penndel Penns Park Perkasie Pineville Pipersville Plumstead Township Plumsteadville Point Pleasant Quakertown Revere Richboro Richland Township Richlandtown Riegelsville Rushland Sellersville Silverdale Solebury Township Southampton Spinnerstown Springfield Township Springtown Telford Tinicum Township Trevose Trumbauersville Tullytown Upper Black Eddy Upper Holland Upper Makefield Township Upper Southampton Township Warminster Township Warrington Township Warwick Township Washington Crossing Washington Xing West Bristol West Rockhill Township Wrightstown Township Wycombe Yardley Zionhill Locktown Milford Mount Airy Mount Joy Mount Pleasant Mountainville New Hampton Norton Oak Grove New Jersey Cities and Municipalities we serve: Oldwick Pattenburg Pittstown Pleasant Run Potterstown Quakertown Readingsburgh Reaville Riegelsville Ringoes Rocktown Rosemont Sand Brook Sergeantsville Spring Mills Stanton Stanton Station Stockton Three Bridges Wertsville West Portal Whitehouse Whitehouse Station Woodglen Delaware County Cities and Municipalities we serve: Aldan Ardmore Aston Township Bethel Township Birmingham Township Boothwyn Brookhaven Broomall Bryn Mawr Chadds Ford Chester Heights Chester Township Chesterbrook Cheyney Clifton Heights Collingdale Colwyn Concord Township Concordville Crum Lynne Darby Drexel Hill East Lansdowne Eddystone Edgemont Edgmont Township Elwyn Essington Folcroft Folsom Glen Mills Glen Riddle Glenolden Gradyville Haverford Township Havertown Holmes Lansdowne Lenni Linwood Lower Chichester Township Manoa Marcus Hook Marple Township Media Middletown Township Millbourne Morton Moylan Nether Providence Township Newtown Square Newtown Township Norwood Parkside Philadelphia Pilgrim Gardens Primos Primos Secane Prospect Park Radnor Township Ridley Park Ridley Township Rose Valley Rutledge Saint Davids Secane Sharon Hill Springfield Township Swarthmore Thornbury Township Thornton Tinicum Township Trainer Upland Upper Chichester Township Upper Darby Township Upper Providence Township Villanova Wallingford Wayne Woodlyn Yeadon Berwyn Cedar Hollow Center Square Devon Downingtown Exton Frazer Frazier Glen Loch Kimberton Main Line Malvern Norristown Pineville Spring City Stratford West Chester

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