Online Views, low offers, but house is not selling
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House has an amazing view, just need some ideas for a facelift !
Comments (22)Hi ..love the beautiful view, but have to admit I liked the original two tone colors better. I think if you copied as closely as possible the picture of the garage doors/arbor above and added stonework to the sides, ...not brick ...and topiary pots... it wld add some much desired texture to the outside. Also ....if you cut out abt 18/20 inches of concrete in the middle of each garage driveway and planted grass, it wild give a lush look to all the concrete and soften the area. Just some thoughts....See MoreTrying to sell our home...need WOW FACTOR... advice on paint & furniture to help with quick sell!
Comments (63)Move the bookcase/table next to armoire to corner(kitchen side) and place caddy corner add fern like plant on top shelf and special items only on the other 2 shelves. Square off the chair with the sofa move the coffee table in front of the sofa (if your plant on the trunk is healthy put it on the coffee table), put the square trunk on the other side of the sofa and maybe an open chair to square off the seating area. Place an area rug anchoring the seating area but not interfering with the path in front of the armoire(2 1/2 to 3 feet min,) Add a large plant palm or similar in the far corner. Play with the size of the lamps on either side of the sofa. Add another picture or collage of art to balance both sides of the now armoire only wall. Add 2 cushion that bring out whatever color you like in the new area rug maybe even a throw to add color over the corner of the sofa. Move the furniture first see how it feels to you. Then steal art work from else where in the house ,chair too may be from the dinning room? Try some lamps for elsewhere in the house, maybe even a blanket or throw from one of the bedrooms to put on the sofa just to see how it looks and feels before you commit any money to the project. So far your cost is just labor. If it works go for the rug and whatever else is needed. Good luck....See MoreIs a house without a bathtub hard to sell?
Comments (204)Thank you @marjie1059! It's more than a year later and I'm still walking into that bathroom and pinching myself. I live in NE Ohio. I'd have to check my records for a ballpark - we went through a KD - but I can at least tell you the elements that we pulled together. (And, honestly, as I think about it now, I can already see the posts mocking me for whatever I say I paid and I'm not up for it! This site can be brutal sometimes.) Countertop is Cambria Montgomery. Cabinets are Shiloh Eclipse. Shower tiles are Winter Morning from Tile Shop. (Conveniently avoided the need for schluter since these tiles are an eased edge!) Shower niche and curb are Cambria Weybourne. Floors are Caeser Ceramics Run Clay tile. Faucets are Moen, sinks are Kohler. Shower fixtures are a hodge-podge of Kohler, Delta, Jaclo and Speakman. Paint is SW Aquasphere but it's since been changed to SW Krypton (kept Westhighland White trim) and it's a much more soothing look....See MoreKitchen Color Vomit, Selling House...No Words.
Comments (254)I know this is an old thread but for those with a similar dilemma in the future, I just want to chime in with my own anecdote. We recently sold a duplex condo. Our neighbors were also selling at the exact same time. Our condo was slightly smaller and less desirable unit as half the living space was below grade (finished basement). It also had pink kitchen cabinets where the other unit had much more appealing cream cabinets, and our condo had a small deck and the other had a mongo-sized deck. What's more, we had painted the entire house in lively, bold & rich colors. Got a little carried away with it, but it suited us over the years. In fact, the whole house was a riot of color -- yellow, orange, green, and lots of red. Each room was different, in fact, though all the colors did work together. We painted it this way because the condo had a PINK kitchen and PINK marble baths... I hated the pink so much. The color scheme made you not notice the pink so much. I was worried it would turn off buyers and impact our selling price. We debated painting it all neutral before listing it, but our realtor said not to bother, and instead helped us stage it to work with the colors. The realtor did a fantastic job with the staging. Meanwhile the other condo had someone come in and professionally paint the entire place white, and paid for a professional stager as well. We had simultaneous open houses and a lot of traffic. We rec'd 3 offers within a week, all around asking price. We took the one that had no contingencies. The other unit languished for 6 weeks more without a nibble and minimal traffic. They dropped their price. Then finally received a low-ball offer with every contingency you can imagine. We were told by all the realtors that walked through both units that despite ours having less desirable features, it showed far better than the bland all-white, blank-slate unit... which effectively looked like a rental not a home, with all the personality stripped out of it. Ultimately we sold ours for $386/sf and the other unit went for $285/sf with an additional $20,000 cash to the buyers, i.e., we cleared $180K profit and the other unit barely broke even (we'd both bought around the same time). What's more the new owners of our place have not re-painted and don't expect to. You just never know what will appeal to a buyer! Meanwhile on the flip side, the place we bought has a white kitchen and I hate it. It's getting ripped and replaced. There was another identical unit for sale at same time, in which the owner had put in $85K of renovations. We did not care for their renovations so we bought the property that hasn't been touched in 20 years, because we want to do our own renovations....See Morejmck_nc
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