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Turning Fixer-uppers Into Profit In 8 Quick Steps

Turning Fixer-uppers Into Profit In 8 Quick Steps

One of the very best parts about most fixeruppers is that you don’t have to be an interior designer or a master builder to turn them into sheer profit provided you know the 10 quickest steps to making it happen.

After obtaining the proper permits if necessary and ensuring all contracts are drawn up to be fair and in order if you’re using outside builders and contractors here are eight quick and simple steps to take to turn your fixeruppers into cash:

Step 1: Remember the Importance of Curb Appeal

Curb appeal is perhaps one of the most important but overlooked aspects of selling a property especially fixeruppers that may not be quite as aesthetically pleasing as the rest of the area’s surrounding properties. Curb appeal gives you the ability to make an excellent first impression and compel buyers to stop and take a look inside. Be sure the lawn is neat add flowers shrubbery and remember the mailbox the house numbers railings and anything else you can see from “the curb.”

Step 2: Checking or Repairing the Plumbing and Electrical

Next is the aspect of tending to the plumbing and the electricity first making sure all is in order and won’t need repaired after you’ve treated the walls and ceilings. Retain a licensed electrician to handle any changes with the wiring and likewise an experienced plumber should any of the pipes have leaks or need Read More

Tracy Kellett Of Bdi Home Finders Extols The Virtues Of

Tracy Kellett Of Bdi Home Finders Extols The Virtues Of Ugly Houses

Chalet bungalows AFrame houses excouncil properties and 70sbuilds top the list of home hunters most hated: the dismal dwellings that estate agents dread having to market and must plead with buyers to go and view.

Although savvy home seekers are now adept at seeing beyond ugly interiors if I just whip out that avocado bathroom suite and skim over the Artex this place will be great etc etc most still fail to realise that they can externally overhaul a home as well. This is why as a professional home finder I often drag my clients to view properties that on first impression are less than pleasing to the eye.

Dont get me wrong. Im not obsessed with stinkers. It makes my job a whole lot easier when I can accompany a client to a veritable beauty parade of des ress. But sometimes for whatever reason it is just not possible to fulfil all of a home seekers property dreams and we have to start thinking outside of the box.

Love the road but cant picture yourself living in a bungalow? Raise the roof! Appreciate the large bedrooms but dont want to come home every night to a flatfronted 70s box? Add a porch; change the windows grow a creeper up the front; build a characterful extension.

If youre still not convinced think about this way. In my experience an ugly house can sell for up to 40 percent less than a more traditionally good looking home in the same location. On a property Read More