10 Tips to Increase Your Home's Value - Tip 5 - Curb appeal

Over the next 10 days I would like to share with you 10 Tips to help increase your home’s value. We are on to tip 5, if you have missed the first two tips you should be able to find them in the blog archive area just to the right of this post. What are your thoughts so far? Have you tried any of these tips? The thought of increasing the value of your home may be easier than you think By following these tips found via the Home and Garden Network, your home may be worth more than you think.

Tip 5: Curb appeal counts.
“Do you want a fresh perspective on the value of your home? All you have to do is walk across the street, turn around and ask yourself, "Does my home have curb appeal?" Do you think your home looks attractive, welcoming and structurally safe all within that first glance?

It is always good to make a list of ways to enhance the positive and eliminate the negative. If you have a nice curvy walkway, accentuate it with flowers or lanterns. If the first thing a visitor sees is your big wide garage, try to guide their eyes into a beautiful front yard, or paint your front door red to guide the eye there. These simple ideas can end up adding value.

Here is a great tip, Take a photo of your home and turn the photo to black and white, you can usually do this on your phone with any photo app or easily find a free app online. When the color is removed, the truth comes out. That is where you see the cracks in the walls and the glaring flaws.

Keep things clean and tidy. Talk to your neighbors because this affects them too. Curb appeal doesn't stop at your property line. Your home will be more valuable if you live in a place where everyone pays attention to appearance.

Another great way to get your neighbors involved and making the curb appeal stress across the streets is to host a neighborhood cleanup party. Team up with neighbors to mow lawns and trim hedges. See who wants to go in on a few flats of border flowers. By adding curb appeal to your entire neighborhood, you will all boost your home values.

When you're looking at your curb appeal, don't forget the side and rear views. Buyers walk around and peek over fences. If you have a great front landscape, see if it’s possible to continue this along the side of your home, maybe up to your fence line.”