decor?

piglet74

hi

when selling your home, how much money would you spend on decorating it before you sell,

does the decor really increase the value by a great amount

or do most buyers buy with the intention of painting and decorating themselves anyways?

tia

R_P_W

Decorating won't increase the value of your home. What it will do it make it more attractive to potential buyers (if done right of course).

Even a fresh lick of paint on the walls, maybe paint woodwork etc can refresh a property greatly. You dont have to spend much, but just enought to make the best of what you have.

drummer_666

some people buying a house don't want to any work to do on it, so therefore a freshly painted place would be more appealing, but only if the house is relatively fresh all through

having said that, some people see that new decoration is trying to hide something

piglet74

R_P_W wrote: »

Decorating won't increase the value of your home. What it will do it make it more attractive to potential buyers (if done right of course).

Even a fresh lick of paint on the walls, maybe paint woodwork etc can refresh a property greatly. You dont have to spend much, but just enought to make the best of what you have.

i did think that, because when i bought the same house in question, i hated the wallpaper, but it was location, views, etc that got me to buy, but i just wanted to be sure,

flora48

15 different wallpapers didn't put me off buying my house!

brit1234

This post is to push down the football spam plaguing this forum

piglet74

brit1234 wrote: »

This post is to push down the football spam plaguing this forum

helpful...NOT...

i am a first time SELLER... and i cannot find any info on this subject, all i wanted was a bit of advice!

thanks for nothing!

BitterAndTwisted

brit1234 was attempting to push your thread to the top of the page past all the footy spam threads on here yesterday so you could get some sensible answers to your question!

My view? About £500. Some prospective buyers would be put off if the property isn't presented as clean and neutral as possible. Some see dark wall-colours and busy wallpaper as a property which needs work doing to it and won't be able to see past it. You just have to view a couple of those "Sell Your House" programmes on the telly to appreciate how a pale and neutral colour-scheme and some serious decluttering can improve how spacious and light a property appears.

tanith

I think that clean and tidy is better than a quick paint job, just make sure everything is clean thats half the battle..

shegirl

piglet74 wrote: »

helpful...NOT...

i am a first time SELLER... and i cannot find any info on this subject, all i wanted was a bit of advice!

thanks for nothing!

Eh?He's bumped your thread up the board because spam was taking over,why moan?

As for your question I prefer to see houses as they have been but I like a project and creams and magnolias put me off anything!

piglet74

shegirl wrote: »

Eh?He's bumped your thread up the board because spam was taking over,why moan?


i didnt realise that, i thought they were suggesting my post was spam, i have asked questions on here before (like may folk have) and have got rude answers, so my apologies to Brit