How to easily improve kitchen for house sale

nightsky224

We are selling our 2 bed terraced and I feel the kitchen really lets it down, we didn't get round to doing it and don't think we want to take that on now. I wondered other than a decluttet does anyone have any tips on what we could do

hazyjo

Change knobs and paint cream.


http://modern.themodernbaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Painting-Kitchen-Cabinets-White-Before-and-After-Pictures.jpg


(Presuming you'll keep the floor tiles.)


Can't see what the wall tiles are like particularly, but I'd consider painting them too.


Lots of decluttering


Jx

always_sunny

maybe I am not picky but it doesn't look too bad.
It is messy around the heater; a better angle may just do the trick!

shortcrust

always_sunny wrote: »

maybe I am not picky but it doesn't look too bad.
It is messy around the heater; a better angle may just do the trick!

I was thinking the same thing - not too bad. Certainly better than the kitchen in the house I bought!

FabFifty

De-clutter & paint the cupboard doors cream. The dark wood makes the kitchen look dark & dingy. Easy enough to tackle one per day, no need to spend lots of time sanding, just a thorough wash to cut through any grease/grime before starting.

D_M_E

Just hide the clutter - anything that is not fixed down, hide it away.

That also includes anything on the worktop - put it all away and hide it.

Rain_Shadow

Declutter and do nothing else.

It looks serviceable and that is what matters in the short term.

A lot of buyers will want to replace it anyway so won't care what it looks like for now as long as everything works.

I wouldn't start painting the doors etc. Almost certainly a waste of time and money and likely to make it look worse rather than better.

teddysmum

Declutter.There is far to much unnecessary stuff like oven gloves on show.


I would not paint, as presumably the units are not wood, so it would look a botched job; likewise obviously over -painted tiles.

Doozergirl

Rain_Shadow wrote: »

Declutter and do nothing else.

It looks serviceable and that is what matters in the short term.

A lot of buyers will want to replace it anyway so won't care what it looks like for now as long as everything works.

I wouldn't start painting the doors etc. Almost certainly a waste of time and money and likely to make it look worse rather than better.

I agree, although I would add a really deep clean to the decluttering. Is there also a cupboard door missing on the right?

Different people want different things but I know that even if that was painted cream, I'd be replacing the kitchen. Save your money. I think the most important thing is to give the impression that the house is well maintained.

davidmcn

Stuff on top of the cupboards suggests not enough storage space.

nightsky224

davidmcn wrote: »

Stuff on top of the cupboards suggests not enough storage space.

Great point, hadn't though of that!