Lowes Top 10 Tips for Making Your Home More Saleable

Wondering which home improvements will help you sell your home fast? Our list of "Top Ten" home improvements will help you make the right choices to sell your home quicker.

• Repaint Rooms. Paint with a buyer's sensibilities in mind. Use neutral colors throughout your home to lend continuity from room to room. Paint with light colors to make living areas appear roomier and darker colors for a cozier feel.
• Wash and Paint the Exterior. Repainting your exterior increases curb appeal. Spruce it up with a thorough power washing. If your house's exterior paint has faded, a new coat will add value and attract more house hunters.
• Shine with New Lighting. Bring out the best features of your house with a new lighting layout. A brighter room will appear more spacious and inviting to potential buyers. Accentuate your house's distinctive elements with track lighting, table and floor lamps, or wall and ceiling fixtures.
• Organize and De-Personalize. Cleanliness leads to closing. Clear your house of clutter with new storage or shelving. At the same time, help buyers envision the house as their own by removing personal items like knick-knacks and photographs.
• Repair or Replace Window Screens. Fixing sagging, dirty or ripped screens is one of the easiest and most inexpensive home improvements for home sellers. Take an afternoon and rejuvenate your windows and doors with just a few simple tools.
• Patch Drywall Dings and Dents Imperfections like drywall divots suggest larger problems with the integrity of your house. Patching dings and dents is crucial to a fast sell, especially if you plan on painting. Make your walls flawless before showing the house.
• Unstick Stubborn Doors. Sticking doors are bothersome, and even more so to prospective buyers touring your home for the first time. With some sanding and varnish, you can quickly eliminate this common irritation.
• Repair Tile Grout. Make your bath and kitchen look brand new by ridding these rooms of shabby and damaged grout. Repairing grout could take some time, depending on the magnitude of the project. But the striking results will be well worth the time spent.
• Upgrade Kitchen and Bath Faucets. Replace faucets to give your kitchen or bathroom a quick facelift. A new faucet can set a more contemporary aesthetic and pique interest from home buyers. If your current faucets are leaking or worn, a new faucet is an absolute necessity.
• Clean Your Gutters. Clogged gutters could make a great house look neglected. Clean your gutters twice a year. While cleaning, look for trouble areas that need repair like holes and leaking joints. As a convenient perk for the buyer, install gutter screens.