Fix Your Home! 5 Problems to Handle Before Selling Your House As Is

Thinking about selling your house?

If you don’t have the money to renovate your property, you might be forced into selling your house as is. If you’re considering selling your home in this way, there are a few things you can do to make sure the property is attractive to potential buyers.

1. Fix the Small Problems

Small problems with a house can quickly add up and turn off a potential buyer. Of course, if there are glaring issues with your property, you should address them.

With that being said, you shouldn’t ignore the smaller issues. Things like leaky pipes, stains on the carpet, or holes that need patching can leave a negative impression on any potential buyer.

Thankfully, in a lot of cases, these issues are inexpensive to fix. You might even be able to patch them up yourself!

Sometimes, tiny fixes that could make a big difference can cost as little as a few dollars to address. For example, you could replace some old knobs on your cabinet for as little as a dollar a time.

Fixing small details is especially important if you have some bigger issues that you can’t afford to fix. Take the time to count up all the small issues you could fix and figure out how much it would cost. You might be surprised at how affordable it is to make your property look more presentable when you focus on the little things.

2. Address Water Stains

While you might’ve learned to live with unfortunate water stains in your property, this can be a huge problem when you’re trying to sell a house. Nobody wants to purchase a property that’s going to be a huge money sink.

Water stains suggest that your plumbing has problems. It doesn’t matter if the plumbing now works. The presence of water stains suggests otherwise and potential buyers will act accordingly.

Maybe the cause of the stain is still an issue. Fixing a leaky pipe can cost as little as $300. There’s no reason not to address this kind of critical problem.

Fixing water-stained drywall can also only cost you a few hundred dollars. Both of these expenses are significantly cheaper than losing out on a sale.

3. Fix the Grout

If you want to get the best possible price for your home when selling as is, you need to make the property look as new as you can. If you think about this tactically, you can make the house look newer while spending only a small amount of cash.

Nothing ages a bathroom like grout that’s yellowing or cracked. Luckily for you, this is quite an easy issue to fix up. New grout is sometimes all it takes to make an old floor look like it came from a showroom floor.

Fixing up your grout is not only inexpensive, but you can also do it yourself. You can expect to pay as little as one to two dollars per square foot. Even if you don’t feel like doing the job yourself, you can find someone to do it for you for cheap prices.

4. Clean Up the Place

You don’t need to spend big money on a new roof or a kitchen renovation. Cleaning up your property before advertising it to potential buyers is about as cheap as it gets.

If the yard or the inside of your home is full of clutter, it can turn off a potential buyer. You don’t even need to get rid of things. You could just put some of your things into storage temporarily while you showcase the property to potential buyers.

The yard should have a healthy, well-kept lawn and the yard should be free of any weeds. Don’t have a lawn? If your front yard is made up of dirt, adding some gravel is a great and easy way to make it look much more attractive.

When a potential buyer takes a look at your home, they’re very likely to check out the view out of the windows. If the windows aren’t clean, it could leave a very negative impression.

If you can’t take any other steps towards improving the property, you can at least make sure everything is neat and tidy. You should also ensure the property and yard are free of pests. If you have issues like mice in the attic, you should consider hiring pest control attic specialists.

5. Make Inexpensive Kitchen Upgrades

One thing you can do to significantly increase the chances of selling your home is making some upgrades to the kitchen. The kitchen is one of the most important rooms when selling your house as is.

This room is probably the first place people inspecting the house will look. And it’s one of the most important areas in determining if someone buys a property or not.

Now, that doesn’t mean you should do a full kitchen upgrade. In fact, doing that might not even give you a good return on your investment.

What you can do, however, is make some smaller, inexpensive upgrades. For example, you could repaint kitchen cabinets, install a new countertop, or update some of the hardware.

You Don’t Need to Spend Much When Selling Your House As Is

There are many little upgrades and cleanups you can do on your property without breaking the bank. Simply getting the place in order and eliminating clutter can be done for next to nothing, so make sure you don’t neglect the cleanliness of the place.

You can also do small upgrades to improve the aesthetics of the place. Small upgrades in rooms such as the bathroom and the kitchen can have a great impact.

Also, make sure you don’t neglect other factors when selling your house as is. For instance, you could have the best-looking property in the world, but it still won’t sell if the price is not right.

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