subject: How to Rehab a House by Focusing on Small Details [print this page] How to Rehab a House by Focusing on Small Details
If you want to know how to rehab a house at the least cost but at the most appreciation, then you must focus on small details. These are little bits and pieces of the property that when ignored, could actually give the buyer a bad impression of your house. Don't let these puny details wreck your chances of closing a deal. Fix them now and make sure the property you are rehabbing will be sold in no time at a high price.
Mailbox and house number. Before you enter a property, you'll be welcomed by its faade. You'll see that the whole face of it is newly repainted and is shinning. Very nice, you look at the lawn and see that it's green and trimmed. The driveway is good as well. But you zoom your eyes a bit and notice that the mailbox is filled with rust! You imagine your children touching it and being cut by the rough edges. You wanted to ignore but you saw the house number also rusted. What else is not filled with rust? Now you fear that this is not the house for you. For those who are into property rehabbing, what you read is simply what's going on inside the mind of a prospect buyer seeing an ugly mailbox.
Doorknobs. So the rehabber opens the door for the prospect buyer. But when the buyer was about to look what was inside the house, he notices that the door knob was dirty. That's not a knob he would want to turn every day. He is now thinking, if this is dirty, it probably is old. If it is old, it probably is defective and is easy to break. "This is not a safe house for my family," he whispers silently with the investor clueless with what is going on inside the buyer's mind. How to rehab a house the right way? Start with door knobs.
Cabinet handles. How to rehab a house and not earn from it? Ignore the cabinet handles. You, the rehabber, are bragging about the new appliances you bought and placed on the kitchen. Wow, impressive. While you were telling the prospect buyer how nice it is to roast chicken in the rotisserie, the buyer starts to open cabinets. He feels how rough one is with his hand. He now zooms to see whether the others are rough and old too. He now imagines how many hands have held those cabinet handles and how dirty they are. He would not want to touch them! These small pieces, you see, are important when rehabbing and should therefore be replaced is not refinished.
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