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How to Increase Curb Appeal of Your House

Mon 11 Aug 2008 - 16:03

How to Increase Curb Appeal of Your House
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Julia_Vakulenko]Julia Vakulenko

If you are into the business of selling homes, offices, townhouse or other properties, you should be aware about curb appeal of real estate assets. Properties around the world are most active during summer and spring. Thus, the peak seasons differ worldwide as summers and springs occur at different months at different sites and regions. Experts assert that spring open houses are more convincing and are yielding more and better results.

You have to make sure the curb appeal of your property is well maintained and kept. You will not be able to negotiate a good and profitable price for your asset if you fail to make it impressive and worthwhile. There is a need to exert and implement more effort when selling a real estate investment into the market. Here are several practical tips that will enable any owner and seller to make their properties more amazing, interesting and worth buying.

1. Be scheming in assigning colors. Paint the property with appropriately colored paint. As always wall color influences how prospective buyers react. When choosing colors, stick with true and bright ones to create immediate and effective aesthetic impact. Forest green is so far an undisputed popular color, as well as red, yellow and blue.

2. Awning should be strategically placed over windows. The fixtures are beautiful when seen at the front of the office or home. Window-retractable awnings form an architectural appeal making the facade look better without any additional and unnecessary construction efforts.

3. Awnings over flowerbeds catch attention. Other than that, it is functional. Doing so will allow the plants to get afternoon sunlight.

4. The awnings are to be designed with striped fabric. Solid designs and boring and are not too catchy. Secure a wide stripe to get that contemporary look. Traditionally, brown and green awnings are good. Basic white and black are challenging and attractive.

5. To delineate the door area, strategically install retractable awnings. There is a new trend that has been of great interest these days. Put up outdoor rooms specifically for sitting, playing and cooking. Such awnings really define spaces.

6. Awnings are also installed for energy efficiency. A retractable awning can help a homeowner save up to $250 per year from electrical usage. Consider the savings a good incentive.

You should implement effective market measures when you aim to raise the curb appeal of your property. It is important that you develop a skill and insight for marketing, advertising and designing. You need not spend too much just to improve and boost an appearance of a house. Make the property the most beautiful and breathtaking the prospective buyer will ever see. This way, you are surely to catch their attention.

Julia Vakulenko is a licensed broker associate with [http://www.tampa4u.com/]Tampa4U.com Realty. She has one of the hardest working [http://www.tampa-mls.com/]Tampa Real Estate team in Florida.

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