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Upgrade Siding and Windows to Sell Your Home - Revitalizing Your House's Curb Appeal Makes the Sale
Wed 11 Mar 2009 - 11:35
Upgrade Siding and Windows to Sell Your Home - Revitalizing Your House's Curb Appeal Makes the Sale
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Matt_Gallo]Matt Gallo
We keep hearing the gloom and doom stories about the housing market, but if you're trying to sell, there are ways to make your house more attractive to buyers. Don't just sit there and wait-be proactive about selling your house with exterior upgrades. Replacing the siding and old windows can actually go a long way toward attracting potential buyers and making your home sell!
As real estate agent Amy Mills Siler points out, home buyers almost always make up their minds about a house based solely on exterior appearance: "If they drive up to a house with dingy aluminum siding and old windows, the buyers automatically get a bad taste in their mouth." You simply have to maximize curb appeal if you want your house to sell, especially in today's market. So if you've been considering having new siding installed or the windows are starting to seriously look their age, now's the time to upgrade to new vinyl siding and replace those windows. Putting off exterior improvements simply doesn't pay when it comes to real estate.
Cost may be a concern for many homeowners who need to do repairs before they can sell their home; after all, no one wants to put money into a building if they're not going to make any of it back! The good news is that you'll recuperate the majority of your investment in siding and window replacement. According to Remodeling magazine's 2008-2009 national "Cost vs. Value" survey, siding upgrades (cement fiber, vinyl, and insulated vinyl) on average cost between $13,000 and $10,000 and recouped between 86% and 80% of the cost. Window replacement had almost as good a return on investment with window upgrades (wood and vinyl) costing between $17,500 and $10,500 and recouping between 79% and 76% of the initial outlay.
You may be thinking, why spend $13,200 for new siding to only recoup $11,400? Because that new cement fiber siding is what makes the difference between selling the house and keeping it on the market for 8 months or a year. Sure, you only make back 86% of the siding upgrade-but what is the time your house spends on the market worth to you? If you've already bought another home, fewer months of making two mortgage payments is definitely worth far more than the $1,800 "loss." Of course, there are other costs associated with keeping a home on the market long term: time lost cleaning and picking up prior to showings, additional energy costs associated with keeping the lights on, and other little costs that can really add up. Exterior upgrades can help save you these additional costs, even if the siding or windows don't earn 100% ROI themselves. In fact, if you consider all of the other costs of keeping your house on the market for months, you'll likely get more than 100% of the investment back if you sell the house quickly!
Because the simple truth is that homebuyers often judge your house in the first few seconds they see it, replacing your old siding and windows is a great investment. You'll earn back most of your money and your house will sell that much faster.
So stop delaying: call your local [http://siding-windows-doors.kansas-city-biz.com/site/services]siding contractor and window installer today to get started on your home's exterior makeover and the road to selling your house fast!
Matt Gallo is a home improvement specialist and the Internet marketing manager for Prospect Genius, a leading provider of [http://www.prospectgenius.com/site/services]online local advertising solutions.
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