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HOMES FOR SALE, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK-COLOR YOUR HOUSE SOLD! | August 8, 2010
What’s the MAGIC Colors to get your home SOLD!
Color plays a BIGGER part in selling a house then one may realize. How you decide to dress your walls or “undress your walls” can convince a buyer that your home is move-in ready or leave them looking elsewhere. If the goal is to see the sparkle of “love at first sight,” consider picking the right paint palette to suit MANY different tastes.
Picking The PERFECT Colors:
Color choices are plentiful, as are the types of paints. When selecting interior colors, consider how you use each room or the feeling that you want to create for the space. Pick loud colors and your home will seem too busy. White is a great accent, but for walls it is a harsh and cold color. Instead of white, choose warm, inviting and neutral paint colors such as warm weights, linens, warm beige and olive tones.
The best rule of thumb for home remodeling is to stick to a color palette that isn’t too bland but also isn’t too bold. For smaller spaces, such as bathrooms, small bedrooms or sitting rooms, choose colors that make the room look bigger such as warmer whites. For the bigger rooms, select a paint that is a couple shades darker to create a cozy atmosphere, such as a tan color for walls, with white trim. With the average size bedrooms, I recommend the calming paint colors, they seem to work best.
Make sure the palette you create flows from room to room. You don’t want your home to look like a rainbow or a box of canyons. At paint stores, purchase a smaller can of paint and test it on the walls before committing to the color for the entire room.
If you have a room painted a UNSUAL color due to someone wanting to EXPRESS themselves. Then I HIGHLY recommend my clients to tone it down and allow the potential buyers to be able to see the possibilities for their own EXPRESSIONS.
Wallpaper Can Be A “Turnoff” And be DIFFICULT AND COSTLY TO “COME OFF”:
My experience with wall paper is that buyers never seem to enjoy the same patterns as the sellers. They then look at this as AN EXTRA COST, TROUBLE AND TIME in having to hire someone SOMEONE TO remove it. Buyers are also afraid of what they may find behind the wallpaper, will the sheet rock be in tact, will the walls now need to be repaired?
LOOK UP:
I can’t express the importance of repairing and painting any old water stains that might have been caused by a ONE TIME over flow from the kids splashing in the bathtub or a broken dishwasher. Make sure the problem (for what ever caused the stain) is repaired and remove anything that may give the buyers the wrong impression.
WATER PROBLEMS SCARE ALMOST EVERYONE
This also is true for cracks in the ceilings too. The best built house will at one time or another experience “settlement cracks”. This can be easily corrected with tape and compound, with some final paint touch up.
I hope these tips will come in handy. I’ve been in many homes for sale in Staten Island, New York as well as Monmouth County, New Jersey, and though style and sizes are almost always different, the BUYERS SEEM TO BE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
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Cathy Cataletto Licensed Real Estate Salesperson
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