{"id":5440,"date":"2018-09-17T13:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T20:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=5440"},"modified":"2024-11-26T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:00:29","slug":"projects-that-increase-home-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/projects-that-increase-home-value\/","title":{"rendered":"8 DIY Weekend Projects That Increase Home Value Before You Sell"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve got a handful of precious weekends\u2014let\u2019s say about 8\u2014before you officially put your house on the market.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re ready to roll up your sleeves and apply a little elbow grease, you can take your productivity to the max and boost your asking price by knocking out a few simple projects that increase home value.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t have the money for a major renovation? No worries\u2014expensive remodels aren\u2019t as glamorous as the home improvement TV shows would like you to believe. You can\u2019t count on getting your money back on any of the classic home makeover projects<\/a> (buyers are too picky, and might gut your pricey granite, anyway).<\/p>\n

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Upgrading Your Home? First, See How Much It's Worth<\/h3>\n

HomeLight can provide a preliminary estimate of home value in as little as two minutes.<\/p>\n \n

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We put together this list of DIY improvement ideas based on the latest research on the biggest home value<\/a> adds, plus our conversations with the top real estate pros who can see a house through the eyes of the home buyers they work with.<\/p>\n

Pick a few or all 8 to tackle in your limited free time to get your home in excellent shape for that exciting moment when the for-sale sign goes up.<\/p>\n

Weekend 1: Declutter your house room by room<\/h2>\n

The no. 1 way to increase the value of your home before you sell is to declutter it (which makes cleaning much easier). This project could add nearly $2,000 to your home\u2019s value, and shouldn\u2019t cost you more than $300<\/a>. That\u2019s an ROI of 586%!<\/p>\n

Decor by the Seashore, a blog dedicated to providing DIY tips for organizing your home, offers a guide to decluttering your house in one weekend or less<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To summarize, when you declutter your house in 48 hours, time is of the essence. So first, go room by room and estimate how long it will take to declutter each space\u2014limiting yourself to 2 hours for the biggest projects, and completing the smaller ones, such as the bathroom, in about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

From there you can create a weekend decluttering schedule to time block your plan (accounting for breaks, of course)!<\/p>\n

With large trash bags for junk, empty boxes for donations, a kitchen timer to keep you on track, and markers and sticky notes to label everything, you\u2019ll have the supplies you need to jump right in.<\/p>\n

As you declutter each space, move swiftly. The moment you go down memory lane, you\u2019ll blow your schedule.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a pro tip: for those items you can\u2019t help but belabor over, create a separate \u201cindecision\u201d pile that you can go through at the end of the entire decluttering process, rather than letting tough calls slow you down at every turn.<\/p>\n

Want to take your decluttering to the next level? Check out our exhaustive decluttering guide for the messy<\/a>, or download our decluttering checklist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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