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19.08.2024 - 11:57 / growingfamily.co.uk / Catherine
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Your home is not only a place of relaxation and comfort, but also a substantial investment with potential for financial growth. In the same way you nurture your financial portfolio, you can also enhance the value of your home through strategic improvement.
In this article we’ll take a look at some simple interior design tips to help increase your home’s resale value.
Also known as home staging, property styling is the perfect way to make your property irresistibly captivating to potential buyers. Working with a professional interior designer can enable you to assess your property’s unique features and strategically boost its visual appeal.
This can be through proper furniture placement, accentuating architectural details, and clever use of lighting to make your home stand out in a highly competitive real estate market. If done well, home staging dramatically increases the overall desirability and perceived property value, yielding greater returns.
Daily life in your home inevitably creates smudges and marks to paintwork. Applying a fresh coat of paint to high-impact areas (such as the kitchen cabinetry and walls) is a cost-effective and transformative way to achieve stunning results.
Consider using neutral colours such as off-white, cream, and grey on walls to make rooms appear larger and appeal to a broader range of buyers. For cabinetry, use specifically designed high-quality paint to stand against the wear and tear that results from daily use.
Clutter can make your home appear smaller, unclean, and uninviting to prospective buyers. Removing excess furniture and personal items will create a more neutral and open space, allowing buyers to imagine their belongings in the home and create an emotional
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