It can be daunting when considering selling your home – you want to do it right from the beginning and get the best price in your pocket. But, sometimes, it can be hard to know where to start, what to fix and what to leave, as well as who to turn to in order to help sell your home. Granted, you want your house to look its best when you place it on the market, but some things are better to leave to the new owners. The last thing you want to be doing is spend money on home improvements that are very specific and may lead to buyers changing it anyway according to their tastes. The key, therefore, is to carry out home improvements that are not susceptible to taste differences and will only increase the value of the home, not change the look. Luckily there are a few guidelines you can follow in order to add value to your home’s resale value and will ultimately lead to your home selling faster as well.

Roof

A roof is one of the main aspects buyers look at when viewing a home because it is also one of the things that can give you the most trouble if it is not looked after. Replacing your old roof will also aid in providing potential buyers more confidence when considering whether to put an offer in on the house or not. Recent reports found that replacing your roof can add over $15 000 to your home’s value, which is almost 70% of what the average person spends when replacing a roof. It may sound nonsensical to spend money on an improvement that won’t return your entire investment initially, but it will be much less than the money you’ll lose on lower offers buyers put in because of a worn-out roof. If your roof is older than 25 years, you may want to consider replacing it, seeing as that is the average lifespan of a roof, irrespective of whether you’re selling or not.

Kitchen

A kitchen is the heart of the home and is one of the things women especially look at when viewing potential homes. A kitchen remodeling is also something that adds a lot of brownie points for a house when it is in the market – people see an old kitchen as a lot of work and may opt for a home that is a tiny bit more expensive but already has a kitchen that doesn’t need any work. Yes, there may be people out there looking for a “fixer-upper,” but they are going to want to pay fixer-upper prices as well, which may not be the price you were looking for at all. It doesn’t have to be a state-of-the-art kitchen fit for a Michelin star chef – replacing any old cupboards and laying a new countertop will do wonders for the offers people put in on the house and will also increase the number of buyers who are interested in your home.

These two home improvement options will already make a significant difference in how buyers view your property and also the total price of what your home sells for at the end of the day.