CHAPTER 13 Tips for Increasing Your Home's Value Via Improvements $99 and Below Ideas • Get a professional perspective. Engage a real estate agent or interior designer to examine your home with an eye to improving sale value. Many real estate agents will do this as a courtesy, but an interior designer will likely require a consultation fee. Check with area designers; the hourly fee is normally less than $100. In that time, they can give ideas for necessary or desirable improvements. Even small improvements, such as paint colors or furniture placement, can go a long way toward improving the salability of your home. • Inspect it first. Not all home improvement projects are cosmetic . They may be less obvious than red brocade 1970s wallpaper in the bathroom, but deteriorating roofs, termite infestations, or outdated electrical systems will play a major role in your house sale. While a new roof will not add appreciably to market value, as a
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