• Buyers who were unable to get their sought-after appliances said they would have been willing to pay, on average, nearly $2,000 more for them. Potential buyers want appliances included and will pay more for them, especially if they are new, or at least in excellent condition. If you can afford it, new appliances might be the feature that sets your house apart from the home for sale across the street. If new appliances are out of your reach, offer buyers your immaculately clean, fully functioning existing ones. Updating Hardware: Take a nice, long look at your bathroom and kitchen hardware. You will likely notice it looks well used. Put yourself in a buyer’s shoes. They are looking at your old house as their potential new home. Old, worn-out fixtures are not going to speak to them the way nice, shiny, new hardware will. That does not mean you should run out to buy all new fixtures. Unless your knobs, pulls, handles, and hinges are broken, there is no real reason to replace them. Get that new look simply by thoroughly washing and repainting them. There is spray paint made specifically for this reason. The project is incredibly cheap.
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