Everyone wants to buy a beautiful home, and make as much as they can before selling. With DIY projects you can easily beautify your home, and improve your home value.

Selling a home is stressful, and it can be confusing to know what projects to do before listing to make the most for your home. Thankfully if anyone has mastered the art of DIY and selling a home quickly it’s house flippers. These tricks not only are fast and easy to do, but are cheap as well!

Here are 3 House Flipper DIY Projects That Help Sell your Home!

Landscaping

One of the first repairs done by house flippers isn’t in the kitchen. In fact, the first repair they complete might not be even inside the home! Landscaping is one of the easiest and most effective DIY projects you can do before you sell a home.

A study by the Wall Street journal showed that improving the curb appeal improved the home value by 7%.  Aside from boosting your home value, improving your curb appeal is also very inexpensive, and can be done in an afternoon, making it an easy favorite of house flippers.

House Flipper Landscaping DIYs:

·       Power Washing

·       Plant Seasonal Flowers

·       Mulch Your Yard

·       Create Paths

While your yard might not seem the most important feature when selling a home, curb appeal plays a large role for buyers for your home, and your home value.

The exterior of your home is often the first impression buyers have of your property, so it’s important to make sure it is a good one.

Painting

A can of paint, paint brushes, and some time can be all you need to transform a home. Painting is the fastest way to transform your home. You can dramatically change the look and feel of a home with a few brush strokes, making it a DIY staple for house flippers and homeowners alike.

In a study by Homegain, Painting the interior offers a $2,001 increase in value while painting the exterior results in a $2,176 increase in value.

For house flippers, the question isn’t what rooms should you paint, but what colors you should use. Every room in a home can benefit from a fresh coat, as a it often improves the look and feel of a room, but making sure you choose the right colors for your home.

Neutral colors can help you sell your home. In Home Light’s Top Agent Insights Report for Q1 2020, 98% of top agents surveyed agreed that neutral color schemes are the most popular with buyers.

Best Neutral Colors to Paint Your Home With:

·       White

·       Gray

·       Tan

When you are selling a home, house flippers tend to choose neutral colors. These colors add a classic and timeless look that make a home look more cohesive and appealing to buyers.

There are many factors that determine what the best colors for your home are. Wall surface, light and flooring can all play a role in the right color of a home, so make sure you sample colors before you start painting!

Refurbish Cabinets

House flippers know that the kitchen is one of the most important rooms of the homes, so they so make sure the kitchen is in top shape before selling a home. Every potential buyer wants a beautiful kitchen with ample storage, so this DIY is a great way to ensure your kitchen wins the hearts of potential buyers.

It is expensive to replace an install new cabinet, which is why this easy DIY is simply upgrading existing cabinetry for better storage and function. These easy repairs only require a paintbrush, screwdrivers, and some new handles and shelving (if needed!).

DIYs to Refurbish Cabinets

·       Replace Cabinet Shelves

·       Replace Cabinet Hinges

·       Updating Cabinet Hardware (Handles)

·       Paint Cabinets

While kitchen renovations can be extremely expensive refurbishing your cabinets is a inexpensive, and great selling point for your home. As newly updated cabinets look and function better than outdated cabinets making it a staple of any house flipper looking to sell a home.

Summary

Everyone loves a before and after home transformation. It’s exciting and inspiring to see how a plan and determination can beautify a home so effortlessly. With any DIY project, planning ahead and anticipating what buyers are looking for will not only help clean up your home, but help it sell for more.

As house flippers are constantly transforming spaces to sell, these are the top DIY’s that can help you sell your home.

3 House Flipper DIY Projects That Help Sell your Home!

1.     Landscaping

2.     Painting

3.     Refurbish Cabinets

What DIY will you use to help sell your home?

 

About the Author: Catherine Way is the Marketing Manager at Prime Plus Mortgages: Private Mortgage Note Investing . She has created content for the following industries: Marketing, Real Estate, Mortgage, Finance, Business, Real Estate Investing and many more.