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Exterior Painting Tips To Help Sell Your House
Holland, PA
02/10/2023 06:56 AM

Exterior Painting Tips To Help Sell Your House in Holland, PA

Eventually, the time will come for us to move on and say goodbye to our homes - either to upgrade to a bigger unit for a bigger family or to move to a much smaller but comfortable apartment, we will eventually have to put our homes up on the market someday.

So, if that day has already come for you, and you're wondering what painting strategies you can do to help in finding the brand new owner of your house faster, here's something you'll want to read.

Here are Exterior Painting Tips To Help Sell Your House.

1. Repainting First Before Trying To Market

In your quest of repainting your exterior in hopes that you might sell it faster, one of the most important tips that you should keep in mind would be to repaint your exterior first before trying to market your home.

Repainting your exterior first prior to putting up any for sale sign in your home's front yard is important because you want your to be in its best shape first before you market and find potential customers.

This way, you get to elevate your exterior's appeal first - which is important because this is essentially the first thing potential customers will see of your home - setting those good first impressions and eventually landing a great offer for your home.

Additionally, this it's also beneficial in the instance that you are selling your home because you are in bad need of extra cash, since repainting your exterior can help increase your property's value.

2. Doing Proper Surface Preparation

If you have decided to repaint your exterior, one essential painting tip that you should keep in one would be to do proper surface preparation first.

Proper surface preparation is important, especially for your exterior painting project, because your exterior will inevitably be exposed to tons of external factors such as dirt, dust, mud, rocks, and other related things that might make it dirty and wear it down over time.

So to ensure that your exterior surface will be in its best and ideal condition, which usually ensures a smooth and clean paint finish and essentially a successful exterior painting project, you will want to undergo the process of proper surface preparation first.

In doing this, you will want to your exterior surface first for any signs of damage that might have happened over time, and repair them accordingly before putting a coat of paint on it - this is important because you need to remember that no amount of paint nor primer will ever be able to cover up physical damages on the surface all on its own, and to ensure that you will have a smooth paint finish.

Lastly, you will now want to clean your exterior, and make sure that it is free of any dirt or dust that might have built up on it over time - you can do so by simply scrubbing your walls with a detergent solution, or going for a more powerful cleaner such as a power washer.

3. Choosing A Paint Color Carefully

After ensuring that you have done all the necessary surface preparation for your exterior painting project, it is now time for you to essentially continue with your project - so now, you will want to choose a paint color properly.

In any painting project, choosing a paint color you will need to use for the project is one of the most important decisions that you will have to make.

In doing so, there are several factors that you will have to keep in mind in order for you to end up with the best possible choice.

First, you have to keep in mind that natural lighting will be a big factor in choosing a paint color for your exterior - natural lighting tends to wash out colors, making them look shades cooler than they actually are.

To counter this, you will want to choose a paint color that is shades warmer than what you initially chose, so the end result will look somewhat similar to your first choice.

Or better yet, you will want to acquire a small amount of the paint color/s that you have ended up with, and do a test paint on a small portion of your exterior, so you can actually see how it will look once it is painted there and with the natural lighting.

Lastly, don't forget to factor in the colors already present in your exterior, so you can choose a paint color that will go well with them accordingly, ensuring a cohesive appeal.

If you need professional help with your interior/exterior painting project, PAINT Philadelphia can help.

Our home interior/exterior painting services are available in Newtown, Holland, and Richboro, PA.

Call us today at (267)682-8377 for a FREE painting estimate.

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Reference
Andrew Tomasetti
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