{"id":3453,"date":"2021-08-14T16:54:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/boston-south-shore\/?post_type=community&p=3453"},"modified":"2023-12-02T07:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:47:50","slug":"painting-universally-appealing-colors","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/boston-south-shore\/community\/painting-universally-appealing-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Paint colors that increase the value of your home."},"content":{"rendered":"

Selling your house is a numbers game.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The more people that find your home appealing, the more likely you will fetch your asking price.<\/p>\n

Lately, there has been a lot of press about how painting your front door black can up the sale price by $5,000 – here are more of our ideas on using certain paint colors to increase the value of your home.<\/p>\n

Caveat:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0If your home is in decent shape and painting won’t increase the value of your home by at least as much as it costs you to paint it, it’s not worth having it painted.<\/p>\n

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Colors must appeal to house buyers who are browsing online:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"ManSince much of the legwork to find a home is done online, your walls should be painted in universally appealing colors that will “pop” on the screen to get more showings.<\/p>\n

If buyers see paint colors they don\u2019t like in an online virtual tour, they will choose not to tour the home.<\/p>\n

You don’t want your home to be passed over because it has an orange accent wall when it’s so simple to appeal to more buyers online by painting over the orange with beige or gray.<\/p>\n

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Wall paint must appeal to home buyers the instant they enter your home:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The most important part of selling a home is how buyers feel<\/a> when they’re in your home.<\/p>\n

Because walls are the largest surface feature of a home, paint color significantly impacts the feeling a home gives a buyer.<\/p>\n

Choosing paint colors that feel\u00a0universally<\/em>\u00a0“calm” or “beautiful” can increase the number of people interested in the house.<\/p>\n

Buyers can also visualize themselves in your home by choosing universally appealing colors (white kitchen, gray living room, light blue bathroom).<\/p>\n

The more buyers can imagine themselves living in your home, the more showings and offers you’ll have.<\/p>\n

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Universally appealing paint colors to help sell your home:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Interior paint colors that sell homes:<\/strong><\/h3>\n