Author: Homes & Gardens
Discover the features real estate professionals know put buyers off – and discover the reasons why they do
Selling your home and wondering why, despite lots of showings, there haven’t been any offers? The reason could be that outdated features may be stopping you from selling your home.
There are some items and finishes that are a major turnoff for buyers because they envisage dealing with them will take too much time, or cause too much trouble or expense…
Look to kitchen and bathroom cabinets for a possible reason why your home isn’t selling. ‘Dark cabinets, and especially 1980s and 1990s oak cabinets, are just out of style,’ says Missy Derr, real estate advisor with Engel & Völkers Atlanta. ‘Overwhelmingly, buyers want white or light-colored cabinetry. It’s fresh, and it’s highly desirable.’
You might be able to rescue the situation, though. ‘If a full kitchen or bathroom remodel is out of the question regarding time, or monetary constraints prohibit it, then the best thing one can do is pay to have cabinets painted,’ she suggests. Prefer to DIY? You can paint cabinets without sanding…
