9 Essential Kitchen Upgrades to Consider Before Selling

 

Kitchens sell homes! We’ve all heard that many times, because it’s true. The heart of the home is the kitchen and people gather naturally to this space.  When preparing your home to list, the kitchen cannot be overlooked! Here are 9 Essential Kitchen Upgrades to consider before selling your home.

 

 

Refreshing your cabinets is an essential kitchen upgrade.

Refresh Your Cabinets

Unless you’ve recently remodeled your kitchen, your cabinets will need a little TLC before listing. If your budget allows for it, a new coat of paint may be just the thing to make them feel new to your buyer. A Certified Color Consultant can help determine the best color options to go with the finishes you currently have. If you are saving your pennies for your next home and the budget is tight, you should consider giving your wood cabinets a thorough conditioning with a wood polish and wax. This is an inexpensive way to make wood shine. If your cabinets are painted and need touching up, now is the time to take care of those little details. Don’t give buyers something to add to their mental to-do list as they go through your home.

 

 

Upgrade your countertops when preparing to list your home

Upgrade Your Countertops

Countertops take up a large surface area and draw the eye immediately. If your countertops have seen better days, it is one of 9 essential kitchen upgrades when selling your home. Quartz is the most popular option when replacing outdated countertops. A good quality quartz countertop will range from $50-$65 per square foot. If your budget doesn’t allow a full quartz countertop replacement, consider an understated, neutral laminate. Drawing the buyer’s eye to a beautiful new countertop will distract from any negative features in the kitchen. Worn out and banged up countertops will turn off your buyers instantly.

 

 

Changing out the lighting is an essential kitchen upgrade

An Easy Upgrade is to Change out the Lighting

Lighting is a simple way to update the look of a tired space and an essential kitchen upgrade. When you refresh the light fixtures in your space, you will add perceived value and appeal. Buyers aspire to pretty things and bright, shiny glass always looks good. Changing out the light fixtures can easily change the style of your space and give buyers that spark they are looking for.

 

 

Invest in a quiet dishwasher

Invest in a Quiet Dishwasher

Replacing the dishwasher may seem silly, but when the average life of a dishwasher is about 10 years, buyers will love knowing that is one less thing they will need to worry about. When you opt to replace it with a quiet model, that’s an even better selling point! This is one kitchen upgrade that will pay you back.

 

 

An essential kitchen upgrade if your backsplash is dated and dingy.

Bring in a Fresh Backsplash

Most homeowners don’t often think about their kitchen backsplash. Not only do they need to be cleaned regularly, but they also become outdated quickly. The good news is changing out a backsplash doesn’t take long! With so many options to choose from, replacing a backsplash is relatively inexpensive. A fresh backsplash can modernize your kitchen and increase the value of your home. Buyers are looking for move-in ready. A crips new neutral backsplash will add visual appeal and draw buyers to the space. This kitchen upgrade is essential for maximum appeal.

 

 

Brighten the color palette for a simple kitchen upgrade.

Brightening up the Color Palette is a simple kitchen upgrade

For the past 10 years white kitchens have been all the rage. The downside to this is a cold, sterile feeling that can accompany an all-white palette. If you add accessories with pops of color, it will add life to the space. Consider adding a bowl of bright fruit to the counter, barstools with color, a fresh coat of paint to the walls, or colorful serve ware behind a glass cabinet door. Splashes of color will make the space feel more lived in and comfortable to buyers and bring the space to life.

A Color Consultant can help with the details. Color can be complicated, but we can help.

 

 

Updating your hardware is an essential kitchen upgrade

Updating your Hardware is an Essential Kitchen Upgrade

Sometimes the little things make the biggest impact. If your kitchen faucet is more than 12 years old, it has probably seen better days. Replace it with a fresh, modern option. If you switch out cabinet hardware and drawer pulls, it will update the look of your kitchen in no time at all.

 

 

Giving your kitchen a deep cleaning is essential to selling your home successfully.

Give your Kitchen a Deep Clean

Kitchens take a lot of abuse and wear and tear. The most impressive thing to a buyer, even in an outdated kitchen, is cleanliness! A sparkling clean kitchen gives buyers a sense of relief. No one wants to clean up someone else’s grease and grime, let alone cook in it! If you take a day scrubbing your kitchens nook and crannies, you will draw buyers in. Even the most high end kitchen isn’t appealing if it’s less than clean. A deep cleaned kitchen is essential for a successful home sale!

 

 

Stage your home for a successful sale.

Stage it!

When you are ready to list your home, a professional Home Stager can offer you tips and tricks to adding emotional connection points that appeal to buyers. A professionally Home Stager will work with what you have to give your home the greatest wow factor for its MLS listing. If you want your online photos to bring in buyers, you have to have it staged. Staged homes are intentionally styled to draw in the greatest number of buyers. More buyers mean more offers. More offers lead to a top dollar sale. With these 9 Essential Kitchen Upgrades and Home Staging, you will maximize your return on investment in a big way!

 

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