Selling Your Home?

1. Curb Appeal

Before anything else, a potential buyer is looking intensely at the exterior of your home and the entire curb appeal. Already at this point they're envisioning themselves living here and if it is not in great shape and appealing many will simply leave without even booking a showing. Don't lose them here! This is why it is essential that your house's exterior and grounds look the absolute best it can. Everything should be clean and tidy, grass cut and make sure it's healthy and green. Brushes, trees and bushes trimmed neatly. Your front door should be welcoming. Many cultures put an extreme amount of emphasis on the front door.  Painting your front door an attractive colour takes very little time and provides a budget-friendly update. There are many exterior paints that work well in our Calgary climate, Chad and Camille will very happily help you pick the right one. Adding the special touches with planters and flower pots filled with colourful flowers that compliment the front door and overall exterior help dramatically, it instantly says this is a warm and welcoming home.

2. Buyers Don't Want Work They Just Want To Move In

Although some buyers find painting their new home fun, the majority of new buyers truly do not want to have to deal with it. Most Calgary home buyers are looking for the turn-key perfect move-in condition home. Moving is stressful, buyers already have enough to worry about and at this point they simply want everything to come as easy as possible. Can Do More Painting will take the hassle out of the job for you and complete it all with the highest of quality professional painting at affordable rates.  A professional paint job by us will have all potential buyers saying, “Best of all, we wouldn’t have to paint like the other house we looked at"!

3. Focus On Quality and Colour

Painting is one of the least expensive yet highest impact updates you can make to your home before you list. There really is nothing like a freshly painted home. Paint affects so much, nothing can change a home from dismal to beautiful like new paint can. Paint also affects moods and emotions for all of us. The right colours can simply help someone want to buy your home over the next. Iv'e seen it happen, I cant tell you how many times it's come down to two perfect homes for my clients and the quality paint/colours has made the difference. EVERYTHING is first impressions, like I mentioned earlier.  It's not just high traffic areas either, like your foyer, hallway, kitchen and family rooms. It is also the quite dens/offices, kitchen nooks and sitting areas that a professional paint job shows it's true colours. Picking the right colour is crucial, always stick with warm earth tones when selling, everyone loves them. White is typically a no no at least to most of my clients over the years. Sometimes it's just to bright and moms and dads with small kids cringe as soon as they see a white wall! Also, as much as you may love a yellow or deep purple bedroom it is not the way to go when trying to sell. It will turn off more then it will attract. ask your trusted REALTOR® for help with this. We show hundreds of houses and want to get you as much as possible as quick as possible.

4. Sometimes Theres Just Too Much Wood

Wood finishings are beautiful, most people would agree with this statement and would cringe at the idea of painting over natural wood. But sometimes there can just be too much of it. We see this a lot in homes with tons of Oak. If your house has wood floors with matching trim and doors, wood kitchen cabinetry, wainscoting, stair railings and other trims then you’ve got too much wood going on and has been a major factor when deciding between a few houses to purchase. By simply painting your kitchen cabinets, trim, baseboards and stair railings, you will set a huge but beautiful differential between all the wood. There is nothing like a beautiful white trim, staircase and others. It will brighten up your home make it look classier, bigger and newer. You will receive more buyer interest and a higher sale price. Word of warning though. If you're the handyman kind of guy and would like to tackle this DIY project, please take your time! Kitchen cabinets, star railings and trim are much different then painting a flat surface wall. We have seen people with good intentions do way more damage then good buy taking this task on. Potential buyers will see the sloppy mistakes, so again take your time or call us, we are true professionals.