Are you considering selling your home in the near future? Then you want to make sure your home is as valuable as it possibly can be. By making just a few changes around your home, you could make a house worth thousands of dollars more than it did before. Sometimes, it will require you to do significant renovations. Other times, it could just be a small, inexpensive tweak that gives you an amazing return on investment.
40. Consult an Interior Designer
When you watch TV shows about home makeovers, there is almost always an interior designer there to help. But as regular people, we don’t think of hiring a designer, because it’s perceived as something that only rich people can do. But you can actually ask for a consultation that lasts one or two hours, and it will be a fraction of your overall renovation budget. They can give you tons of great personalized tips on how to make your home more valuable.
“Invite a realtor or interior designer over to check out your home. Many realtors will do this as a courtesy, but you will probably have to pay a consultation fee to a designer. Check with several designers in your area; a standard hourly fee is normally less than $100, and in an hour they can give you lots of ideas for needed improvements. Even small suggested improvements, such as paint colors or furniture placement, can go a long way toward improving the look and feel of your home.” (via HGTV)