BE$T bang for your buck home improvement for home sale

YY1 said

How many home reno/flip shows have you seen where the open house guests say things like-

"I could never live in a house with that color carpet"
"I could never live with all this clutter"
"those appliances are not stainless steel"

stupid crap that is easily changed by the potential purchaser but they can't seem to get past it.

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Neutral colors.

My home was on the market for a year with no offers before I bought it.

The older couple who owned it would have been money ahead by paying the kid down the road to paint everything white.

The living and dining rooms were painted a textured green and the master bedroom was painted a texture purple. The exterior was all blue and purple. The blue siding definitely wasn't a deal breaker for most people, but the blue and purple painted decks were.

It went from initial listing of $95k, to final purchase price of $62k.

I was told the folks who looked it came in, saw it needed a complete repaint inside, and walked out the door. I spent a week before we moved in doing mud work and painting the dining and living rooms and kitchen.