Your kitchen can make or break a buyer’s decision to buy your house or not.
Buyers tend to have less interest in buying a home with outdated kitchens, whether they cook or not, and a well-done kitchen absolutely can sway a buyer’s decision. Savvy shoppers know the cost of a kitchen remodel keeps escalating.
Many kitchens don’t have to be gutted to work and look better. A few tweaks often can make it more enticing, such as:
- Go simple! Less cabinet ornamentation
- You don’t need granite! An attractive man-made stone countertop in a new white-white
- Use glass tiles! For example, a luminescent glass-tiled focal wall
- Go large! A floor tiled with 24-by-24-inch porcelain squares is modern and dramatic
- Modernize! Energy-efficient LED lamps in swank fixtures
- Think universal! For the aging population, having everything in easy reach is a plus
- Zones! Besides separate cooking, prepping, cleaning, and eating stations, kid areas are useful
My job is to help educate buyers about the latest trends that make sense for their lifestyle (and later for resale), and to help sellers know which changes attract the widest group of buyers.
