How To Get Curb Appeal A House That Looks Good Will Sell How to get curb appeal By Al Heavens A house should have curb appeal, they say, but what exactly does that mean?
What it means is that, if a buyer drives past a house at 5 or 10 m.p.h., the front of the place should be alluring enough for that buyer to stop the car. If the seller has done the job properly, the buyer should then get out of the car and write down the real estate agent’s name and number. You can achieve curb appeal – which the National Association of Realtors says sells 49 percent of all houses – whether you have a city townhouse with no front yard or a suburban house with trees and a lawn. One facet of curb appeal you may not be able to control is the condition of your neighbors’ houses and yards. If they all look nice, then the buyer will become as intrigued with the neighborhood as with your house. If the other yards are filled with kids’ toys, and the buyer has children, that means potential playmates. If the other yards are filled with rubbish and junk cars, good luck to you. From my personal curb-appeal file, here’s how to handle prettying up city and suburban (or semi-suburba
