Best House Color To Sell
By Raynor James, Fri Dec 9th

Love at first sight is a concept that applies to the real estatemarket. So, what is the best house color to sell your home to alove struck buyer?

Best House Color to Sell

When you go to social events, do you make an effort to snazzyyourself up? Of course you do. The simply fact is attraction isa key factor in forming relationships and the same applies toyour house. When you put the house on the market, you need tomake it look good for the dates with potential buyers. The colorof your house can make all the difference.

First, there is no absolutely correct answer to the best color.Instead, the decision depends on the makeup of your home and thesurrounding landscape. Let's take a look at some issues:

1. Whatever color you choose, make sure it doesn't clash withthe other homes in the neighborhood. An otherwise appropriatecolor could end up making your house an eye-sore.

2. The Roof. What color is the roof on your home? If it is a redtile roof, off-whites are probably going to be the best choice.Dark green will not. Unless you are going to invest money in anew roof, make sure the paint color doesn't clash with it.

3. Highlights. If there is a particular part of your house thatshould be emphasized, used light colored paint around it to drawattention.

4. Hide It! Conversely, if there are parts of the house that aremundane, use darker colors to draw attention away from them.

5. On large flat surfaces, such as the side of a garage, keep inmind the color you choose will have a washed out appearance.

Now we get to the fun part. After considering the above issues,make a preliminary list of colors and buy small cans of eachcolor. In a private area of the house, start applying samplesstrokes a couple feet long and a foot or so wide. Try to paintexamples in both shaded areas and those exposed to the sun.

Do not immediately judge the results of your experiments.Instead, wait a few hours for the paint to dry and then startcomparing. Dry paint takes on a very different appearance thanwet paint.

Once the paint is dry, take a long look at each sample. You willtypically find the colors look much different than you thoughtthey would. You may find one color is perfect or you may findsomething a little different would be best. Either way, you'llhave come up with the best house color to sell your home.

About the author:Raynor James is with the FSBO site - http://www.fsboamerica.org- FSBO homes For Sale By Owner. Visit our "sell my home" page -http://www.fsboamerica.org/seller.cfm - to sell your houseyourself with a free 1 month listing.

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