Curb appeal for selling your home in the fall season.

Curb appeal for selling your home in the fall season.

When selling a home during the fall months in South Louisiana it is still important to keep your yard looking its best (even though the grass has now turned brown and the green luster not to come back until the spring). I’ve listed some things below that could help your prospective buyers still be in awe of your yard, ignoring those brown blades of hay-looking grass.

1. Rake your yard from falling leaves. This alone can make a yard look fresh in comparison to other homes that are for sale.

2. Plant fall flowers, and put a lot in. I say it to my clients almost as a joke, but I’m slightly serious as well. If you see an empty spot in your flower beds, add as many fall flowers as you can. Nothing makes a house feel more like home than bright flowers to greet you before you enter.
3. Add color to your front door. If it needs painting, now is the perfect time to do it. A nice fall colored wreath can add a nice dress-up to the entry making the first impression inviting.

4. Outdoor lighting. As the days become shorter, now is a good time to invest in some great outdoor lighting, A well-lit home from the outside always adds great curb appeal.
5. Pot Some Plants- If your home doesn’t have many flowerbeds that you can add to, you can spruce up your outside by getting large flower pots and adding flowers with color in those. That always looks charming around a home.

6. Don’t forget to clean out those gutters and pickup any toys and lawn hoses.
Clean and paint your mailbox.

This is a rarely thought about item in your yard but used almost daily. A fresh coat of paint on a tired mailbox can make your home stand out as being well kept.This time of year it is typical for the market does slow down a bit. This year we are in a more unique market due to the flood of 2016, making it a little more aggressive than in years past. Don’t take for granted how your outside decor can attract buyers. Sometimes the yard alone is what sells the house.

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