Trying to Sell Your Home? Make the Plumbing Fixtures Look Nice…
If you’re one of the many homeowners looking to sell your home in this tough real estate market, you might have read all sorts of tips on how to get prospective buyers to take a second look around and really be taken in by what your home has to offer.
Most prospective home buyers aren’t quite sure what to do or what to look at while walking through an open house, so they turn light switches on and off and turn faucets and showers on and off. You can help your home give a good impression by making sure your faucets and drains are running smoothly and look their best.
Clean and polish faucets and fixtures, and replace them if they don’t clean up to look their absolute best or are outdated and look old or are broken. A shiny faucet really does make a good first impression! Also make sure the cold and hot water knobs turn easily and do not leak at all or drip after they have been turned off.
If the water coming out of the faucet sprays in different directions or seems to have low pressure, try replacing the aerator (they are inexpensive and can be found at most hardware stores- take the old one in and ask an associate to help you find a match), or removing it and cleaning it. Sometimes mineral buildups or an old aerator can cause irregular streams or even extra noise and solving this problem will make the water flow out of the faucet in a clean-looking and solid stream.
Try taking a walk through your home as if you’re the one looking to buy it, and turn all of the faucets on and off as if it’s the first time you’ve seen them. If you notice irregular water streams or dirty or old fixtures, give them a quick and inexpensive renewal, and it may help your home sell faster.
