Selling a home? Need help to sell your home fast? Whether you are selling a house or selling a condo or apartment,
installing new floors may be just what your house, condo, or apartment needs to bring a "SOLD" sign to your front yard.
Here’s why replacing flooring with new floors can help sell your house NOW:
When shopping for new homes, one of the first things a potential buyer will look at is the type of flooring used, whether
it is carpet, tile, bamboo, hardwood, laminate flooring, and so on, and what condition the floors are in. If your floors are
old and worn this can have a huge impact on a potential buyer’s first impression of your house, condo, or apartment. When
home buyers have to start adding repair costs to replace flooring or the costs to find another way to make floors look new
onto the price of your home, this often starts to bring uncertainty to the situation. Many people, especially those on a
strict budget, are often looking for a home that is move–in ready and will not need any costly repairs right away. For
this reason, when selling a house, condo, or apartment with new floors and other updates, these homes often sell much faster
than those that need work, when priced fairly. In fact, if you search online for tips on selling a home quickly, replacing
old flooring with new floors is one of the most highly recommended home updates to help sell your house, condo, or apartment.
For help choosing the right flooring for your home, visit FindAnyFloor’s Floor Buying Guides.
Repair Instead of Replace Flooring – Tips to Sell Your Home Quickly
If you can’t afford to replace your floors, or if they aren’t in bad enough condition to need total replacing, you may be
able to make your floors look new again, rather than replacing flooring altogether. Depending on the type of floor covering
you have, you can use different methods to clean flooring, repair damage, and add shine back to where it once was.
Repair Hardwood Bamboo, and Laminate Floors to Sell Your Home Fast
Scratched, dented, or stained solid hardwood and bamboo floors (and a few engineered floors) can often be refinished by
sanding and applying a new finish layer to rejuvenate them. If the damage is minimal, a screen and coat which is almost like
a mini–refinishing job will often do the trick to remove surface scratches and restore shine. Check out this blog on
Green Floor Refinishing for tips on making your hardwood floor refinishing job eco–friendly and safe for your
health.
If the damage is deep enough or if you are repairing floors that cannot be refinished such as laminate flooring and many
bamboo or hardwood engineered floors, you may need to replace a section of your hardwood, laminate, or bamboo flooring. If
you don’t have spare flooring to match and can’t find the same flooring at retailers because it was discontinued, this blog
on Buying Floors to Match Discontinued or Closeout Flooring will help.
Clean and Repair Carpets to Sell Your Home Fast
Carpets can often be rejuvenated with a good steam cleaning by a certified professional to remove stains and smells. This
can often be done for much less than replacing carpet, and is well worth it when trying to sell a home quickly. After all,
dirty, smelly carpets are one of the biggest home turn–offs to home buyers. Other minor damage such as small burn holes
can often be repaired or a patch of carpet can be replaced where needed. Visit our forums section on Carpet Repair for help
repairing your damaged carpet.
Repair or Replace Stone or Ceramic Tiles to Sell Your Home Fast
Stone or ceramic tiles that are cracked, chipped, stained, or have discolored grout can also be spot replaced. For small
jobs you can often use a small hand tool to chip out the grout and pry off the damaged tiles. Then you simply install the
replacement tiles and re–grout with matching grout. This is easiest if you have some spare tiles and grout leftover
from your original installation. Since ceramic and stone tiles can last so long, it can often be decades after their
installation before you need to replace one. Because tile manufactures are always trying to stay updated with the newest
trends and technologies, they are continually phasing out old tile lines and bringing in new ones. If you need help finding
tiles to match your existing tile flooring, check out the blog on buying discontinued floors mentioned above.
To read other tips on how to sell your home fast besides installing new floors, check out this article from HGTV’s Home
Improvement site on the Top 15 Home Updates. For more help on how to clean, repair, refinish, or renew your carpet, tile,
bamboo, laminate, or hardwood flooring, head on over to FindAnyFloor’s Floor Forums where a community of flooring
professionals are always happy to help with your flooring questions.
