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If you are getting your house ready for sale, one of the questions on your mind will be around what you can do to make it more attractive to buyers.

The better your house looks, the more money you will get and the quicker it will sell.

But if you spend $X repainting any part of the house, inside or out, can you be sure you will get at least an extra $X at sale time?

There’s certainly no guarantees that every dollar you spend repainting your home will relate to any increase in your sale price.

But a new lick of paint will make you house, especially on the outside, look much nicer and that must increase its attractiveness. That will transfer into more interest from buyers, and a faster sale if not a larger sale price.

If you don’t have the time or patience to do it yourself, you could make use of a site like https://www.myhousepainter.com/painters/ohio/ to enlist the help of experts and ease your load.

So, you might want to take advice from your realtor about market conditions and make enquiries about the cost to repaint your house.

A total repaint of the outside of your house is never going to be cheap, and if some of the house is at a height where you need to consider scaffolding hire, the cost increases again.

When to paint

There are two main issues to consider.

Firstly, what is the condition of the paint around your house?

If you have paint peeling off in some areas and it is obvious, then it will probably be best to repaint at least those areas. If the peeling is extensive, then a full repaint will be needed, otherwise it might look obvious that some parts of the house are freshly painted, and others are not.

This could also apply to window frames. Wooden window frames are well known for flaking paint, so you might be able to get away with just repainting some or all the window frames.

The second issue is if you have some areas of the house that are poorly painted or have mismatched colors. If there are obvious and large areas of the house that clearly need repainting, it detracts from the attractiveness of the house.

Do it yourself or call in the professionals?

Painting does look easy, doesn’t it?

You stick your brush into the paint can then its just brushing backwards and forwards over every inch of the house.

Up and down, back, and forth. Repeatedly!

The reality is that painting is not particularly exciting work, it can be rather dull and repetitive. That doesn’t suit everybody’s temperament, particularly if you are painting an entire house.

And it does require some skill.

Nothing looks messier than a while wall and blue window frames, but on closer look you can see white strokes of paint on the blue window frames and blue strokes of paint on the wall beside the windows.

How good are you at working at heights on a ladder? Have you ever set up a scaffold?

How much is it going to cost you to buy all the painting equipment to paint the house? Equipment you might only use once!

A professional painter will make sure the blue widow frames are totally blue and the white walls are only white.

While you will have to pay for their painting services, you won’t have to pay for all the painting equipment and the painter probably buys the paint at a cheaper tradesman or wholesale price than you can get it at full retail prices.

There many more reasons why a professional house painter will do a better job than you can do on your own.

Ultimately, a professional paint job will make your house look almost brand new, and that must transfer into a faster sale and a better price.

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