Home buyers get more educated everyday.  Today's home sellers need to do more preparing their homes for sale to compete.  If you want to take small remodeling steps to sell your home or investment house, consider the bathrooms.

Powder Rooms or Guest Bathrooms Attract Buyers

The Guest Bathroom is the one room to remodel that makes a difference in your property's attraction to home buyers.  It only takes a little money to make a huge impact.

If you have a guest bathroom, treat is as the jewel of your homes, play up the powder room in a big way:

1. Home shoppers often ask to use the bathroom. They spend more time viewing this space and examine it more closely than other rooms.
2. Because the home buyer uses the space, they can feel connected to the home. A positive connection rather than a feeling of "can't wait to get out of here" makes the difference between a sale and the buyer moving on to the next house.
3. You can get a big bang for your buck in the small space. One gallon of paint goes along way. Besides paint, Habitat for Humanity's ReStore sells sinks, toilets, mirrors, lighting fixtures, and cabinets at extreme discounted prices.
4. Buyers' often choose a house that will impress their friends and family. An impressive guest bath fills the self-esteem need of your home buyer.

If you don't have a guest bathroom-or if the children's bathroom does double duty--redesign this bathroom for adults, you will find that children love to feel grown-up!

Master Bathroom

Buyers love the larger master bathrooms they see in newer homes. Counter to ceiling mirrors above the sink will make an older small bathroom feel larger and more modern. If you're working with the typical small master bath, make it feel like a private spa retreat. Declutter and stage the bathroom with fluffy towels, exotic oils, and green plants.

Bathroom Remodeling Tips

• Get rid of old dated medicine cabinets.
• Hang a huge framed mirror or mirror from counter to ceiling.
• Paint walls and ceiling the same color to save time cutting in. Water colors like pale green-blue look great with white trim, which updates tired wood cabinets.
• Replace the toilet, sink or bathtub if you can't get the stains out. Hardware centers sell pumice stones to remove heavy stains from the toilet if you don't mind hard work.

Take a hard look at the bathrooms in your house and get busy making changes that will make buyers feel connected to your home. Preparing your home for sale makes a huge difference in attracting buyers.  Call Eden Williams at 416-483-4337 or email edwilliams@trebent.com if you would like to receive further articles on remodeling tips or redesign.