Sellers Guide: The Power of a Coat of Paint

With the changes in the Windsor real estate market trends, sellers are no longer simply listing their home and selling in a matter of days. As the market rebalances, we’ll see more sellers taking a more traditional and active approach to selling their home in regard to updates and touch ups prior to listing. Buyers searching for Windsor homes for sale and seeing a variety of houses for sale in Windsor, first impressions can mean the difference between a showing or not. We’ve talked about staging, smart home upgrades, and other ways to spruce up before your home goes live. Today we’ll talk about paint and some surprising ways to use it to create that first impression to draw buyers into your home.

A coat of paint can go a long way when getting your home ready for the market. It can help transform it from possibly mundane to lively and help increase the appeal of the home to buyers in the market. While there is the simple move of painting the interior walls, yes this a big help, consider some of these areas where a coat of paint can help out.

Exterior Brick/Siding
- Your exterior colour is as important as the interior. While normally done using siding or other materials, you can give your home a cheap makeover by painting your brick, stucco, etc. a modern colour.
Front Door and Mailbox
- Pop of colour time! You can use your door and/or mailbox as a fun way to bring a fresh feel to your home or add some colour to a simpler colour scheme. Plus, it’s easy enough for the new homeowner to update to their own preference.
Cabinets
- Refacing can be costly. A simple sanding, painting, and sealing can revive and reinvigorate any cabinets inside your home.
Walls
- The classic and time tested update to a home before selling. A fresh coat of paint can create a bright and inviting look to the home. If your home is older, a fresh colour scheme can add considerable value to your home.
Furniture
- Do you have old wooden furniture such as tables or other pieces? A fresh coat of paint or stain can bring them abc to life and add a show piece to the home. Buyers may even want it in the deal!

Don’t overlook what a fresh coat of paint to different areas of your home can do for you when selling!

Here at Jump Realty our agents will give you honest advice on what course of action is best for you in their professional opinion and will always put taking care of your best interests first! With offices in Windsor, Tecumseh, Kingsville, LaSalle, and Chatham, no matter where you are, a Jump agent is ready to help. Please contact us for any housing needs and let us give you a better real estate experience!