Surfers Paradise Blog

Whether you want to improve your home's value or your investment property, we hope that you find some of the following tips helpful.

Increasing the value does not always have to cost tens of thousands of dollars.

20 TOP TIPS

• Contact our friendly and knowledgeable team, who are here to advise you on how you can improve the value of your property.
• Tidy up and improve the front street appeal to the property as there is no second chance for a first impression.
• Freshen up the entry space to the property.
• Paint the property internally and externally.
• Paint or replace your garage door/s.
• Update or clean the internal window coverings.
• Update or clean the floor coverings.
• Purchase new bathroom and kitchen handles.
• Consider adding new benchtops and cupboard doors to the kitchen and bathroom/s.
• Change the light switches if they are cracked, old and outdated.
• Add or replace splashbacks in the kitchen, laundry, or other rooms.
• Update taps in the kitchen and bathroom/s.
• Give your gardens a fresh make-over and add some mulch or bark.
• Take the time to pressure clean driveways and outside areas.
• Replace the toilet seat/s.
• Replace the kitchen sink if it is looking old and outdated.
• Regrout bathroom, laundry, and kitchen tiles.
• Replace old and outdated lighting shades.
• Fix any minor repairs.
• Spring-clean the property from top to bottom.

5 BONUS TIPS

For those investors who have a little more money...

• Add an extra room or extension to the property.
• Create a granny flat addition to the property to generate extra income.
• Paint the roof of your property.
• Completely upgrade the kitchen and bathroom/s.
• Install solar power.