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I have a question.
My house has darker colors.
This is the color of my office, living room, dining room and kitchen.
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This is the color of my master bedroom.
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The red comes across a smidgen darker in real life than it does here. Not much, but it's not a bright, primary color of red.
The rest of the house is this color:
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I am getting three realtors to look at my house before I choose who to list with. I am meeting with my 3rd realtor on Monday.
The first realtor said that I should paint, but if I wanted to wait, to go ahead and do that, and get ideas from buyers, and how they feel about it. She said that I didn't have to paint, if I wanted to offer a paint allowance.
Her paint allowance was $5,000 for a 2,100 sf house.
My second realtor said I should paint immediately. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. She said that if I decided not to paint, that I should offer a paint allowance.
Her paint allowance was anywhere from $8,000 to $10,000.
I have received 2 quotes to paint my house, from two professional painters. Both have quoted me around $1,500 to paint (including paint).
Do realtors get some kind of kick-back from the painters? I am floored at the difference in what they say I should allow, and what it is actually going to cost.
I have a question.
My house has darker colors.
This is the color of my office, living room, dining room and kitchen.
View attachment 67249245
This is the color of my master bedroom.
View attachment 67249246
The red comes across a smidgen darker in real life than it does here. Not much, but it's not a bright, primary color of red.
The rest of the house is this color:
View attachment 67249247
I am getting three realtors to look at my house before I choose who to list with. I am meeting with my 3rd realtor on Monday.
The first realtor said that I should paint, but if I wanted to wait, to go ahead and do that, and get ideas from buyers, and how they feel about it. She said that I didn't have to paint, if I wanted to offer a paint allowance.
Her paint allowance was $5,000 for a 2,100 sf house.
My second realtor said I should paint immediately. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. She said that if I decided not to paint, that I should offer a paint allowance.
Her paint allowance was anywhere from $8,000 to $10,000.
I have received 2 quotes to paint my house, from two professional painters. Both have quoted me around $1,500 to paint (including paint).
Do realtors get some kind of kick-back from the painters? I am floored at the difference in what they say I should allow, and what it is actually going to cost.
I have a question.
My house has darker colors.
This is the color of my office, living room, dining room and kitchen.
View attachment 67249245
This is the color of my master bedroom.
View attachment 67249246
The red comes across a smidgen darker in real life than it does here. Not much, but it's not a bright, primary color of red.
The rest of the house is this color:
View attachment 67249247
I am getting three realtors to look at my house before I choose who to list with. I am meeting with my 3rd realtor on Monday.
The first realtor said that I should paint, but if I wanted to wait, to go ahead and do that, and get ideas from buyers, and how they feel about it. She said that I didn't have to paint, if I wanted to offer a paint allowance.
Her paint allowance was $5,000 for a 2,100 sf house.
My second realtor said I should paint immediately. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. She said that if I decided not to paint, that I should offer a paint allowance.
Her paint allowance was anywhere from $8,000 to $10,000.
I have received 2 quotes to paint my house, from two professional painters. Both have quoted me around $1,500 to paint (including paint).
Do realtors get some kind of kick-back from the painters? I am floored at the difference in what they say I should allow, and what it is actually going to cost.
Old adage. Still true. "You only get one chance at a first impression".
The painting sounds like a pretty good idea. Your current scheme may be what you like but isn't particularly conventional. (go with light pastels....)
It seems that re-painting the place in lighter (more neutral?) shades for $1500 would net you a tidy (at least $3,500) profit upon sale - just do the re-painting and forget about offering any painting allowance (discount on your asking price).
I know very little about real estate, but what I have been told by people who do know is that though realtors make more money if they sell the house for more money, they are more interested in selling fast and painting will sell the house faster than a paint allowance.
But take what I say with a grain of salt
True - but do you think that the realtors are getting a kickback?
Isn't it crazy, the difference being so much?
A realtor told me yesterday that she just has a couple of older ladies who come in and paint. She was the one who mentioned the 8 to 10 allowance. For a couple of older ladies who didn't even sound licensed or insured?
Sounded to me like, "I'll pay you $1,000 to paint this house," while she stuffs the rest in her pocket.
:lol: Right? That's what we decided. After getting such ridiculous allowance amounts, we figured we'd just paint it ourselves. Or pay someone to do it for a much smaller amount.
:lol: Right? That's what we decided. After getting such ridiculous allowance amounts, we figured we'd just paint it ourselves. Or pay someone to do it for a much smaller amount.
Funny you should mention that. ('cept not "funny" ha ha.)
Last July i relocated and needed to sell my house. I had already moved to a new state so the realtor was taking care of things. She "found somebody" to do a deep dive cleaning. Which expanded to power-washing the outside vinyl. Her next recommendation was to paint the entire inside (bizarrely everything a single color). Turned out that person doing all this work was a guy attached to her real estate office. Don't know if there were any kickbacks.
So i switched realtors. Neither one of us had really liked each other.
Still got hosed on the house sale. But in fairness....it was sort of a piece of crap.
That's what I would do.
And trust me, as someone who is currently in the market to buy a house, the paint in the house does matter. I will say though your house is pretty darn tame compared to some of the houses I looked at. I could work with yours.
Decades ago my father was told the same thing (the entire interior needed to be repainted) to get a full-list offer. He and I went dumpster diving at nearby (Duron?) paint factory and came up with a few gallons of a deep yellow and a pale purple. We re-painted the basement walls (upper half yellow and lower half purple) and the realtor freaked out and told us that he would get him a full-list offer if we stopped re-painting.
White, light gray, and light pastels. That color scheme is more "move-in ready" to most people.
Contract with an independent painter. Don't go through a real estate office.
Most people prefer an open floor plan and wood/laminate flooring rather than carpeting.
Kitchens and bathrooms are critical for buyers. Make sure they're both updated and have the bells and whistles.
:lol: That's awesome.
Then buy my damn house. :lol: 10 minutes from the beach. If you can deal with neighbors who all have sticks up their asses.
Based on your kitchen photo I would be interested it's just the kind of open kitchen I am looking for. But I just won't with those kind of neighbors, I can't deal with all that. :mrgreen:
Yeah, my neighbors suck. All of them. I hate living in a neighborhood. I only moved here because it's where my kids wanted to be when they were younger. Now they regret that we didn't buy a place out in the country, where we could have four wheelers, and piss off the porch.
:lol: Right? That's what we decided. After getting such ridiculous allowance amounts, we figured we'd just paint it ourselves. Or pay someone to do it for a much smaller amount.
The painters you checked with were full time licensed pros using a quality paint? If so I would go with them at their rate. Even double the rate with a larger crew is good. The reason being would be time and doing the prep work, and more importantly the knowledge and possession of all the tools and equipment and materials required to do the job. I dont know about you but I hate painting, or more to the point all the prep work involved. A quote of $1500.00 sounds like a single worker and 2 days. One day prep and 1 day to trim and spray. You have at Home Depot prices about 500 to 750 in materials to paint your interior the right way. Your dark walls are going to need at least 2 coats of paint or a primer and paint. Especially on the ceiling where there may be shade contrasts with a single coat.
That does suck. Having good neighbors is awesome. That was the hardest part in selling, leaving the neighborhood.
My husband is trying to get me to go that route, out in the country. My daughter and I are both kind of resisting it but I do feel myself opening up to the idea but it would be a hard change. I am used to city living, it's all I know.
That does suck. Having good neighbors is awesome. That was the hardest part in selling, leaving the neighborhood.
My husband is trying to get me to go that route, out in the country. My daughter and I are both kind of resisting it but I do feel myself opening up to the idea but it would be a hard change. I am used to city living, it's all I know.
Think of country living this way. You have neighbors to chat with and enjoy. But they are far enough away to not annoy you usually.
Good luck. If you live outside of urban and suburban areas, you won't have as many immediate neighbors. The neighbors can still suck, but they're sucking a quarter of a mile away, which is a huge plus.
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