A functional and beautiful kitchen, flowing floor plan, plenty of storage, and spacious master bathroom will help win buyers’ hearts. However, often before they see those areas, they see your landscape. It’s the curb appeal theory that I’m talking about. Some buyers will decide based on the look of the outside of your home whether they’ll even bother to come inside. If your front yard is cluttered, your exterior paint is chipped, driveway cracked, you’ll find that the for sale sign in your yard won’t attract as many buyers as it could if you spent some time to clean up and create curb appeal.

Fortunately, you don’t have to hire a landscape company to come and renovate the entire area. There are things that you can do that are fairly simple and will attract buyers.

Start by removing dead plants, shrubs, and debris. Doing this will create space in your yard and allow you to find a few potted plants to fill in the empty space to bring some color into your yard.

Treat your lawn to a fresh coat of paint. It might sound odd but you can, indeed, paint your lawn. Large patches of brown lawn can lower the value of your home or turn a buyer off completely. It might not be practical to completely remove your lawn. So, you might try hiring a company to spray paint your lawn. Companies that do this can match the color of your lawn so that it looks natural.

Take a walk around the exterior of your home and note which areas need repairs. If you have paint chipped areas get them fixed. Fix broken windows and dents in the garage door. It’s likely that the cost won’t be that much and yet the payoff of repairing these items will help improve your home’s overall value.