Easy Home Repairs Before Putting Your Home on the Market

Selling your home can be an incredibly stressful and life changing event.  With so much to worry about, it helps to know which home repairs are necessary and will pay off in the long run.  It is even more important if you are operating on a limited budget. 

Here is a list of some of the most important, and least expensive home repairs and upgrades to prepare your home for sale.  Outside of the obvious such as broken appliances or HVAC systems, exterior damage or needed roof repairs, some other less costly home improvements include the following.

1) Curb appeal – this is an important one and not very expensive at all.  They say you never get a 2^nd chance to make a 1^st impression.  Be sure that the front and exterior of your home are clean with well-manicured lawns and inviting bushes, shrubbery, or flowers.

2) Paint what you can – painting is a quick and easy fix that adds new life to dingy, dirty walls.  Flat white is common on ceiling areas and a nice eggshell finish on walls is not too shiny but still allows for easy cleaning.  Think of potential buyers here and stick with neutral or off-white colors regardless of your favorite colors.

3)  Kitchen upgrades – this is where you could make a mistake and put more into a kitchen than you will get out of it.  Depending on what the home buyers have in mind, you could put a lot of money into a kitchen renovation only to have a new buyer replace what you have done or worse yet, spend more than what you will get back in the sale. Speaking with a professional real-estate agent can be helpful to know the most important areas of kitchen upgrades that make it worth your time and money.

4)  Bathroom updates – be sure to fix any plumbing leaks and replace any leaking faucets or bathtub drain stoppers.  If all you need is to replace dingy or corroded tub or sink fixtures, the easiest fix is with the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix. This is an innovative bathtub replacement stopper by Watco that installs in just minutes without even removing your current drain. 

Since it sits over the existing strainer body, there is no need to remove your drain and it fits right over drains with broken crossbars.  FixMyDrain.com offers the Watco SimpliQuick® along with the IdealLav® sink repair and the Innovator Snap-On overflow plate.  FixMyDrain.com shows you how to upgrade your entire bathroom with quick and easy to follow videos for each product. 


Selling a home is stressful enough, lighten the load with easy to install bathtub repair products.  FixMyDrain.com offers knowledgeable customer service and helpful how-to videos for an easy tub stopper replacement project.  Contact us with any questions and to purchase your shiny new tub fixtures today.