With all the talk about staging homes for sale and making sure it has “curb appeal”, it struck me how much you could do just in the front porch and walkway area to make a prospective buyer feel welcomed. I’ve driven by many a house with a sale sign in the yard that has a lovely front side with a well groomed yard, but the porches are often empty.
Porches and verandas always remind me of summertime when I was a kid. It was always the coolest place to be during the sticky-hot afternoons, making it a perfect place to socialize with a glass of lemonade. With the home and neighbourhood design trends leaning more and more towards character and nostalgic charm, it seems natural that the front porch would figure strongly into the desires of current home buyers.
The first step in making your porch stand out as a friendly welcoming area is to give it a good cleaning. Brush all those cobwebs away that let people know that this is an under-utilized space. Does the porch area need repainting? Since you want people to sit and spend time here, it’s a good idea to touch up paint in this area, even if you aren’t repainting anywhere else.
