But completely redoing hardwood floors is an expensive undertaking if you don t plan on staying in a home.
Selling house scratches wood floor.
Proper hardwood floor maintenance may considerably increase a home s value.
1 the most important repair to make before selling.
And tired linoleum make your home feel sad.
According to real estate experts the average roi for installing hardwood floors is about 70 to 80 and wood floors can boost the sales price of your home as much as 2 5.
How to buff out scratches on hardwood floors.
To repair this damage you ll have to color the scratch with a wood stain marker you can buy at a hardware store.
Hardwood floors just add another level of a quality to a home.
While hardwood floors are extremely durable and don t wear in the same way as carpet they do still exhibit signs of wear and tear over time.
Deep scratches expose the raw wood stripping away the wood s color.
Rather than making that kind of investment right away work with a real estate agent to see what can be done to treat the floors first.
But how do you know what things to do before putting your house on the market.