Things Ottawa Buyers May Notice # 24 – Painted Cupboard Doors

Posted on October 16, 2009 
Filed Under Listing and Selling Your Home, Things Buyers May Notice

I have recently been in homes where the kitchen cupboards have been painted.  What is interesting is that the good paint work done on a home selling for about $850,000 seemed a quick fix for old cupboards that should have been replaced by the owner before selling.  For close to a million dollars, one would expect a really nice kitchen and that would include good quality cupboards.  Would it have cost the owner a lot? Well, the house eventually sold but it took over a year and my guess is that the kitchen cupboards were part of the reason for the lack of an earlier sale.  

On the other hand, I was recently in a home that was selling for about $250,000.  The kitchen cupboards had been painted (and not as interesting as the picture in this article).  The nice clean white offset the other clean features in the kitchen.  For a house in this price bracket the painted cupboards, well done, were not an issue.

If you are thinking of painting your cupboards, first determine if replacing them is a better option given the asking price you want for your house.  If you decide to paint, investigate have the doors sprayed  professionally in a paint factory where dust and paint brush strokes will not be an issue. 

Don’t paint yourself into a corner for a reduced house price.

 

Photo credit:  Painted Wooden Cupboard @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/davepegz/3536688334/

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One Response to “Things Ottawa Buyers May Notice # 24 – Painted Cupboard Doors”

  1. Free Ottawa Classifieds on October 19th, 2009 2:00 pm

    Not just painted cubpoards I have a four your old home and my cupboard doors are not solid wood and are made of malamine and many of the doors are chipped and were showing the pressboard underneath which is really easy to see.

    I bought some stain at Rona and stained the bottom of the cupboards hiding the exposed lighter coloured and cheap looking pressboard completely. Hope this tip helps.

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