Charleston, South Carolina  Kitchens

Many experts recommend that you focus on the kitchen first when preparing your home for sale. For many potential buyers, the kitchen is the most important room in the house.  Since the kitchen has the power to make or break an offer, you should do everything you can to enhance it before showing your home to buyers.  And, most experts agree that next to painting, improvements in the kitchen are the most profitable.  Remember though, money you spend here is a cost of selling, you don't want to do a full remodel, but rather take some affordable steps to show what you have in the best possible light. Areas such as Mount Pleasant and James Isalnd usually demand more expensive appliances and counter tops while places like Summerville and Goose Creek for instance do not require as high of end fixtures as long as they are very open and roomy.

Start by creating space.  You want the kitchen to look large, light and roomy.  Clear the counters of all clutter.  Take everything you can out of drawers and shelves and move it to storage.  You can almost count on buyers opening your drawers and shelves when they come to see your home.  What you want them to see is space, and plenty of it, not your old pots and pans.

Consider paint.  Paint is always the most profitable improvement.  A fresh coat of light, neutral color paint on your kitchen walls will make them look spotless and new.  Exactly the look you want. Sometimes pain can go a long way in and older historic Charleston property to make it seem like more light is available.

Look closely at the sink.  It should be completely free of stains and of course there should be no leaks or drips!   If your faucet looks old and out of date, consider replacing it with a new one, it will go a long way towards improving the look of the whole kitchen, for not too much money. 

Counter tops.  If your counter tops are looking old and tired, you should consider new ones.  Remember to stick with neutral colors though. Counter tops do not have to he really expensive to made a difference.

Freshen up the cabinets.  Replacing the cabinets is expensive and probably doesn't make sense.  But you can paint them, or put new, modern looking pulls on them for very little money and give them a fresh look. 

To sum things up buyers will be quick to notice any shortcomings in your kitchen.  So you want to do everything you reasonably can to freshen up your kitchen and give it a new open large look.