Sell Your Home Faster - Add Timber Accents
As seen in the Comox Valley Record's Valley Living Section on September 21, 2011
Carl Tessmann
Island Timber Frame
250-898-1088
In a real estate market with excessive inventory, a home needs a distinctive appeal to stand out above the rest and sell quickly. Most real estate agents emphasize the importance of cosmetic improvements and staging to ensure the best showing of your home. As a specific strategy to improve the exterior look of your home, try timber accents to quickly and inexpensively entice buyers.
A combination of gable trusses, knee braces, cosmetic rafter ends and a timber entry can create the appearance of an iconic West Cost timber home at a fraction of the cost. The following elements can be attached to any existing residential or commercial building with ease:
- Gable Trusses create a pleasing style to the gables or peaks of your home. A curved low chord is often enough to offer a simplistic style to your home, but add a tapered king post and curved braces for a true timber frame style.
- Timber Entries can be built at varying levels of complexity to create a pleasing focal point to your home and a welcoming feel as visitors approach.
- Knee Braces can be strategically placed under the eaves of any home.
- Cosmetic rafter ends, can create the illusion of a timber roof structure from the outside.
- When constructed with heavy Douglas Fir and traditional mortise and tenon joinery, any of these components will add a hand crafted appearance to your home that will last generations. The wood used should be free of the heart centre to avoid any twisting or checking (cracking) of the wood.
"The addition of timber accents to the exterior of a home can dramatically impact its curb appeal, thereby enticing more potential buyers to view inside. Anytime a seller can get more buyers inside they will have a better chance of selling." notes realtor, Anna Jorgensen, of Royal LePage in the Comox Valley.
If you're thinking of selling your home and wondering if it would benefit from an addition of timber accents, please feel free to ask your realtor who can give you an idea of the return on your investment and how far to go with it.
