77065 · Selling
Sell Your 77065 Home
What you fix before the sign goes up decides what the sign is worth. I can tell you which repairs return and which ones you should skip.
Selling a the 1970s through the 1990s house
Buyers in 77065 are not comparing your kitchen to a magazine. They are comparing it to the other four houses on the market that week — and increasingly, to what their insurance company will say about the roof. Age-related items are where deals fall apart here, not finishes.
The three that actually move the number
- Roof age. Texas carriers commonly move to actual cash value at about fifteen years and decline around twenty. If your roof is in that window, price it in before a buyer's insurer does.
- Supply lines. If it is polybutylene, a buyer's inspector will find it and it will come back as a credit request. Better to know your position first.
- Anything that looks like water. A stain buyers cannot explain costs more in negotiation than the repair costs to fix.
Why this is different with me
I hold both trades. That means the repair estimate and the pricing strategy come from the same person, and I can scope, price and manage the pre-listing work myself rather than leaving you to coordinate three contractors who each want a separate site visit. It also means when I tell you a repair is not worth doing, I am not guessing at the cost.
No pre-listing work is required to list with me. Plenty of houses should go on the market exactly as they are, and I will tell you when yours is one of them.