More and more people are open to the idea of eco-friendly homes. Any effort, big or small, towards a greener home provide opportunities to getting more offers for your home for sale.
Here are how you can attract eco-conscious buyers with green updates according to About Home:
Use compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL)
Unlike normal bulbs, CFLs use 75% less electricity, are long lasting, and don't cost a lot of money. Considering that 20% every home's power bill is from light use, you can save a significant amount of money by replacing your current bulbs with CFLs. According to energy experts, the energy that can be saved if every home in the US changes at least one of their house lights with CFL is enough to illuminate more than 3 million homes. In a bigger scope, this effort can drastically decrease greenhouse gas emissions which are a culprit for climate change.
Add solar panels to your home
Solar panels produce clean, renewable energy and these benefits attract more and more home owners along with local and federal tax incentives. By using solar power, you can decrease your home's carbon footprint by 35,000 a year. Apart from that, you also have a higher chance at selling your home as leading realtors say that solar paneled homes sell quickly and for an even higher price.
Create a green garden
Having a home garden is good, but you can up that by going for an eco-friendly one. Instead of using harmful pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and weed killers, opt for all-natural compost that you can make out of kitchen scraps like vegetable waste. Known as "gardener's gold", compost is proven to be more effective in growing healthier plants.
Install water saving fixtures in bathrooms and kitchen
Did you know that toilets use 27% of the water in your home? That's more than what dishwashers, washing machines, and showers consume. Minimize your home's water use by using low-flow faucets and toilets. Old toilet mechanism uses 7 gallons of water per flush, while newer designs use a fraction of the water. You can also install a dual flusher which has a separate flush for solid and liquid waste, regulating the amount of water each use.
