So, you’ve decided to list your property for sale. Whether it’s your home or an investment property, presentation can make a big difference to achieving the best sales outcome.

Here are four ways you can uplift your home’s appeal pre-sale. The best part? These makeovers can be achieved quickly, achieving high-end looks without the expensive price tag.

1. Resurface your old concrete driveway with a modern colour scheme

As your home’s ‘welcome mat’, your driveway makes an important first impression on prospective buyers and can lift the sale value of your home. A worn, stained or faded concrete driveway can make even the most attractive home look dull and uninviting, pulling down the resale value of the house.

Ripping up, re-laying or re-paving your concrete driveway may be time prohibitive and can cost tens of thousands of dollars. However, resurfacing your driveway with Dulux Avista is a great alternative that not only looks amazing, but is fast and very cost effective.

Resurfacing a concrete driveway is a simple four-step process that includes:

1. Preparation

2. Base coat of the resurfacing compound in your chosen colour

3. One or two additional texture coats

4. Sealing

5. An optional fifth step is to stencil the driveway to achieve a custom colour and/or pattern.

There are 21 different colour choices in our Resurfacing range, from bold Charcoal to warm Chocolate and coastal Bluegum. There is a colour scheme to suit every home.

Driveway resurfacing takes approximately two days for a simple job and up to three days for more complex jobs. Costs start at approximately $45.00 per square metre, making it a very affordable way to increase the street appeal of your property. Your photos will look amazing too!

2. Turn a garage into an extra room or studio

Is your garage over-cluttered and under-used? You might already have a concrete garage floor – but is the surface looking tired and stained? Giving it a new look with our Decorative Flakes range will add style and hard-wearing substance.

You could even turn your garage into an extra room like a mancave, home office or teenage hangout zone. Or, think even bigger and create a studio or guest accommodation! With adult children staying home longer and multi-generational families often living together, offering buyers a flexible extra space will add serious value to your sale price.

Check out our Inspiration page for some stunning garage floor colour schemes; simply select 'Interior' to see real-life garages made gorgeous with our Decorative and Natural Stone Look Flakes.

3. Replace dated flooring with modern, seamless surfaces

A new flooring solution can inject serious ‘wow factor’ to your home. Replace daggy carpet and say goodbye to cleaning tile grouting: Dulux Avista's Internal Flooring solutions create a seamless surface from wall to wall. From your kitchen/living area to the rumpus room, you can create a modern stone look to complement your home's colour scheme.

Popular styling options including the stippled stone effect, with Dulux Avista Waterbased Epoxy as the base. Or, you can achieve a terrazzo look with our Decorative Flakes range: by opting for a partial (more sparse) application of flakes, your floors will look like terrazzo for a fraction of the price!

Explore how easy it is to design your own concrete floors.

4. Give your outdoor space a lift

Outdoor entertaining areas sell homes! Whether it's your courtyard, alfresco dining area or pool surround, Dulux Avista can create a concrete surface that will make buyers fall in love.

As well as resurfacing with colour and texture, sealing is a super-quick way to makeover concrete. With Dulux Avista, you can modernise with colour at the same time as sealing. The Dulux Avista Concrete Sealer can be mixed with 19 different tints, including four popular Colorbond® shades. Our sealers can be used to rejuvenate most exterior concrete surfaces including pavers, resurfaced concrete, and plain, stencilled, stamped and coloured concrete.

Top tip to power your home makeover

Whichever makeover solution you choose to boost your sale price, we can connect you with a Dulux Avista Accredited Applicator. These professional applicators are trained and experienced in applying our products. They can help you choose the right products and make sure you get the result you're looking for.

Looking for inspiration?

Check out our Inspiration page for photos, use our Product Selector to find the right products for your pre-sale home makeover, download one of our handy brochures or contact us to chat to our friendly customer service team.