According to Zillow, painting a front door black can increase the homes value by several thousand. two of Sherwin-Williams’ top 50 paint colors : Peppercorn and Tricorn Black.

http://zillow.mediaroom.com/2018-06-20-Homes-with-Tuxedo-Kitchen-Cabinets-and-Black-Front-Doors-Can-Sell-Up-to-6-000-More-than-Expected

I think for selling, white doors are a much safer choice. Black doors are a definite design statement, one which may not appeal to the general buying public. White doors are more expected. I cannot imagine anyone not buying a house bc the doors were white...but I can definitely see someone not buying bc the doors were black. Harder to decorate around.

What color are the doors and your trim now. Can you post a picture

Without seeing your house (which could sway my vote) I'd agree with nini804 -- white is safer than black. Around here turquoise doors are trendy, if you want to stand out.

The "quick sell tip" I followed was to include a pot of yellow flowers near the front door. Not gold, not red, not any other color. Just yellow. Where I heard that, I don't remember. But yellow lilies from the big box store were cheap, easy and looked nice.

Dark doors may make your house look smaller and less airy.

thoughts? on a house we can't see? come on,,,help us out here.

Where is the house? Location (city and state) make a difference. Black doors make more sense in a cold climate and white doors make more sense in a hot climate, but there are also regional preferences. Is the house in Canada?

Better to have a wood stained door that is the same color inside and out. I do not like having a door open into my house and be a different color than what it was from the inside. If the door is black inside, it will look strange if it is white outside.

When I was house hunting I was looking for a 3 bed 3 bath with a pool in the suburbs but ended up buying a 1 bed 1 bath rowhouse downtown and it was the dark painted doors that sold me. No, not really.

It's an "oak" slab door and leave it alone. Concentrate on sparkling clean, purged, curb appeal, appropriate pricing. People buy homes for location, number of beds and baths, and schools. Not interior doors.

thanks! I guess I'll paint them white. trim is white and want to sell it quick. the house is in Fairfield county, CT. I don't have pictures because house is in completely renovation and it's messy. floors would be dark though.

I have never understood renovating to SELL, unless a total dump or you're a flipper.!. Drop the price and let the next buyer have at it. Don't wait to leave your money and work for another who will rip to their taste anyway.

I always wonder what the thought process other than passing on to the new buyer something you would like to live in. I can see as above a dump or flipper but by the time you reduce the projected sell price by the money spent remodeling from the redo's I have seen very little was financially gained.

I think painting the door white is safe because if the buyer wants to change it, it is very easy to paint over white. Is it currently a bad color, or does it just look shabby?

Depends where you live. In Southern Ca it seems everyone has white...so I would say white. What is the norm in your area?

"According to Zillow, painting a front door black can increase the homes value by several thousand. two of Sherwin-Williams’ top 50 paint colors : Peppercorn and Tricorn Black.

http://zillow.mediaroom.com/2018-06-20-Homes-with-Tuxedo-Kitchen-Cabinets-and-Black-Front-Doors-Can-Sell-Up-to-6-000-More-than-Expected"

"When I was house hunting I was looking for a 3 bed 3 bath with a pool in the suburbs but ended up buying a 1 bed 1 bath rowhouse downtown and it was the dark painted doors that sold me. No, not really."

OP, you just lost $6000 because you opted for white! Yeah, right.

At first I thought it was just the front and perhaps the back doors then someone mentioned interior doors. If it is just the exterior paint any color you want but inside keep it light and airy.

Jan Moyer, Maifleur01... sellers renovate or usually just do maintenance that has not been done before selling, mainly because there are certain things a seller can do to recoup the costs and then some.

I just sold a home that the sellers painted the exterior, the interior, did a little landscaping, etc. It cost them about $8000. It increased the value of the home by about $25,000. Do the math. This home was in the $325,000 range.

It sold on day one, yesterday, with 3 offers and went $10,000 over asking. And Charlotte is not one of those really crazy, hot markets either.

While I agree nc except all torn up normally means more than that.

There is no blanket answer to this -- the door needs to be congruent with the house.

ncrealestateguy nailed it. Usually the best returns are on the small repairs and some low cost cosmetics like paint and landscaping and a deep clean. Usually the repairs are due, IME, to deferred maintenance.

Many sellers buy a property and then get busy with life and forget to maintain along the way. Not all owners, but more than you would imagine. The people that visit houzz in the discussion forum are a totally different type of people from the mainstream seller that hasn't looked at their home and home repairs in a very long time. The people here are usually looking to not only maintain, but improve their home and their home's style. Very rare when in the wild....