So, you’re selling your home, your pride and joy, but you want some strategies for home staging so your property puts its best foot forward to entice buyers. By presenting your home to look its best, you can often get quick results, with lots of offers and sometimes for more money than you expected.
First impressions count. It’s time to pack away the clutter. Consider it the start of your next move, and pack up your collections, the personal possessions you can live without for now, apart from the odd highlight or décor piece. You want people to envision themselves adding their own touches to the space and a clear and uncluttered canvas allows them to do that.
When staging a house for sale make your space look as roomy as possible. It may be that you have an oversized lounge that you absolutely love, but it’s always looked too big for the room. You may consider putting that piece in storage and renting or borrowing something a little more size appropriate for the selling period.
Staging a house means drawing attention to the positive parts of your home, like a large home office, pool, great outdoor space, or other focal point. The goal is to dress the space to draw attention such that people can envisage themselves there. A good real estate agent will also draw attention to the hero spaces and relate it to the lifestyle of the potential buyer.
Although you’re selling your house, it might be time to do some of the maintenance that you’ve been putting off. The peeling paint on the bedroom door, the dripping tap in the bathroom, the uneven pavers at the front door. Now is the time to do the little repairs that might make all the difference to a potential buyer. You want to make the sale seem to be as effortless as possible, so people don’t need to make a list of things they need to do.
You don’t have to stage every room. Concentrate on the areas that mean the most to people – the kitchen, the living room and perhaps the master bedroom. Make sure you are getting the best value for your efforts.
Make sure there are no strange smells in the house. You might have heard of people baking bread before an open house. You don’t have to go too far. You might burn some essential oils, have a bunch of nice smelling flowers in the main room, or simply burn a vanilla candle. It’s amazing how our sense of smell can affect our perceptions.
Put your pet items away. Although your dog might be a much loved part of your family, buyers don’t want to see your pets fur all over everything, their toys, dishes, litter box all through the house and they particularly don’t want to see where they do their business. If possible, it would be good if you can make sure your pet is not at home when people are viewing your house.
There are many tips for staging a house for sale, and many you can do yourself, but often times, you are out of ideas, you’re not sure where to start or you just don’t have the time! This is where a property stylist can be a huge help! They can come in and just give you ideas, or depending on your budget, they can arrange to have your whole house styled for sale.
Talk to ELDAD Property Group for referrals to their preferred Property Stylist prior to selling your home.
