Staging to Sell

Before you list your home for sale, consider the best way to sell your house: professional home staging. Some advantages to home staging include less time on the market and better offers. And you should definitely think about professional home staging if you need a quick home sale.

Think of staging your house as creating a "style" for your home like a manager would do for a popular entertainer. Just like creating an image attracts more popularity for a public figure, staging makes your real estate look better when it's on the market.

Preparing your house for an Open House shouldn't be thought of as an annoying experience. It can actually be enjoyable. Together, we'll work to get a premium offer for your home's sale. Use these home staging tips to get you started:

Curb Appeal Checklist

First, look at the outside of your home, or your curb appeal. Look at the exterior of your home from a quick glance from the street. What jumps out at you? What unique features seem waiting to be noticed?Knowing this helps us to choose what plan of action we can use to draw buyers from the street and into your home. If your home's exterior isn't inviting with refreshed paint and bright garden plants we'll need to tackle those issues. Follow the Curb Appeal Checklist and elevate your home's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Does your home seem to say, "Hello From Your New Welcome Home" to a buyer? Looking through your home from a buyer's perspective, I'll recommend adjustments that enhance Open House appeal. I'll suggest that you put out of sight things that give the appearance of clutter. Surface areas like tables, desks and counters should be neatly arranged. Brick-a-brack, souvenirs, family photos, and kids' artwork should get moved out of sight. You need to "neutralize" the house so buyers can envision it as their new home.

I know exactly where a room's best characteristics are and how to highlight them. Improvements that directly affect your dollars include easy-to-fix items like furniture pieces that should get removed, rooms that need fresh paint, carpet that needs to be replaced, fixtures that need polishing, and windows that need cleaning.

I'll make sure your home is likable and that it's inviting, avoiding "loud" or "personalized" colors on the walls and furniture. And if none of your belongings are there, you can try renting furniture. The goal is for your house to look inviting as opposed to cold and empty.

Setting the Stage

At your Open House, we're doing well if we're engaging the buyer's senses. Brightening up each room is of major importance, so we'll do things like draw back curtains and create light where needed to welcome the buyer. Together we'll enhance the ambiance with enjoyable music playing lightly and assure a pleasant fragrance circulates throughout your house. We'll include cozy-looking blankets, and place pillows on your love seat and bedding. Buyers should feel like your home has the potential to be.