Prepping Your Home for an Open House in Tucumcari, New Mexico

Prior to listing your home for sale, consider a surefire way to sell your house: professional home staging. Some positive aspects of home staging include less time on the market and higher offers. And you should certainly decide on professional home staging if you need a quick home sale.

Think of staging your home as creating an "image" for your house like a PR firm would do for a well-known celebrity. Just like creating an image draws more popularity for a public figure, staging makes your real estate look better when it's on the market.

Prepping your home to sell doesn't have to be a nerve-racking experience. It can actually be enjoyable. Together, we'll strive for a high offer for your property. Below are a few home staging tricks to get you started:

Curb Appeal Checklist

Curb appeal is your best chance to create a positive impact on buyers from a street perspective. The pluses and minuses that jump out at buyers shape their first thoughts about your home and how you perform house's regular maintenance.Acknowledging this assists us in determining what measures we can take to draw buyers from the street and into your home. If your home's exterior isn't up to par with refreshed paint and colorful greenery we'll need to tackle those issues. Refer to the Curb Appeal Checklist and increase your home's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Could a buyer see themselves watching a movie in your living room, relaxing in your master bedroom or getting work done in your home office? I want your house to pleasantly accept buyers and offer them a sense of ease. I'll help you do this by recommending small improvements that highlight the features of your house. I'll tell you put out of sight anything that gives the illusion of clutter. Counter tops should be clutter-free. Knickknacks, sentimental items, family photos, and kids' artwork should get stored away too. I can help you de-clutter your house. Less than inviting or busy spaces make your home look less spacious and buyers have a more difficult time seeing themselves living there.

I know instantly where a room's best characteristics are and how to show them off. I'll note the pieces of furniture that should be rearranged, rooms that need new paint, carpet needing to get changed, fixtures that could use polishing, and any other improvement that can inexpensively be made to positively influence the sale.

I'll make sure your house has mass appeal and that it's comfortable, steering clear of "offensive" or "can't-work-with" colors on the walls and furniture. And if you've already moved out, you can think about borrowing furniture. You want your home to look homey as opposed to bare and uninhabited.

Setting the Stage

I'll tell you when to open your home up to buyers, because all of the improvements mesh together to paint a picture of what buyers can expect after they choose to buy your house. Brightening up each room is critical, so we'll do things like open curtains and create light where needed to invite the buyer inside. Together we'll enhance the mood of the house with enjoyable music to listen to while guests take a walk-through of your home and ensure a pleasant aroma flows throughout your house. We'll incorporate cozy-looking bedspreads, and pillows on your love seat and bed. We want buyers to feel like your current house is their future home.