Home staging can help sell your home faster and for more money…
In today’s competitive real estate market it is critical to make a great first impression of your home with potential buyers. Home staging can help sell your home faster and for more money by presenting it to prospective buyers in its best showing condition.
Home staging tips and benefits
Step 1: Consolidate and Declutter – makes your home feel spacious and welcoming
- Interior: store shoes, toys, mail, DVDs, remotes, or gaming consoles out of sight; remove any furniture or accessories that are broken, frayed, discolored or stained
- Exterior: remove dead plants, leaves, trash, weeds; mow lawn; trim plants; and store gardening tools and equipment out of sight
Step 2: Clean – makes your home look move-in ready and fresh
- Interior: paint walls and ceiling a neutral color, and vacuum/clean window treatments and carpets
- Exterior: wash off eaves, siding, brick, walkways, driveway
Step 3: Restore – makes your home appear well cared for and in good condition
- Interior: repair or replace anything that is broken (doors, windows, floor, furniture, and carpeting)
- Exterior: repair anything that needs fixing and paint if needed (neutral colors)
Step 4: Depersonalize – makes you home appeal to broader range of buyers
- Interior: remove family photos, religious objects, taxidermy, or weapons, and make sure walls are a neutral color
- Exterior: remove personal items (toys, machinery, tools, or lawn accessories)
Step 5: Enhance – makes your home full of pops of color and leaves lasting impressions
- Interior: add drama with fresh flowers, add green plants to soften the room, and add color and texture with a rug or decorative pillows
- Exterior: add color with plants, add new gravel or wood chips around trees or shrubs, and polish wood or fixtures on the front door, or add new coat of paint
Get your home ready to shine and sell with home staging
Home staging can really make a great impression on so many buyers, and even cause bidding wars, which will ultimatesly increase the sale price of your home. Start working through the steps above to get your home ready to shine, and showcase it’s best selling features. You won’t regret spending the time to get your home ready to sell, and it will also make your move easier because you will be more organized too.
Happy home staging!