Staging makes your house look bigger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, more loving and, best of all, it makes home buyers want to buy it.
5 steps to getting your home staged to sell fast:
Step 1 – De-Cluttering:
This is the single most important action you can take in preparing the home for sale. Your goal is to remove as much visible clutter and turn disorder into order. This includes removing any excess and unnecessary furniture so the rooms look bigger.
Step 2 – De-personalize:
It’s important to remove everything that provides any information about who lives in the house. That means removing all photo frames, clearing off all information from notice boards, kid’s schedules, invitations and photographs, religious symbols and even prescription drugs. These items only act as distractions for the house hunter and you don’t want to lose the naturally curious prospective buyer to a display of family photographs.
Step 3 – Repair:
A home that is in a good state of repair indicates to potential buyers that the house has been well maintained and is not hiding something that will cost them down the road.
The kind of repairs we are referring to are what the eye can see…not major electrical or plumbing issues. We’re talking about leaky faucets, broken tiles, damaged hardware, etc.
Step 4 – Cleaning:
The rule here is clean and then clean some more! This is without a doubt most critical to your success. Consider the impact to a potential buyer that gets the impression they will have to spend days and days cleaning a dirty home before they can even unpack a single box. Dirt puts buyers off faster than anything!
Step 5 - Decorating:
Decorating is accomplished mainly from repositioning the existing furniture, revamping certain pieces, adding accent pillows, replacing or adding art, and maybe incorporating other accessories. Learn More
7 deadly home staging sins you may be committing right now...
| 1) Failure to thoroughly deep clean the home, especially the kitchen & bathrooms |
A dirty house is an immediate buyer turnoff. If you haven't deep cleaned all counter & tile surfaces to a spotless condition, you stand the chance of having the buyers walk right back out the door. |
2) Failure to de-clutter the entire home
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Clutter makes it extremely difficult for buyers to visualize moving into your home. It also has the affect of making it appear smaller. |
3) Failure to de-personalize your entire home
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Personal memorabilia represents a huge distraction to the buyer. |
| 4) Failure to use neutral colors when painting |
This goes for the outside wall as well-a load color may keep the buyers from even stopping to see the inside. |
| 5) Failure to make your pets disappear |
While your pets are a loving member of your family, for the buyers, thier presence, food, & boxes are generally a turnoff. |
| 6) Failure to spotlessly clean windows & coverings |
Nothing is more distracting to a buyer than to be looking at a view from a dirty window. |
| 7) Failure to spruce up your landscaping |
A well maintained exterior plants the seed of a well maintained home in the mind of the buyer. |
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