First impressions make a significant impact on a buyer's decision-making process! Once your home goes to market, it becomes a product. Staging allows you to highlight the best of your home. It's not decorating, but actually turning your home into a sales model, to appeal to the broadest range of buyers and to make people feel like they could live there. The best way to do this is to "neutralize" the surroundings... Read on!  
Try these tips you can do (for little or no expense) to put a home in prime showing shape. - Clear closets/clutter—give away/pack up toys, linens, small kitchen appliances and store offsite. Buyers are forgiving of storage boxes neatly tucked away in a garage or basement.
- Focus on the most visible areas.
- De-personalize - remove photos, mementos, and dated items.
- Angle one or two pieces of furniture and move 4 inches to 6 inches from the wall to create more interesting room spaces.
- Put away large collections - porcelains, plates, etc.
- Remove valuables, prescription medicine, collectibles, breakables.
- Trim trees, prune shrubs, turn on sprinklers 30 min before an open house so the lawn and driveway sparkle.
- Hire a professional to clean the home, carpets and windows.
- Set the dining table with attractive linens, dishes, stemware.
- Arrange fresh and candles through the home.
- Light a fire (winter) or candles (summer) in the fireplace.
- Use as much natural light as possible. Add extra lamps in dark rooms or corners.
- Make functional repairs - fix dripping faucets, sticking doors, and broken fences.
- Bring in another pair of eyes. They may see areas you have missed.
For assistance with prepping your home for sale, please contact Leesa at anytime! Remember... internal staging is a VALUE ADDED SERVICE to all our listings! |