When it comes to selling your home you will need to think about how you will stage it for prospective buyers. Without staging a home can feel too lived in and personal to the owner.
The key thing to bear in mind is that a home should be a blank canvas that prospective home buyers can project their own ideas and plans into. A good example of this is that you should try to avoid having any family photos up or any personal design choices.
If you are planning to stage your home for potential buyers, you should take the time to read on and make sure that you take full advantage of all of these great tips.
1. Look at your house from the street
Curb appeal is very important if you are planning to sell your house quickly. You need to make sure that your house looks great before anyone even enters it for a viewing. First impressions count for a lot and the first picture on many listings will be from the outside. Not only is it important for the listing but you will also want to lure in onlookers as they walk or drive past.
There are a few very simple and affordable things that you can do to dramatically improve your curb appeal. These include power washing your driveway and walkways, plant flowers, mow the lawn and have the windows and gutters cleaned.
2. Hire a professional
Staging a home is more of an art than a science. Trends come and go but there are a few essential things that you will have to do if you want to sell your house quickly. By getting in touch with a home staging expert, you will be able to tap into many years of experience. This can save you a lot of money too as home staging companies will often have an inventory of neutral decorations and items that can be temporarily placed in your home for events like open houses and the like.
3. The front door and the first few steps are vital
This is when the potential home buyer will be most focused on every little detail. The decision they make about how much they like the home will be determined within the first few steps that they take into your home. They may be impressed by other features of the home but the first impression is the most important and will form an emotional impression of your home.
4. Have the home professionally cleaned
You need to make sure that you have your home as clean as possible. As you may be very busy in the lead up to moving house you may not have time to get the home as clean as possible. Professional cleaning companies are able to make a home sparkle like new because they have professional cleaning equipment that will leave you amazed with the results.
5. Get rid of the clutter
Everything must go. If you have things on the counter such as decorations, picture frames or anything that takes up any surface of your home that isn’t completely essential then they have to go. This may not be easy to do at first as you are used to these items. In a lived in home there is nothing wrong with this, in fact, it makes a home feel like a home.
6. Open up your closets
This one may come as a surprise but a homebuyer needs to know how much space is in your closet. You may feel a little strange about allowing strangers to look in your closet but this can go a long way to getting a sale. Some people who are looking to sell will often clean out the master bedroom closet to really show off the available space.
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