Top 10 Staging Techniques For Your Home

1. Your home is your product

1. Your home is your product

To maximize the value of your home and the speed of its sale, your home should be property merchandised and displayed like any 'product' that is offered for sale. Packaging and merchandising are critical factors in the world of sales.

2. First impressions count

You never get a second chance at a first impression, so attempt to walk through your property in the shoes of your prospective buyer. Look at your entire home with an honest eye and discern what needs improvement and/or enhancement.

3. De-clutter!

You're not hiring an agents to sell your personal things. Organize! Purge! If it's not in daily use it really need to be here? It's OK to have storage for your "stuff". We all have stuff, but keep it minimized, neat and organized. You will have to think "show home" while you are de-cluttering and that less does mean more.

4. De-personalize

Why take down the family reunion photo and the wedding pictures? Prospective buyers are walking through imagining themselves living in your home. They can easily become distracted by your personal photos and mementos, and they will start focus on who you are and how you live rather than imagining themselves living there.

5. Clean, clean, clean

Your home should be "hotel clean" and odor-free before you consider putting in on the market and showing it to prospective buyers (again, the first impression).

6. Repair

If a door squeaks, a handle is wobbly or a drawer does not open or close smoothly; then first get it fixed. Buyers will notice and they will make judgments on the maintenance level and upkeep of the rest of your property, based on that one small thing. A $500 repair to you means a $5,000 reduction in the price to them!

7. Pain color and condition

Keep it neutral! Boring? To you maybe, but highly desirable to prospective buyers. Their thought process simply put is that they can move in without having to first spend time and money to paint it over your colors! All the decorating shows love to reveal "after" photos of dramatic, colorful rooms.

8. Reduce

Reduce the amount of furnishings in your home. Are any rooms in your home filled with too much furniture? Are they furnishings too large for the room? Aim to give your room some breathing space for two immediate reasons. First, it allows the prospective buyer to fully appreciate the space. Second, it allows an easy traffic flow.

9. Light

Sunny and bright interiors are more appealing and therefore easier to sell. Clean your windows inside and out. Check for burnt out bulbs. Replace low wattage with brighter bulbs.

10. Decor touches

Pay very close attention to the small details that help in forming the overall impression. Fresh cut flowers? A bowl of fresh fruit? A small, lush potted plant? A coffee table book? When your prospective buyers leaves after viewing, they will be discussing what they saw based on their overall impression of the home.

Top 10 Staging Techniques For Your Home

By: Nico Kurniawan

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