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you can use any kind of competitive edge. Professional home stagers can help you get it. Part interior decorator, part closet organizer, and part magician, they offer advice on upping the Flat for Rent Bangalore value by sprucing up your interiorsall without any major renovations or shelling out of major cash. Basically, a home stager's job is to maximize your space, making rooms appear larger and feel more inviting (and desirable) with just a few clever design tweaks presented by
Hide anythingfamily photos, awards, trophies, your collection of antique teacupsthat might interfere with a buyer feeling like your home could be theirs. People get really distracted when they're surrounded by someone else's personal stuff. Make your bathroom look like a hotel's: no one wants to see your soggy loofah and half used bar of soap. Put all your beauty products in a shower caddy, so they can easily be stowed under the sink when you have a showing.
Most people have too much stuff, whether it's tchochkes or paperwork or furniture. The goal is to create a sense of space in a roomand in all your closets. Fight the urge to shove all your stuff in your closets, since you have to be prepared for prospective buyers to open every last cabinet. An organized closet can send the message that as an owner, you're the kind of person who doesn't slack on any aspect (a leaky roof, a busted water heater) of maintaining your home.
No one wants to walk into a dirty house. Bathrooms and kitchens in particular should be sparkling. Don't just do a surface cleanpay attention to hidden corners like the nook behind a toilet or the inside of your refrigerator. You never know where people are going to look. Use Febreze or reed diffusers to remove any odors, and invite a neighbor over to make sure there are no leftover scents, since living there may make you immune to the smell. Only about a third of Americans live with pets, so to be sure you're not alienating the other two thirds of the population, remove all traces (leashes, litter boxes, dog beds) of animals.
You want to have as much light as possible filtering through your space. Start by cleaning the windows. Ditch the screens, which just add one more darkening layer. During an open house, make sure your shades are up. Check to see if all your bulbs are working, and replace low-watt bulbs with high-watt ones to ensure the place feels bright.
