subject: Stage Your Home For Best Results [print this page] Stage Your Home For Best Results Stage Your Home For Best Results
Here are some top reasons to stage your home for bigger profit's the next time you get ready to sell. Staging your home will mean seeing your it through the eyes of your buyer. A new home shopper is trying to make up their mind if they're even going to get out of the comfort of their car, when they first pull up the staged home. Just picture yourself being a buyer and what's the first thing that catches their eye's in those first few seconds? Is it a crooked vent stack on the roof or a couple shingles missing?A manicured yard says it all. Finish off with some colorful flower pots near the doorway. A doormat saying "welcome to our home" is always a warm invitation. If you haven't a stained wood door then a painted door of an inviting coloralways does the trick. The whole idea when they open the front door is a sense of curiosity inviting them to come in and take a look. What's placed by the walkway up to the entryway is of paramount importance. All the drapes should be wide open and all the lights on as well. Set the thermostat at seventy degrees and place candles in just the right places always brings a smile to the ladies.Your real estate agent will want to advertise your home more than a none-staged one. They know this brings in much higher commissions. They also know that people by houses on their "emotions" and not so much on good thinking. All this extra exposure is no more cost to you. In order to make the rooms look bigger, many of your furnishings will need to be taken out. Then the remaining pieces will need to be placed so they bring out the "highlights" of the room. The buyers will sense that your house was well taken care of by being well-keep and up to date.One good thing about staging a home is, it gives you a chance to get rid of a bunch of clutter throughout the whole house. Often times in the attic there's room to place four to eight more sheets of half inch plywood. This enables more storage space to the potential home buyers. Walk throughout your home and peer out each window placing yourself in the shoes of the promising new homeowner. Look and see if there are any eye sores that need to be taken care of. Kitchens staged is one of the most important places of the entire house. You can start by taking off all appliances on the counters. Then dress it up with a real bowl of fresh fruit and flowers of the current season. Finish up all projects of your staged home for the appraisal guy to come and give you a high value for your home. You can rest assure knowing that research from the RESA states that staged homes sell 68% faster than none-staged. Good luck!
