Staging your home

Staging your home for a sale has become the topic of many articles and some TV shows. Research shows that staging can help to sell your home faster as well as for a good price. Here are some tips. 

Cleanliness is next to godliness

Making your home sparkle and shine with a good thorough cleaning is proably the most important part of staging. Clean rugs, windows, walls and dust. Having a professional company come in and really get at those nooks and crannies is a great idea. If you’re moving, you will surely have lots of things on your plate, so letting professionals take care of this preserves your energy and peace of mind.

Mr. Fix-It

Another important step in staging your home is fixing all the little things you’ve been meaning to get around to. Take care of that leaking faucet, faulty doorbell, and the squeaky door. It’s the little things that add up to bringing more value to your home.

Say goodbye to clutter

We all have it – clutter. But to get potential buyers to see themselves in your home, you need to put away the knick knacks, clean up that pile of papers and keep the décor simple. Clutter makes us feel at home surrounded by things that bring us memories. It can also represent our values. But it can also make a home look smaller and disorganized.

Keep it neutral

Neutral colors are recommended for walls when you are staging your home. Pick a color that a potential buyer doesn’t like, and that may turn them off enough for them to walk away.

Nothing personal

De-personalize your home as much as you can.The idea is for potential buyers to come in and visualize how they would decorate this home when they buy it. Want a good idea of how something stage should look? Visit a model home and see what they do.

Don’t forget the outside

When buyers drive up the first thing they see if the outside of your home. Paint the mailbox, trim the hedges, plant flowers, cut the grass, etc. Make your home’s exterior inviting.