Home Staging For Maximum Profit and Quick sale!

Staging YOUR Home For Maximum Profit -- (Part 1)

When potential buyers come to your property, what do they see? Are they being greeted by diseased or dead plants, by scuffmarks on the front doors kick plate, peeling paint on the trim, or smudges from Fido’s nose on the glass? Do they have to stumble through bags and boxes of yard sale items you meant to deal with months ago? Are you finding yourself apologizing for the untidiness if unannounced visitors come to your home? If so, then it is time to eliminate ALL cause to warrant apologies. Clean, de-clutter, and if necessary paint, your front door, put a new doormat down, invest in a couple of planters with lush plants, (in a color that compliments your house, NOT clashes with it!), to frame your entrance, and maybe add new hardware, updated lighting, and/or a new house number sign. GET RID OF CLUTTER! It cannot be over emphasized that “less is more” when it comes to selling your home. Clean out shelves, closets, drawers, and cabinets. YES, buyers will open those to get an idea of how much storage space they will have. Take the exercise bike, Fido’s bed and toys, and the collection of knick- knacks, (no matter how valuable or beloved), and put them into storage. Not everyone shares your love for Hummel figurines! Potential buyer want to envision themselves living in your home, in order for them to do this, provide them with a clean, neutral canvas. Go through all your DVDs, CDs, Videos, Games, etc. and reduce, reduce, reduce.

The same is true for your furnishings, put grandma’s hand-me-downs into storage. The bulky recliner in your ‘Man Cave,’ the sewing machine and piles of craft items from mom’s corner, as well as excessive children toys, etc., pack these items up and put them into storage. With storage I mean, rent a storage unit, compared to the quicker sale of your home and getting more money for it, this small investment is well worth it, because what is true for your house is also true for your garage, basement, and attic. Storage is on the top of every buyers list, therefore all the before stated rules apply here too. Organize, clean, and de-junk your garage, basement, attic, and any other part of your property, including garden sheds, wood shops, etc.

If you are a passionate tinkerer who has a collection of cars, bikes, tractors, etc. sitting on your property that you are ‘fixing up,’ (yeah, you guessed it!), sell them or tow them to a different location.

            What about papers, magazines, counter tops, bathroom clutter? Empty counter tops. Move counter top appliances out of sight. In the bathroom, take all the make-up, shampoo bottles, blowdryer, curling iron, shavers, etc. and of the counter tops, as well as bath tub rim. Put out a bowl of fresh fruit in the kitchen, some fresh flowers around various areas of the house and a few scented candles in the bathroom.