Home Staging Tips
and Home Selling Advice
Staging Your Home for a
Quick Sale--and More Profit
By Jeanette Joy Fisher
Every home seller is looking
for two things: a quick sale and a good price. That's
a given. However, there are ways to help insure that
you'll meet both of those goals, both of which involve
staging your home before you put it on the market.
In short, staging your home simply means to get it
ready to make as positive an impact on potential
buyers as possible. There are ways to accomplish that
goal without spending a great deal of money. Here are
a few simple tips:
In the bedrooms, always make sure every bed is made,
since you never know when buyers may want to visit.
Encourage everyone in the house to make their beds
before they leave in the morning. That will eliminate
the need for a mad rush to make beds when a real
estate agent calls to make an appointment to show your
home.
In the bathroom, keep all toilet seats in the down
position, pick up all dirty clothes, keep the counter
free of brushes, toothpaste containers, and the 101
other things that often get put there and not picked
up. Make sure there are fresh towel hung neatly on the
towel racks, as well.
In the kitchen, keep all surfaces clear of clutter and
pristinely clean. don't let dishes pile up in the
sink, and keep all garbage receptacles are out of
sight. Also make sure there are no smells coming from
garbage cans under the sink. Offensive odors are often
the very first impression buyers get from a room, so
make sure none of your rooms, whether it's the
bathroom, kitchen, or laundry room, give buyers a
reason to turn up their noses.
When the home is being shown at night, all lights
should be on to show off your home to its best
advantage. During the day, drapes should be open to
give each room a light and sunny feel. The idea is
always to give buyers the impression that your home is
spacious and homey feeling, and flooding rooms with
light, whether real or artificial, is a good step in
that direction.
Regardless of which room buyers may be viewing, it's
important to remember that you'll only have a few
minutes to make an impression on them. And as the old
saying goes, you only get one chance to make a good
first impression. Doing your homework to stage your
home to its best advantage can pay big dividends--in
both a quicker sale and higher sales price.
Copyright © 2006 Jeanette J. Fisher
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