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Home Staging - Inexpensive Tips to Prepare Your Home for Sale!
First you must emotionally detach yourself from your home. With any luck it
will not be yours for very long! What you are living in is about to become
just another piece of real estate available for sale. That being said, take
inventory of your necessary possessions and begin packing away
everything that you can live without.
Strive to create the most neutral environment possible. This will attract men
and women alike. Prospective buyers will more easily visualize their own
furnishings in the property if it is not cluttered with your belongings.
Remove excess furniture and instantly have a larger room! This is
especially important for small spaces. If you have a sofa, love seat and
chair consider removing one piece. Many rooms have just two upholstered
pieces and look beautiful. The same rules apply to the bedroom. If you
have access to a baby crib why not turn the smallest bedroom into a
nursery? Add only a rocking chair and the space will appear enormous!
Wallpaper is typically a huge turnoff to home buyers. Everyone has
different taste in decor and leaving paper on the walls will limit your buying
audience. All they see is work as they will become responsible for removing
it. Consider taking the paper down yourself or hire the job done. The small
investment now will become a huge payoff later.
Color plays an important role in the home buying market. Stay away from
bright colors when selling. That neon yellow bedroom MUST go! The hot
trends today are the darker creams and taupes. A fresh coat of paint will go
a long way in freshening your walls and buyers will feel your property is
move-in ready!
Clear the counter tops of all small appliances but replace with living plants
and a couple of strong scented candles. The benefit is twofold. The counter
tops appear more spacious and the scented candles (I recommend apple
pie or cookie dough) leave a nice aroma in the room.
These are general tips that apply to every home. You may want to contact
a Staging professional to address your specific needs. Remember a small
investment now could tremendously increase your property value!
will not be yours for very long! What you are living in is about to become
just another piece of real estate available for sale. That being said, take
inventory of your necessary possessions and begin packing away
everything that you can live without.
Strive to create the most neutral environment possible. This will attract men
and women alike. Prospective buyers will more easily visualize their own
furnishings in the property if it is not cluttered with your belongings.
Remove excess furniture and instantly have a larger room! This is
especially important for small spaces. If you have a sofa, love seat and
chair consider removing one piece. Many rooms have just two upholstered
pieces and look beautiful. The same rules apply to the bedroom. If you
have access to a baby crib why not turn the smallest bedroom into a
nursery? Add only a rocking chair and the space will appear enormous!
Wallpaper is typically a huge turnoff to home buyers. Everyone has
different taste in decor and leaving paper on the walls will limit your buying
audience. All they see is work as they will become responsible for removing
it. Consider taking the paper down yourself or hire the job done. The small
investment now will become a huge payoff later.
Color plays an important role in the home buying market. Stay away from
bright colors when selling. That neon yellow bedroom MUST go! The hot
trends today are the darker creams and taupes. A fresh coat of paint will go
a long way in freshening your walls and buyers will feel your property is
move-in ready!
Clear the counter tops of all small appliances but replace with living plants
and a couple of strong scented candles. The benefit is twofold. The counter
tops appear more spacious and the scented candles (I recommend apple
pie or cookie dough) leave a nice aroma in the room.
These are general tips that apply to every home. You may want to contact
a Staging professional to address your specific needs. Remember a small
investment now could tremendously increase your property value!
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