July 13, 2007
Staging your home for sale
Staging your home for sale become very important for you to sell quickly and get more of your money in a slow housing market, Home staging is not decorating. The idea of staging home is to make your home look like more valuable and more likable for buyers. It does not need a lot of money to do it. A little effort with very small amount of the money can bring back a very good return. Some said it could raise your selling price 5 to 20%.
Here are some tips on how to stage your home for sale:
1. Clean your front yard, make the lawn nice, and grow some flowers or plants. This will not cost you much. What your potential buyers can see first is the front yard. The first impression is very important to make buyer wants to get into the house to see more.
2. Clean the front door. Paint and fix it if needed. This is the second thing a buyer will see before the buyer gets into your home.
3. Let the light into each room. Always leave the curtains and blinders open.
4. Put nice air fresher to make the home smell nice. Place the air fresher in each room. Do not forget to replace the air filters. A bad smell will definitely turn your buyer off.
5. Remove all the junks and unwanted items from each room including closet. De-clutter your house. Clutter makes your house much smaller.
6. Steam-wash your carpet and keep the house clean.
7. Clean up each room. Nothing will be worse than a filthy bathroom and sticky kitchen.
8. Pay very close attention to your kitchen. For the buyers of married couple, kitchen is very important to the lady and she is the one with at least 50% voting power on the decision to buy your home. Some very small changes can make the kitchen make nicer, for example, replacing a nicer new counter top would not cost too much, but it definitely will make the house worth much more. Other small things you can do will not cost you too much, such as replacing old sink and faucet.
9. Remove all the family pictures from your house and make buyer think he/she is the owner, not you.
10. Fix up your bedroom. This the room buyer will stay for 1/3 of time each day. At least keep it clean and neat.
There are books and DVDs can help you to do home staging, you click following links to choose:
1.Stage Your Home for Profit: Staging Techniques for Every Corner of Your Home. Book with DVD
2. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging Your Home to Sell
3. Home Staging For Dummies ®
5. Sell Your Home With Feng Shui: A Complete Guide to Staging Homes for Quick Sale in Any Market
6. Home Staging: The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Money
Pownce it!
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