The Importance of Staging a Home to Sell
I cannot stress enough the importance of staging
your home properly to get it ready to sell. I show
thousands of homes to home
buyers, and I have found that MOST buyers want a
move-in ready home. There are a few people out there
that can see the potential in a home, but MOST
buyers want to buy a new home because they don't
want to deal with fixing up their current (old)
home...they just want to move into a house that is
ready for them...updated and beautiful.
Let's face it, buying a home and moving into it are
stressful enough without adding
the stress of remodeling it as well. That's why I
think most home buyers want a move-in ready home.
So if you want to sell your home at top-dollar,
you really need to make your home look as move-in
ready as possible. If you are not willing to put the
time into that, then don't expect to get the
top-dollar in the neighborhood...you will have to
cut your price significantly to attract a buyer who
is willing to do the updates themselves. And if your
house is in really bad shape, then you may only be
able to attract investors who are willing to pay
even less than a fixer-upper because they want a
large profit margin to even deal with the project.
What I have noticed in buyers in my time as a
Realtor is this:
- Buyers prefer a beautifully decorated
and updated house that is move-in ready.
- If they can't find (or
can't afford) the move-in ready house, then the
next best option to them is one that may need
updating, but is beautifully decorated and
staged with a modern design.
- If they can't find (or can't afford) the
beautifully decorated and staged home, then they
prefer an empty home.
- The hardest to sell home
is one that needs both updating and has outdated
or poorly designed furniture and decorations.
So if you do not have
modern furniture and decorations, then it is
best to move-out first, and allow your home to
be shown while empty. If that is not possible,
then you really need to get help in staging your
home to sell.
What many sellers need is a
professional home stager, or a real estate agent
with a good sense of design, to properly stage a
home to attract buyers. You may be surprised at how
inexpensive it is to get your home in good order to
sell.
I provide free home-staging help to all my home
sellers.
Take a look at the photos of a home that I both
remodeled and then staged for an out-of-town seller
to help him get top-dollar for his home. These
photos show before staging and after staging
examples. To see what the home looked like before we
remodeled it, click
here.
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As you
can see from these photos, when properly done,
staging warms up a house and makes it a lot more
inviting and attractive to potential buyers. Staging
is supposed to help buyers envision themselves
living in the home. It is supposed to turn the
feelings of buyers from "ho hum" to "I gotta have
this house!"
View My Home Staging Examples
View
One of My Remodeling Projects
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