What A Home Staging Professional Can Do For You?

In a nutshell - you can give your home the magic touch, attracting buyers to pay the asking price. A Home Staging professional does not have a “magic wand” in their hands. Instead they have the experience and expertise to know the psychology of buyers; what they are looking for in a home to entice them and how to “stage” your home – with its advantages magnified and disadvantages minimized – to sell it quickly in today’s sluggish and competitive housing market.
Let us see how Home Staging works. The myths about home selling first.
Myth #1 = You love your home and do not want it to be compared with others. Wrong – the prospective buyers might have seen many homes and invariably compare your home with others in your neighborhood or elsewhere.
Myth #2 = You value your house to be most comfortable and so the buyer will think that way too and buy it “as it is”.
Wrong – You are seeing it from your angle. You do not know the needs of the buyer. They will find many flaws in your house right from the main door to backyard –any excuse to give up the idea of buying it.
Myth #3 = You estimate your house as a property you have hard-earned. It is a place of solace or paradise for you.
Wrong – From the buyer’ view point your house is a commodity that has come to the market for sale. They need not have any attachment or obsession at all like you and would not hesitate to analyze its merits and demerits thread-bare.
Myth #4 = You are going to sell the house – then why should you bother about making improvements.
Wrong – Your property is to be marketed amidst competition. Therefore it is imperative that you “package” the commodity well so to make it stand out from the others on the market.
Myth #5 – Home Staging is expensive and what is the use in spending?
Wrong – Home Staging is a service undertaken in the most inexpensive way; after due consultation with you and your selling agent; to suit your budget and make the most with least expense. You are not going to redesign your home completely. The cost involved is negligible, compared to value enhancement and profit you are going to derive in getting the asking price.
Remember – by inviting an Accredited Home Staging professional to view your home and carry out what is necessary for “staging” it before listing for sale, you make your property stand out from the crowd. Your property is sure to capture the attention of the buyer and lure them to buy it at once – unmindful of the price.
Want proof? Just for example see below what an Accredited Home Staging professional has to say about making “First Impression” of your home by the prospective buyer:
You never know how the curb appeal or lack thereof will affect different people.
Here are some definite no-no’s:
• The lawn is not mowed and trimmed and there are bare spots
• The shrubbery and trees are not neatly pruned
• There are children’s toys all over the yard
• The car in the drive is in various stages of being worked on
• The gutters are full
• The exterior is showing signs of needing new paint or cleaning
• There are cobwebs at the front entrance
• The walkways are stained or not clean
• The garage door is up
• The yard is strewn with garden tools, lawnmower etc
• There are no colorful flowers adorning the beds
• The flower beds are not weeded and mulched
• The windows are not clean
• The For Sale sign is old and dirty
• The roof is stained
• The fencing and house needs to be power washed
• The deck is not neat
• The front door is damaged or needs painting
• The door bell is broken
• The screen doors are damaged
• The house numbers are missing
• The gutters and downspouts are damaged
• The siding is damaged from a weed whacker
• The font lights are burned out
Take care of all these items before you list your home For Sale and buyers will want to see what’s inside. A house with curb appeal welcomes the buyer and incites interest.
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