Saturday, 9 April 2011

Stage Your Home With These 3 Great Tips

By Rebecca Lane


You may be considering putting your house up for sale but unfortunately, you don't know where to start. Afraid it will take too long to sell, or that you won't get the price you want? You can set the scene for immediate buyer interest in your property or stage you home.

You need to look at the inside and the outside of your home to be really effective. Here are 3 tips to get you started with the inside of your home:

You need to get rid of the clutter. Eliminating the clutter is extremely important. Thinking that you're moving away so you better start packing now is one way to make de-cluttering easier.

You can temporarily rent a small storage locker when you pack up everything you don't need or you can just store the boxes in the garage.

To organize your closets, put pants together, similar colors, skirts, shirts, etc. Why do you need to do this? Because it will make the closets look bigger, really. If the closet is organized, then it will look bigger and you want your closets to appear as spacious as possible.

How about making your home look like a model? As much as possible, you may want to de-personalize so that potential buyers will be able to imagine themselves and their belongings occupying your house. You need to put away everything you don't use or need in order to minimize. As much as possible, clear off kitchen counters, put miscellaneous clutter in a few attractive boxes or baskets and stash the appliances you don't use.

And the biggest tip of all? Imagine yourself as a potential buyer looking at your property for the very first time. What impressions are you getting? If you were the buyer, would you buy your house? What would you like to see changed before you put an offer on your house?

Spending thousands of dollars to get your house ready to sell is what you may have to do but don't worry because you'll get it all back when your house sells. With proper staging, you will be able to sell your house in a shorter time and at the price you want.




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