It is easy to be fooled by home staging and this is according to a report that was just out. A term that we are gradually becoming familiar with is home staging. When selling the house, it is the idea that we try to create the best impression of our home. Unlike before, it was just do the dishes and run the vacuum over it but there is a whole set of rules to follow nowadays.
The idea is that a staged home gets sold more quickly because of the fact that it stands out from all the others. It certainly can be carried to extremes with reports of sellers hiring storage units to cart their junk off to. Encouraged to be put into the storage by professional 'home stagers' are larger furniture in order for the house to look bigger and more spacious.
Removing anything personal like photographs is yet another instruction so that the prospective buyer is able to visualize the house as their own. Closets are de-cluttered so that they look more spacious and all bathroom paraphernalia is supposed to be gone from the counter top! Other things that are removed and hidden from sight are garbage bins.
However it has been suggested that home staging can also be deliberately used to hide a multitude of sins!
As much as 82% of buyers are sidetracked from the important issues by a well-staged house and this was suggested by the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents or NAEBA who solely represents buyers in the realty business. This organization also concedes that home staging nets more cash and faster sales - so it works!
Using smaller furniture to make a room look larger, using curtains to hide rotting sills, as well as placing rugs over damaged parts are some examples of the underhand tricks that are used in staging. Another thing that's specified is the practice of putting a cheap paint job so that the defects will be covered. Your Realtor is legally obligated to let you know of any defects, but only if he actually knows about them!
Keep in mind that when the house is sold, the stage is taken away and buyers are urged by the NAEBA to be cautious. The tricks of home staging do not improve the floor plan, or the square footage of the home or the quality of the neighborhood, and these are the qualities that you will be re-selling at a later date.
The idea is that a staged home gets sold more quickly because of the fact that it stands out from all the others. It certainly can be carried to extremes with reports of sellers hiring storage units to cart their junk off to. Encouraged to be put into the storage by professional 'home stagers' are larger furniture in order for the house to look bigger and more spacious.
Removing anything personal like photographs is yet another instruction so that the prospective buyer is able to visualize the house as their own. Closets are de-cluttered so that they look more spacious and all bathroom paraphernalia is supposed to be gone from the counter top! Other things that are removed and hidden from sight are garbage bins.
However it has been suggested that home staging can also be deliberately used to hide a multitude of sins!
As much as 82% of buyers are sidetracked from the important issues by a well-staged house and this was suggested by the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents or NAEBA who solely represents buyers in the realty business. This organization also concedes that home staging nets more cash and faster sales - so it works!
Using smaller furniture to make a room look larger, using curtains to hide rotting sills, as well as placing rugs over damaged parts are some examples of the underhand tricks that are used in staging. Another thing that's specified is the practice of putting a cheap paint job so that the defects will be covered. Your Realtor is legally obligated to let you know of any defects, but only if he actually knows about them!
Keep in mind that when the house is sold, the stage is taken away and buyers are urged by the NAEBA to be cautious. The tricks of home staging do not improve the floor plan, or the square footage of the home or the quality of the neighborhood, and these are the qualities that you will be re-selling at a later date.
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