Friday, July 16, 2010

Common Home Staging Mistakes

Homesellers who are ready to put their home on the market want to do everything they can to make their home stand out from the crowd. In today’s market, staging your home – setting it up to appeal to a wide variety of possible buyers, is more important than ever. You want your home to look neat, well maintained, spacious and ready to move into.

Below are some of the top mistakes sellers make when they are preparing their house for the market:

  • Don't go it alone. Get advice from others on what looks neat and organized. Get your realtor’s advice; or if selling on your own, have a trusted third party walk the home with you and point out areas that look cluttered or cramped.
  • There is no need to make extensive renovations or replace all the furniture. Keep things simple and your investments small. Updates to paint, replacing light fixtures or changing out pillows or bedcovers can all go a long way to giving your home an updated look without major expense.
  • Leave out personal items and knick-knacks. Be sure to remove family photos, school projects and other personal items that might make it hard for a new family to envision themselves living in the space. 
  • If you need some inspiration, visit a few model homes for sale for ideas on attractive staging.nd open spaces. Open up heavy curtains with tie backs and make sure that your furniture isn’t in the way of creating, bright open spaces. If you need to take some things out, try temporary storage.
  • Avoid painting with dark or intense colors. Keep your wall and flooring colors to neutral, adaptable tones. Even if bright or varied color palettes are trendy, they are too much for most prospective buyers..
  • Avoid overstaging with accessories. Over the top accessories, including flowers, scents, and home décor items not only make it look like you are trying too hard, they can detract from the real form and functionality of your house.

Simplicity is the key to correctly staging your home for sale. Clean, uncluttered and neutral surroundings show off the possibilities of your home to your buyers and make your house the number one choice!

 

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1 comment:

  1. Yes you have mentioned right that sometimes home staging mistakes occur.So you have to receive the Home staging Certification course from the best institute otherwise it will ruin your money you have used on that course.

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