Moving? How To Showcase Your Home To Sell Faster

Selling your home fast is all about showcasing your home. If you fail to take time to stage your home and your moving date is approaching, you may face having to cover your current mortgage and your new mortgage at the same time, or even worse you may have to delay your move. Fortunately, there are several different ways that you can prepare your home for showing appointments to ensure that you can highlight the best features of the home. Here are some valuable staging tips to keep in mind to ensure that your home does not sit stale on the market.

Tips on Making Good Impressions with Your Staging

#5: Give Your Home Curb Appeal

While interior staging is important, if you fail to stage your home’s exterior the buyer may not even walk into your home. Prospective buyers make assumptions about the interior of your home based on how the exterior looks. Make sure your home has curb appeal by painting the exterior, touching up the point on shutters, and maintaining your lawn. Sweep the walkways, install hardscaping when applicable, and clean the patio and the entryway.

#4: Light Up Your Entry Way

If you have an entryway where you store backpacks, shoes, keys, mail, and other items, put these eyesores away. You should have an inviting welcome mat, keep the entryway clean, and choose a simple accent piece that will become a focal point. Choosing a brighter light that is more welcoming will also set the mood from the beginning.

#3: Hide the Personal Items

People want to be able to picture themselves living in a home that they are viewing. This can be difficult when you have pictures of the family on the mantel and the wall. You can keep wall art up, but take down any family photos and child’s art. De-personalizing the home will make a huge difference.

#2: Less is More

When it comes to furniture less is more. When there is not much floor space, it makes a room appear smaller. If you have a sofa, a two-seater sofa, and a chair, you can put some of this in storage to make your rooms appear larger. In the dining room, remove extra chairs. Less is more when it comes to staging.

#1: Do Not Forget Last-Minute Details

There are so many small things that you can do that can make a big difference. Breath life into a room with a fresh flower arrangement, keep your home smelling fresh, and even bake cookies about an hour before a showing so that the home feels comfortable.

From curb appeal to highlighting features of a home, staging is imperative if you want to sell quickly. Make sure to keep your home clean, choose bright colors, de-clutter the space, and always de-personalize.