Staging Your Atlanta Home to Sell
Posted by on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 at 10:17am.Home staging is an important step in the successful sale of your home. Sprucing up your house inside and out can pay off big dividends in your final sale price. The art of home staging is often best left to Atlanta real estate professionals, but there are a number of steps you can take to get your house market-ready as well. We have four steps to home staging to help you attract buyers and a higher price tag.
• First Impressions Count
Potential buyers form an opinion of your home within 30 seconds, which means curb appeal counts. Lawns should be freshly mowed, flowers tended and walkways swept. Clean your front door and touch up paint if necessary. Invest in a hanging basket or flower pot by your entrance to provide a welcoming touch.
• Make a Grand Entrance
Once Atlanta real estate hunters are wowed with your curb appeal, consider what they see when they walk through your front door. Enticing entryways are bright, airy and clutter-free. Smells also greet home shoppers at the door. Opening windows for about 10 minutes prior to a showing can help your house smell fresh and clean to potential buyers.
• Say Goodbye to Clutter
The 50 percent rule states that you should eliminate at least half of all the clutter in your home. This especially applies to personal items like photos, mementos and souvenirs that may be meaningful to you, but detract from the overall look of the home. Removal of clutter makes your home look larger and makes it easier for prospective buyers to imagine themselves living there.
• Scrub Until it Gleams
Your whole house should be spotless before a showing, but there are a few key areas to focus on. Spend extra time on your kitchen and bathrooms and scrub and vacuum floors daily. Clean windows let in more light, so consider hiring a professional service to make yours shine before you put your house on the market.
The extra effort you spend staging your home will make all the difference in the impression you make to buyers. Homes that are properly staged typically sell faster and for a higher price than the rest of the houses in the neighborhood.
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All your points and detail elaboration are interesting. your post is really worthy to go through it. You have nicely describe about the art of staging your home. Thanks for sharing such valuable tips.
Posted on Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 3:37pm.
"Say Goodbye to Clutter"
So true, I can't count the number of homes dismissed by buyers not because they didn't meet their needs but because the owners had so much clutter you couldn't see past it. That's my least favorite thing to explain to a seller as well, after all it's their stuff and they think it's great!
Posted on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 10:42pm.
I've seen some homes for sale, and the previous tents or owners for the most part do not clean they're home for viewing. For me it is turn off walking into a home that isn't clean.
Posted on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 10:44pm.
Staging your home for sale can be the difference between no sale and the pay day the sellers are looking for. I'm blown away any time i use a staging company to professionally stage a property. Sells it every time.
Posted on Saturday, November 19th, 2011 at 8:46am.
Great blog post Tina. I recently saw house pictures on our local MLS with the TV on in the background. Nice, huh? Keep the good info coming, always a pleasure to read your real estate articles.
Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 at 6:54am.
You are absolutely correct. I have seen houses in North Carolina as well as Georgia that need to be staged better. Sometimes I think the Realtor needs to be realistic with the clients and tell them that by not decluttering the house, changing the paint colors to neutral or manicuring the lawn is keeping them from selling or getting a fair price for their home.
Posted on Friday, November 25th, 2011 at 5:20pm.
Thank you very much Tina for writing this. It is the same way with vehicles. A clean car drives better. With a home that has a well manicured lawn, and an impeccably spotless interior and exterior, the appeal factor soars.
Posted on Friday, November 25th, 2011 at 5:20pm.
Spend the time (elbow grease) on the front end to recover your money on the backend!
Posted on Sunday, November 27th, 2011 at 10:16am.
Thanks for taking time to this great post. This is the best method to impress home buyers. You are absolutely right and I am with you.
Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2011 at 7:21am.
I haven't heard the 50% remove clutter rule, but that will be a value tip I can give my sellers who have their Seattle homes on the market.
Posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 10:35am.
It really is a critical step of preparing a home to sell that many sellers overlook. Buyers have to like what they see when they pull up and stay impressed once the door opens if you want any opportunity to sell in today's market.
Posted on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 at 3:03pm.
I love how you worded your bullet points, definitely emphasizes the points. Great one for my clients in Seattle homes! Thank you!
Posted on Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 7:03am.
One of the things every home seller today has to be conscious of is the presentation. The homes that suffer at the negotiation table are the ones in poor condition.
Posted on Sunday, January 8th, 2012 at 7:12am.
I'll add to the clutter category, pet items (food dishes, toys, etc.). These are often overlooked when picking up clutter, but removing them will make a big difference to prospective buyers both in person and online in the photos of the listing. All excellent points; great article.
Posted on Friday, January 13th, 2012 at 12:45pm.
I agree. I have seen people sell homes that had been on the market for many months, soon after just a little staging.
Posted on Sunday, January 15th, 2012 at 3:32pm.
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"The extra effort you spend staging your home will make all the difference in the impression you make to buyers."
Absolutely true! Giving a best impression to buyers has an extra points.
Posted on Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 5:46am.