Sell Your Home Fast – Home Staging Tips and
Strategies
Perhaps you are an FSBO selling your own home. Or maybe you have
had your home on the real estate market for a number of months and
need a jump start to help your house quickly sell. Home staging
can help!
Homeowners and real estate agents alike are finding that home staging
services can not only increase the chances of “a fast house
sell.” It can mean spending the least amount of money possible
for quick, home interior decorating efforts. And with the biggest
return on the investment. This is especially true when it comes to
selling a home by yourself. What is Home Staging and Redesign?
Home staging and redesign is the process of preparing a home for
sale using proven techniques; relatively quick and cost-effective
modifications that best appeal to a generic audience in the house
market. Home staging is a highly successful way to promote a quicker
sale at a better price; many times, over and above the asking price.
Some aspects of home staging are universal – regardless of
the area in which you live or the local real estate market. For
instance, Florida home staging and home staging Los Angeles efforts
can both create a clutter free home, improve lighting, and open
windows to fully exploit pleasing outside views with equal success.
While other techniques used by a home staging company may be more
house design or locality specific.
Home Staging Prices
The costs for home staging can vary greatly from one service provider
to another – depending upon home size and extent of home staging
required. The good news, however, is even upper-end staging is relatively
affordable. And certainly more cost-effective, with a higher success
rate, than many other house for sale marketing options.
Expect to invest $200 to $400 for onsite home staging consultation
and other basic services that include room reorganization and decor
re-freshening; up to $5,000 for more extensive staging to dramatically
alter the appearance of rooms, for optimum presentation. This
might include new paint and/or touch ups, new fixtures, new window
treatments, cleaning and/or re-stretching existing carpet, select
pieces of new or rented furniture, complimenting room accessories
and artwork, landscaping, and pressure washing the house exterior.
Both levels of home staging yield remarkable results and can increase
home sale considerably; on average, 3% minimum increase of final
sale price of the home. Most homeowners who enlist the services
of a home staging company realize a minimum return of two times
their investment; often, considerably more.
FSBO Home Staging Tips
The best home staging tip for homeowners who want to increase
their chances of making a quick sale at the highest price possible
is this; make your home clutter free!
That means get rid of unnecessary “stuff” inside the
house and out; children and pet toys, tools, magazines, newspapers,
etc. Kitchen counters should be clear of clutter; rooms should be
neat and orderly.
The second most important home selling tip is to showcase your
home as “generic.” Rooms reflecting family, pet, hobby,
or career interests will not be appealing to as diverse an audience
of home buyers as décor with a more basic feel.
This might include political, hobby/career-related, and religious
preferences in art, room accessories, reading literature on shelves,
etc. You want persons of all tastes and interests to feel comfortable
when they walk into the home, so they can envision themselves living
there.
More Tips
Furniture in larger rooms can be arranged in small, cozy groups.
While smaller rooms can be made to look more open using less furniture
that is scaled down in size; or else strategically placed around
the room with plenty of traffic space between.
Proper lighting removes gloomy shadows and makes a room more cheery;
subdued or mood lighting and scented candles can make a room appear
more relaxing and inviting. And, fresh flowers adds a nice touch
any room décor!
Whether you are interested in learning how to start a home staging
business of your own or would like to find a home staging expert
in your area, HandyCanadian.com is a great place to start.
Persons with their own home staging and redesign business can become
a HandyCanadian.com service provider member and connect with persons
in the market for home staging services.
Persons requiring home selling advice and/or the expertise of a
reliable home staging expert can post their project needs online
– fast, easy, and free! With no obligation whatsoever.
Receive contact from service providers in days, even hours, after
posting! Critique credentials, résumés, references,
and portfolios online before making contact. And connect with only
those service providers desired – or none at all.
To post your home staging project needs online and connect with
a service provider in your area – click
here.
For more information about how to become a HandyCanadian service
provider member – To sign up and post a project, click
here. To search our directory, click
here
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