Home Staging Basics
September 20, 2008
The new trend in Tulsa home sales is Home Staging, which is an awesome way in which to entice homebuyers and help real estates make a sale quickly. The answer to what home staging is and how it works are listed below. Just by using these easy tips, you will be able to sell your home faster and have satisfied homebuyers.
The number one reason home staging is so appealing is that you will be using techniques that will in fact make your property more attractive to home buyers. Begin with the first thing potential buyers will see when they drive up – the outside of the home and the property. Make it look attractive.
A list of what you should look at and improve on the exterior of your home and property include:
- Trim foliage
- Lay new sod if needed
- Paint the gutter
- Clean the gutters
- Remove clutter from the patios
- Paint the exterior of the home if needed
- Clean the exterior of the windows
- Clean window frames
- Weed the garden area
- Be sure all weed are gone from walkways
- Do not leave dead or dying hanging plants in plain view
- Wash the bricks if needed (in some cases, you might find moss or even mold growing on the exterior of your home)
- Clean the driveway – remove oil stains
- Change burned out light bulbs
Walk out in the street. Is the outside of your home more appealing? Does it look nice day and night? If not, notice what things stand out that make your home unappealing.
Now, on to the interior of your home. As you walk through the front door, look around as if this is the first time you have seen the home. You have to put yourself in the shoes of the homebuyer.
Things you should look at and improve or repair on the interior of your home include:
- Move furniture to be inviting – open feeling
- Paint areas that need painting – preferably neutral colors
- Remove all clutter from tables, bookshelves, and even in your cabinets – Women love to look in cabinets to see how much room is in there
- Check baseboards for chipped paint
- Check doorframes and trim for scuffs – Old English is a big help here
- Change light bulbs if necessary
If you are not sure how to make your home appealing there is a wonderful way to learn these tricks and tips. Many homebuilders use home staging for their model homes. Visit a few to get ideas of how you want your home to look. You will see that the exterior is clean and debris free and the interior will be open without clutter.
These little tips will allow homebuyers to envision their furniture in your home instead of seeing the lived in look.
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You know it has been an interesting year. So, any sellers were spoiled by the hot market that lasted almost 8 years if you think about it. Which is long enough for a large percentage of the population to have never known how a buyers market works. I mean homes that had no business being purchased were selling at or above the listing price in under a month. Well now we are in a buyers market and most sellers do not understand that they really do have to stage their home if they want it to sell. If sellers listen to the above suggestions you made they can still command top of the market prices. In fact I am only seeing two kinds of buyers those that are only looking for a bargain and so are chasing foreclosures and those that want a home they can move into without lifting a finger. I really do not see to many in between. So, in the end I guess I am saying that if a seller does not stage their home they better be willing to sell it at the same price foreclosures are going for. If not then they shouldn’t bother listing it in the first place.
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