Home Staging Tips

Prior to listing your real estate for sale, consider the best way to sell your house: expert home staging. Some positive aspects of home staging include less time on the market and higher offers. If your goal is to sell your house quickly, choose a thoroughly thought out home staging strategy.

Think of staging your home as creating an "image" for your property like a PR firm would do for a popular celebrity. Just like creating an image garners the spotlight to a public figure, staging makes your house a more desirable listing on the market.

Staging your home to sell shouldn't be thought of as an annoying experience. Instead it can be a fun and inventive task. Together, we'll work to get a high offer for your home's sale. So, for fewer days on the market in Santa Rosa, employ these home staging tips:

Curb Appeal Checklist

Curb appeal is your only chance to make a positive impact on buyers before they walk into your house. The good and bad features that jump out at buyers form their initial perception of your home and how you upkeep home's regular maintenance.Knowing this assists us in deciding what actions we can take to draw buyers from the street and into your house. If your home's exterior isn't as neat as possible with touched up paint and blooming greenery we'll need to address those as well. Follow the Curb Appeal Checklist and elevate your house's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Could a buyer picture themselves watching a movie in your living room, reading a good book in your reading nook or hosting a dinner in your dining room? I want your Open House to pleasantly accept buyers and give them a sense of easy living. I'll help you achieve this by suggesting changes that enhance your house's features. I'll advise you put in storage anything that gives the illusion of clutter. Counter tops should be neatly arranged. Kitschy sculptures, sentimental items, family photos, and refrigerator artwork should get stored away too. You need to "de-personalize" the house so buyers can picture it as their new house.

I know instantly what a room's best features are and how to show them off. Enhancements that directly impact your sale price include easy-to-fix items like furniture pieces that should be removed, rooms that need new paint, carpet that needs to be replaced, fixtures that need polishing, and windows that need cleaning.

Working together, we'll make sure your home is neutral and that it's comfortable, steering clear of "offensive" or "too-bright" colors on the walls and furniture. And if you've already moved out, you can try temporary furniture. The goal is for your house to look ready to live in as opposed to abandoned.

Setting the Stage

At your Open House, we want to capture buyers' attention. Brightening up your interior is critical, so we'll do things like part the curtains and add lighting where needed to invite the buyer inside. Together we'll enhance the mood of the house with enjoyable music to listen to while guests enjoy your home and make sure a delightful fragrance circulates throughout your house. We'll include cozy-looking bedspreads, and place pillows on your couch and bed. We want buyers to feel like your current house is their future home.