The importance of staging can’t be stressed enough. When you’ve decided to place your home on the market, you should focus on ways to improve the chances of your home being sold as quickly as possible. Staging is easily the most important step in the selling process. Unfortunately, the current state of your home probably isn’t anywhere close to staging quality. But you’ll be happy to know that you can reach this goal without investing too much money or time. Here are some tips for getting your home ready to list.
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Place Larger Items in Storage
Space is an important part of any staging strategy. The more room you can make, the more welcoming it will feel. To make your home feel spacious, you might need to place some of your larger items in storage. That extra love seat or second freezer isn’t going to do anything but take up space; as such, you’re much better off placing these items in storage. Keep in mind that if you hire movers to haul these items to storage, you could add $150 to $200 to this cost.
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Get Bulky Items Off of Ground
A great way to make your home feel more open is to get bulky items off the ground. For example, you could hang your TV on the wall instead of leaving it on top of a big stand. While this might sound like an easy process at first, it’s quite involved and requires precise tools. It’s advisable to hire a professional for this part of your staging process. You don’t want to end up damaging your wall or TV by accident. Thankfully, it’s a relatively affordable investment that will pay for itself by making your home more appealing. The national average cost to mount a TV is $100 - $300, but this price fluctuates based on where you live and on the size of your TV.
Depersonalize Your Entire Home
When you first moved into your house, there weren’t any photos or personal mementos to make it feel like a home. After many years, however, the walls of your house were covered in family photos, and each room had a unique touch. When staging your house, you’ll have to undo all of this personalization in order to make the home more appealing to buyers. People want to see a home that appears neutral and warm. A depersonalized home feels more welcoming to people visiting your open house. You can also scour comparable local listings to see how others have staged their homes, and you can get an idea of the average listing price while you’re at it (Asheville homes averaged $347,000 over the last month).
Take Some Tips from a Local Real Estate Agent
Real estate agents aren’t only helpful for finding homes to buy or identifying the best places to sell a home. They’re also experts when it comes to making your home appealing to homebuyers. If you really want to get technical, you could work with a local real estate agent who has hyper-focused expertise in what home buyers look for in your local area. You should consult these local real estate agents when staging your home, as they can tell you what tricks work the best. This can drastically improve your chances of finding a buyer quickly.
A vast majority of homeowners don’t regularly keep their homes in good selling condition. In order to attract more buyers, you’ll have to go through a staging process that gets your property ready for photos. Following these steps will get you much closer to finding a host of potential buyers and finally closing on a deal.
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