How To Stage Your House for Sale

Careful home staging is a tried and true method utilized to sell a house here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Some advantages to home staging include less time on the market and higher bids. If you want to sell your house quickly, think about a well thought out approach to home staging.

Home staging is part of preparing your home for sale. Staging centers on on your home's presentation to buyers and buyers' agents while highlighting the characteristics of your home with thoughtfully placed furnishings and artwork so that your home looks as if it's bigger and buyers can imagine their lives in your home.

Staging your house to sell doesn't have to be another hurdle in getting your house sold. At times, it's an eye-opening and creative project. Together, we'll work to get a top dollar offer for your property. Use these home staging tips to get you started:

Curb Appeal Checklist

Curb appeal is your best chance to make a positive impact on buyers before they walk into your home. The good and bad features that jump out at buyers form their initial opinion of your home and how you perform home's regular maintenance.Understanding this assists us in determining what steps we can take to invite buyers from the street and into your home. If your home's exterior isn't as neat as possible with retouched paint and bright greenery it's time to get those things done. Refer to the Curb Appeal Checklist and raise your home's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Does your house seem to say, "This is Your New Home" to a buyer? Examining your property from a buyer's view, I'll recommend fixes that enhance Open House appeal. I'll advise you put in storage items that give the illusion of clutter. Table and counter tops should be neatly arranged. Knickknacks, souvenirs, family photos, and refrigerator drawings should get moved out of sight. I can help you de-clutter your house. Less than inviting or messy places make your home look unkempt and buyers have a harder time seeing themselves living there.

Every area gets a once-over. Areas that directly impact your bottom line include fixable like furniture pieces that should get removed, rooms that need new paint, carpet that needs steaming, fixtures that need shining, and windows that need cleaning.

Working together, we'll make sure your home has mass appeal and that it's inviting, avoiding "offensive" or "too-bright" shades on the walls and furniture. And if none of your belongings are there, you can consider temporary furniture. You want your home to look homey as opposed to barren.

Setting the Stage

I'll tell you when for the Open House, because all of the changes come together to set the stage for what buyers can envision after they close on your house. Dark rooms can be a real mood killer, so we'll do things like draw back curtains and reduce shadows where needed to welcome the buyer. Together we'll enhance the ambiance with enjoyable music to listen to while guests look at your home and make sure a delightful aroma circulates room-to-room. We'll incorporate cozy-looking bedspreads, and throw pillows on your couch and bedding. We want buyers to feel like your house has the potential to be.