Prepping Your Home for Sale in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Before you put your residence on the market, consider a proven way to sell your house: expert home staging. Some positive aspects of home staging include less time on the market and higher bids. If your goal is to sell your home quickly, think about a well-planned approach to home staging.

Look at staging your home as creating an "image" for your home similar to what a publicist would do for a famous celebrity. Just like creating an image draws more positive publicity to a public figure, staging makes your home look better when it's on the market.

Making ready your property to sell doesn't have to be another hurdle in getting your house sold. At times, it's a fun and inventive activity. Together, we'll work to get an exceptional bid for your property. Begin with these home staging tips and you'll see that your home sits fewer weeks on the market :

Curb Appeal Checklist

Curb appeal is your only chance to create a strong first impression on buyers from a street perspective. The positive and negative features that jump out at buyers form their initial perception of your home and how you perform house's regular maintenance.Acknowledging this assists us in deciding what we can do to attract buyers from the street and into your house. If your house isn't the best it can look on the outside with touched up paint and colorful greenery it's time to get those things done. Refer to the Curb Appeal Checklist and boost your house's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Does your house seem to say, "Hello From Your New Welcome Home" to a buyer? Looking through your property with a buyer's eye, I'll advise you of changes that improve sales appeal. I'll tell you put in storage anything that gives the illusion of clutter. Table and counter tops should be neatly arranged. Knickknacks, souvenirs, family photos, and refrigerator works of art should get stored away too. I can help you simplify the decor of house. Ugly or messy spaces make your home look smaller and buyers have a more difficult time picturing themselves calling your property "home".

Every room gets a once-over. Changes that directly impact your sale price include easy-to-fix items like furniture pieces that should get removed, rooms that need neutral paint, carpet that needs to be steamed, fixtures that need polishing, and windows that need cleaning.

I'll make sure your house has mass appeal and that it's comfortable, steering clear of "offensive" or "personalized" hues on the walls and furniture. And if none of your belongings are there, you can consider temporary furnishings. The goal is for your home to look lived in as opposed to barren.

Setting the Stage

I'll tell you when to show your house, because all of the changes come together to create a picture of what buyers will expect after they close on your house. Dark living areas can be a real mood killer, so we'll do things like part the curtains and add lighting where needed to welcome the buyer. Together we'll enhance the mood of the house with enjoyable music playing lightly and assure a pleasant fragrance circulates throughout your house. We'll include cozy-looking throws, and place pillows on your chairs and bedding. Buyers should feel like your current house has the potential to be.