If your spending is done appropriately by replacing worn out items and making small improvements, you stand a better chance of selling your property quickly, and at a better price.
Here are some basic rules for proper staging of a home:
• The house must be clean. “Sparkling” should be the right word to use for your house. The kind of cleaning that attracts top offers is often achievable and only feasible by employing the services of a cleaning crew. It is even a good investment to have the cleaning team come weekly to inspect, while your home is for sale. Your windows and other places should be professionally cleaned outside and inside also. • Repair or replace. A cracked tile or dripping faucet will send a wrong impression to prospective buyers. Replacing them or getting them fixed before putting your house for sale is mandatory. • Use neutral colors. Neutral colors sell. Conveying an image of neutrality and quality is important. Prospective buyers walk through your home imagining themselves as the owners. Odd or loud colors can turn buyers off. They won’t be able to imagine living with those colors or will envision having to paint as part of moving in. Those sports team colors in the den will have to go! • Depersonalize. Remove most objects that personalize the home to your own memories or tastes, Overt signs of political causes or affiliation are not going to help the sale and might detract. This can affect desire to work with the seller if objectionable to the buyer and subconsciously affect the buyer-seller relationship. There are emotional
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