and there and lighting them when showing the home will create a calmer atmosphere. Again, be careful to avoid heavy scents that encourage sneezing or instant headaches. Recommended scents are cinnamon, vanilla, pine, and citrus. • Play music. Have you ever taken the time to notice the varying differences in music choices among the stores that you visit? A very low background hum of classical music will add a level of sophistication to your home, releasing extra endorphins within the bodies of your potential buyers, and providing them with a sense of wealth as they stroll through the beautifully-arranged home.
HIRING A PRO VS. DOING IT YOURSELF
What selling a house takes most of from a home owner...is time. Even sellers who engage the services of a professional real estate agent have an enormous amount of work to do to get the home ready to place on the market. The cleaning, landscaping, emptying, repairing, touching up, improving, and maintaining the house in pristine condition is an enormous investment of time and effort, even if commercial concerns are used for part of the painting, cleaning, landscaping, etc. Most likely, the seller has other commitments concurrently with selling a house — like a full-time job, raising a family, and meeting other obligations. To conserve as much time as possible, a seller will want to delegate tasks where practical (i.e., hire a neighborhood teenager to maintain the lawn); thus freeing the seller to focus on other aspects of the move. A professional home stager can be a seller’s lifesaver. Staging experts have expertise, valuable experience (often in your own
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