Home Seller
Have your home STAGED once you list through Michela
“If you’re NOT staging your home, the competition IS!”
Staging is presenting your home in its best and most appealing light to the majority of homebuyers. Staging isn't hard or costly, but in reality, many homeowners find it difficult because it’s often hard to see something objectively when we love it.
Hiring a Staging Professional Realtor is the first step in preparing your home for sale. I will help you see your home through the eyes of a prospective buyer.
Emotions Play Big Role When Homebuyers Consider New Home Purchase
It comes down to this. No matter how sophisticated our technology is, no matter how much we evolve, there are a number of basic needs and wants we all long for as people. Whether they make us feel complete, happy, fulfilled, comfortable, or any other combination of feelings, these emotional drivers often become the foundation for our actions.
Staged homes sell faster and for more money
The housing market is competitive. Homebuyers demand more and home sellers demand top dollar. What a great way to satisfy both demands. By staging your home, you will be able to achieve a balance between a happy seller and a happy buyer.
I have been staging my listings with great success. The goals are always the same — to sell the home as quickly as possible at the highest price the market will bear.
Home Staging Basics
- Make a great first impression.
- Maximize space and eliminate clutter.
- Use light for an open, spacious feeling.
- De-emphasize flaws.
- Make your home appealing to buyers with varied tastes.
- Create warmth.
- Modernize.
Most sellers straighten up their home, clean the carpets, turn all the lights on and hope for the best. Wait until you see how much more you can do to excite and charm prospective buyers.
Many times a buyer sees a listing on the internet and drives by to see if they might be interested in the house. A “drive by” should entice the buyer to venture inside. If they don’t like what they see, they’re on the next house.
Home staging is more about what you should remove more that what you might add. Is home staging expensive? Do I have to buy new furniture? Absolutely not. Everybody has things in their house that can create a clean and welcoming feeling.
Home staging will dress your house for success and emphasize the attributes that appeal to buyers. Like the job applicant who has done her homework, your house will stand far above the competition. Highlight the positives of your home the same way you would promise yourself to an interviewer.
A house that’s property prepared is irresistible to buyers
Rick and Judy pull up to your house that has just gone on the market. A freshly painted mailbox in the front and some blooming annuals make a warm and welcoming entrance. The entry light is shiny and without cobwebs. Windows sparkle. The front door has a fresh coat of stain, paint or lemon oil on it.
“Buyers only know what they see…Not the way it’s going to be!”
The happy couple walks inside. Something smells delicious. The table in the dining room shines with crystal and china set for an intimate and elegant dinner party. The kitchen table is brightly set for a picture perfect meal. The living room ottoman is ready for tea with an interesting book and a basket of fresh fruit. The beds are stacked with pillows, comforters fluffed and sheets folded back like the beds in Macy’s linen department. Fresh cut flowers in vases are placed throughout the house and only a few large well-placed pieces are left in the rooms. The hallways are cleared of family pictures and walls are uncluttered. Everywhere they look says bright comfy and spacious