Selling your home? Then you might want to stage it without spending too much to maximize your profits. Lucky for you because you’re in the right place.
Staging your home or simply properly preparing it for resale can play a vital role in having your property sold in no time and at the best possible price. To help you get started, below are some of the best ways to stage your home without spending too much. Some of them are even free! Check them out now.
Declutter.
The basic rule is to clean up and declutter. It would be too difficult and almost impossible to stage a house full of unnecessary things, so start off by deep cleaning your home. During the process, choose things you’d want to keep and get rid of those you can. You can either properly dispose them or donate those that you don’t really use or want.
Pro Tip: Ensure your bathroom and kitchen counter tops are free from clutter as well as from bulky appliances.
Organize.
While on the process of decluttering, be sure to organize things. Properly store away your personal things, make your bed, fix your dressers and drawers, etc. especially during showings and do your best to maintain such. Scrub dirt and grime away from your bathrooms and kitchen surfaces including your tubs and toilets. Windows and floor should be cleaned too.
Pro Tip: Don’t shove stuff into your closet. Instead get some moving boxes and properly store them in your storage room or in the garage. This is because most (if not all) buyers will check on your closets to see if there’s enough storage.
Keep personal items away.
You need to let potential buyers picture themselves living in your home. This would be impossible to do if you have all you personal items on display like framed family photos.
Pro Tip: Clear off notes and photos on your refrigerator or computer desk. The less things around, the better.
Let the light in.
Letting natural light in can make a big difference on how your house will be seen by potential buyers. Keep blinds up and tie up curtains as it can make the space look bigger as well as it can highlight the views outside especially if you have a picturesque view to boast. In the event that the view outside isn’t that ideal, you may opt to hang a simple white linen curtain panels that can obstruct the view while allowing natural light to come in.
Pro Tip: Hang curtains near the ceiling to create an illusion of higher ceilings and bigger rooms.
Paint it off.
While plumbing and electrical should be your top priorities, painting your home is one of the most impactful and cost-effective things that you can do to stage your home. A fresh coat of paint can actually do wonders to your home giving it vibrance and life despite its age.
Pro Tip: Never use loud paint colours as it can immediately put off buyers. Instead choose a neutral color such gray or off white which will allow the buyers to envision the home in a more neutral hue.
Work on small extra things.
When a buyer sees a lot of small things that needs to be fixed like water stain on the ceiling, burnt out light bulbs and cracked window panes, it set off their inner alarms. Often times, those small things start to raise bigger questions that may break the sale. To avoid being in the same situation be sure to do a thorough check and start fixing those that you can.
Pro Tip: Fix all chips and cracks in walls and baseboards. Fix dripping faucets and replace non-working light bulbs.
So there you go! I bet you’ve already got a good place to start with home-staging. Good luck!
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