Staged and Restyled Homes Sell Faster
Staging a home has become a key element in preparing a home for sale. A staged home presents potential buyers with a move-in ready look. For the purpose of this Blog, let’s define staging as a marketing technique that transforms the home into one that will appeal to the greatest number of buyers so it will sell quickly. This involves a stager making recommendations on which existing pieces of furniture will be assets and which pieces need to be removed. A stager will also recommend what new items could be added to maximize the home’s potential.
While it may seem like staging your home may add work to the already hectic process of selling a home, staging will visually enhance the space in your home. And, according to the National Association of Realtors, 71 percent of sellers’ agents believe a well staged environment increases the dollar value buyers are willing to offer and for every $100 invested in staging your home, the potential return is $400. That’s a great return!
Here are a few tips we suggest when staging and restyling to prepare your home for sale:
- MANAGE THE CLUTTER – Decluttering is the most important first step you can do to prepare your home for sale. In addition to removing personal items and excess “stuff”, evaluate if you have too much furniture in your home. Homes with the least amount of furniture make the space look bigger.
- FURNITURE PLACEMENT- Group furniture together and away from walls if possible. Create cozy conversational groups and place pieces so that the traffic flow in a room is obvious. This will help your home look more inviting and spacious.
- TRANSFORM THE IRRELEVANT – Do you have a room in your home that only serves as a storage area (junk room)? Repurpose the room to something more meaningful for potential buyers such as a guest room or study. This will help buyers to see the purpose behind every room.
- LIGHTING – Keep it bright. Lighting is very important. Have three types of lighting in staged rooms: ambient (general or overhead lighting), task (under-cabinet or reading lights) and accent (table or wall fixtures). And make sure all burnt out bulbs are replaced.
- PAINT TO FRESHEN – Paint to freshen and make rooms look bigger. Check the paint in your home and freshen it up if needed. To make a room look bigger try painting it the same color as an adjacent room. For example, a small kitchen and dining room with a seamless look will make both rooms feel like a bigger space. Paint large areas a neutral color but feel free to be a bit more daring in small spaces such as a powder room.
- ACCESSORIZE – Accessories can pull a whole room together and make it appear more inviting. Here’s a tip, when it comes to decorating with accessories, grouping objects in odd numbers, preferably three, is often the most appealing to the eye. For maximum effect, accessories should be grouped by color, shape, texture or some other unifying quality. They should be large enough to add balance visual balance to the space. Small accessories tend to look like clutter.
I hope you found these few tips on home staging and restyling useful. There are many more effective tactics to help you sell your home fast and at the best asking price. If you want to learn more about how Ready, Set, Move Group can help, contact us today for a free consultation.