How To Stage Your Home The Right Way

How To Stage Your Home The Right Way
05-27-08

Selling a home is all about making an impression on buyers. If you want to get the highest price possible for your home it's imperative that you make a very positive impression on potential buyers. Selling a home priced above average market value is more difficult than selling an average or below average priced home. There are simply not as many buyers who can afford an upper end home. Staging has emerged as a popular means of dressing up high end homes in order to make more of an impression on buyers.

If done right, staging a home can dramatically shorten the length of time a home spends on the market. When staging a home you really need to think like one of your potential buyers. That is, you need to determine what prospective buyers want to see and not what you think looks good. Just because something is appealing to you doesn't mean it will also appeal to buyers. Fortunately, most home staging companies offer expert advice included with their different home packages.

Curb appeal is everything and how your home looks on the outside makes a profound difference on the attitude of buyers. If you are selling a high end home, your home absolutely must look perfect on the outside. This means you need to do things like trim the hedges, pick up toys, edge the lawn, wash the driveway, and even powerspray the home itself if need be. Hiring a landscaper before you home goes on the market is really good idea and can easily be worth several times the cost.

Clutter is almost always a turn off to home buyers. Buyers want to be able to enter a home and see the home in its most natural state. Buyers don't want to see your collection of photographs and memorabilia. Again, a professional home staging company can easily help you declutter your home. Different people find different colors appealing but generally neutral colors are much preferred to more bold ones. I recently looked at a home which had dark yellow carpet and orange countertops. Needless to say, I lost my interest in the home fairly quickly.

Neutral colors are important not only because they look pleasing but because they can also make your home look more spacious. The more neutral the colors are the more spacious your home will seem. Buyers also don't want to have to go through the trouble of repainting a home. If your home has utilized neutral colors through out you will have a much greater chance of selling your home.

Mark E. Moebius
Miljonair Homes
Custom home builder St. Louis
3451 St. Albans Rd.
St. Albans, MO 63073
636.300.9000