Home Improvements to Help Sell Your Home
In our last post, we discussed the importance of aesthetics when it comes to selling your home, and the role professional stagers can play in making your home look good to any potential buyer. Now, we can get into the home and discuss some home improvements you can do yourself to make your home stand out to potential buyers.
One of the first steps in preparing your home for sale is to de-personalize and de-clutter. Remove all personal photos, mementos, toiletries, jewelery and collections. Pack away all knickknacks, extraneous accessories and furniture. Of utmost importance is completely clearing off kitchen counters and putting away all small kitchen appliances. Buyers are not interested in the vendor’s appliances; they are interested in seeing ample counter space and evidence of cleanliness.
Stagers have the know-how to bring function, flow and feeling to the entire living space, giving buyers the opportunity to develop an emotional connection to the house and visualizing themselves living there. You can learn these skills to some degree as well, particularly if you are able to objectify your situation and de-personalize your home.
Attractive curb appeal has the potential to invite buyers in. Along with tidying the yard, putting away tools and equipment and keeping the yard litter free, try to bring zing to the exterior of the house by adding color and light. A few strategies are to:
- Paint the door red!
- Plant colorful flowers in the right sized pots.
- Trim trees, shrubs and hedges.
- Add black or red mulch to gardens.
- Turn a tired deck or patio into an elegant extension of the interior living space; this will make a home stand out from the rest.
There are so many ways to influence a buyer to want to move in, not move on! In this highly competitive marketplace home sellers have to do so much more than just putting the sign on the lawn.
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