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To ensure you sell your home for top dollar you need to maximize its appeal to potential buyers. To simply put your house on the market “naked” would be like creating a dating profile with your most unflattering photos. If you want to attract the best buyers, follow these ten tips for successfully staging your home.
Staging: the activity or practice of styling and furnishing a property for sale in such a way as to enhance its attractiveness to potential buyers.
10. Clean Up
We’re not talking about a regular Sunday clean, we’re talking rubber gloves, scouring pad and bleach clean. That’s right, put a little elbow grease into it!
9. Equality For All
Remove as many personal items as you can (photos, diplomas, etc.) and ensure your decor has a neutral feel and colour scheme. Potential buyers will want to picture themselves in their new home, which is much easier when there’s no footprint from the previous owner. Take away as much personality as possible without making the home uninviting.
8. Minimalist Is Best
The less “stuff” you have, the better your house will show, so try to pare furniture and decor down to the essentials only.
7. It’s What’s On the Outside That Counts
Don’t turn off potential buyers before they’re even in the house, make sure your home is appealing from the moment they pull up to the moment they leave. Whatever you need to do to get the outside of your home looking like a page from Homes & Gardens, do it. Most buyers form opinions within the first 15 seconds of seeing a home, make sure their first opinion of yours is a good one.
6. Add Office Space
If you don’t already have a home office, turn any unused space into an appealing office area as working from home has become a reality for so many.
5. Spruce It Up
In addition to a thorough cleaning, give your home a fresh coat of paint in neutral colours to appeal to the largest amount of potential buyers.
4. Aroma, Aroma, Aroma
A pleasant smell will increase the chances that potential buyers walk away with a good impression of your property. Using fresh flowers not only makes your home smell good but also increases its esthetic value.
3. Present Your Home in the Best Light
Great lighting matters. Ensure your spaces, especially the most attractive, are highlighted by great lighting and lighting accessories such as fashion lamps and accent lighting.
2. Accentuate Selling Features
Perhaps your home has an incredible fireplace or an elegant spiral staircase—whatever the best selling features, make sure they stand out to potential buyers using accents and lighting.
1. Time For a Facelift
When it comes to buying a home, the most important rooms for potential owners are the kitchen and bathroom. Remodelling or renovating these spaces can substantially increase the appeal of your home.