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5 Easy Steps to Stage Your Home to Sell


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If you plan on selling your home then one term that you should familiarize yourself with is staging. Staging is the task of presenting your home in its best and most appealing light possible for potential buyers. This is one of the most important things that you should do so that you can sell your home easily and for the highest value possible.

Many homeowners may think that staging their home to sell is very difficult or extremely expensive. This is not always the case though as you can accomplish this task easily and with minimal cost if you know the right steps to take. To know more about how you should go about in staging your home to sell, check out the 5 easy steps below that you should follow.

  • Step #1: Cleaning Your Home - The first step that you need to do to properly stage your home is to get it nice and clean. In order for you to get the best results possible, hiring professional cleaners for your house is a really good idea. If you want to save some cash, you can do all of the cleaning yourself but it can take up a lot of time and energy. The important thing that you need to ensure is that your house looks completely clean and just like new so that you can easily impress the potential buyers that will visit your home.
  • Step #2: Fixing Any Problem Areas - After you have cleaned your home, the next step that you should take is to fix everything in your home that needs fixing. If you want to sell your house for the highest value possible then you don't really want any potential visitors to see cracked tiles, broken door handles or any other area of your home which needs repair. Be sure that you make a thorough check of your home and see to it that you fix any problems right away.
  • Step #3: Get Rid of Clutter in Your Home - One of the toughest steps in staging your home is getting rid of the clutter that you can find inside the house. Clutter can come in the form of small items such as memorabilia, toys, items related to our hobbies, and the like. While these may be very personal to you, it doesn't exactly help in selling your home. A well accepted guideline related in staging about clutter is the "50% Rule" which means that you need to minimize the clutter in your home by at least half. This will ensure that your home appears more organized and spacious which will help attract more potential buyers.
  • Step #4: Neutral-ize Your Home - If you are selling your home, it is recommended that you establish a neutral environment which will be more accommodating to the prospective buyers. When buyers go inside a home they are considering, they are usually imagining if they can live in such a house. If you use colors or themes which you love but may not be appealing to the buyers then you would be limiting number of people that would be interested in your home. Making use of neutral colors is a great idea since neutral colors in the home often translates to sales.
  • Step #5: De-personalize Your Home - In connection with the previous step which is making your home more neutral is the last step in staging, which is to de-personalize your home. This is important because you want the potential buyers to connect with your home so that they will feel that they belong in it. It is a good idea to remove personal items in the house which could isolate or turn off certain buyers such as political paraphernalia or religious items. By doing this important last step, you are making sure that your home will be accommodating to every prospective buyer that will pay you a visit.

Written by Zzrad Andonaque, real estate writer and blogger at www.scottmaizlish.com


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