Stage Your Home and Sell it Quickly
A property slump is really a drag, especially if you’re attempting to sell your abode. So point your pad to beat out the competition and also draw in more potential buyers. Most buyers have a hard time looking past pink walls and green shag rug, therefore do the legwork for them and present their own”new house” on a silver platter. If done smartly, the money spent staging will be made up tenfold at the home sale — and you also keep all of the hot accessories for yourself later (or unload them on Craigslist).
Below are a few tips I used once staging my San Francisco condo. This device sold within a month and a half to get only below asking price. The specific same (un-staged) unit, located one floor down, never got a offer. So there you have it.
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
1. Clear out it. I mean it, girlfriend, move each and every thing out of your location. That goes for your cherished troll doll set, leopard skin shade, and also the couch your mom claims you were born . As sentimental as these things might appear to you, buyers would like to have the ability to envision themselves in your area; seeing clothes in the cupboard, family photos, and random tchotchkes prevents them from doing this. Then place back in only necessary furniture, bear in mind that you would like the room to search BIG, CLEAN, SPACIOUS, and UNCLUTTERED. This isn’t assumed to be a functional space. Nope. As I did in this dwelling area, you are able to shed the TV, stereo, side tables, and ottomans in case it creates more space.
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
2. Freshen up the design. You may be a diehard Shabby Chic follower, but even Rachel Ashwell would agree that not everybody is. Aim to get a fashion that many buyers would like, even if it is not your cup of tea. Furnishings that seem homey and comforting — yet fresh and contemporary — give an aura that your residence is upgraded and well cared for. Neutrals work best; simply add vibrant touches here and there. For this house office, I used a bright rug to punch in some color and pattern into a otherwise boxy white space. The very clear console stands to get a desk (if purchasers watched my real desk piled with newspapers and dirty coffee mugs, they would run for the hills). Cabinets conceal the cupboard doors and soften the hard walls. Stick-on mirrors from IKEA reflect light and distance.
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
3. Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest one of all? Your room, that’s that. Use mirrors liberally to create your area look bigger, lighter, brighter, and invite sunlight to bounce around the walls. Within this small dining room, the mirror adds color by representing the painting that’s hanging in the living room. What is that for working double duty?
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
4. Don’t overlook the details. Set the table. It is easy to do and makes a large impact. Buyers walk in and instantly feel welcome, like as if they are coming over for supper. Light wash – or non-scented candles, place plush towels and fancy soap in the bathrooms, a breakfast tray on the bed, and a fairly book on the coffee table. If all goes as planned, they’ll want to stay over forever.
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
5. Play texture. Wallpaper, rugs, cushions, baskets, blankets, and other tactile accessories may play up texture in a space. It is an easy way for anybody, my colorblind husband, to add warmth into a darkened room. Try out grass cloth wallpaper on plain walls that require just a little oomph, such as in this master bedroom, in which buyers expect to see a bit more luxury and fashion.
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
6. Bright accessories. I cleared this kitchen counter tops of appliances, spice racks, towels, and cooking utensils and left only a few things: a few cookbooks and a glistening tea kettle. Random? Not whatsoever. The gourmet cookbooks give the impression that this particular kitchen has been built for extreme cooking. It is called”branding” — and it is what advertisers bombard you with daily. You’re advertising your house, so buyers need not understand that your cooking abilities are actually a fire hazard to your kitchen. The cookbooks here state culinary creations could have been whipped up here.
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
7. Small furniture, large area. It is the trick of the trade: downsize your furnishings to upsize the space. Here, I got rid of this king-size bed, two nightstands, a dresser, and a bookcase; can you picture what this room looked like with all that stuff packed in there? I replaced it with a queen-size bed, a mirror, and two miniature lamps positioned on footstools. That’s it. The one thing I regret isn’t ironing these sheets really well; it might have looked so much neater.
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
8. Create vignettes. Set up small scenes that help buyers envision their potential life within this home. For the nursery, I wanted the purchaser to walk in and say,”How lovely, I could see my upcoming baby sitting in that seat nicely reading a book.” But if I can just get my baby to do this…
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
9. Don’t overlook the outdoor places. Those spaces include as much attention for the purchaser as the inside rooms. For this unsightly roof deck, I added cheap bamboo sheeting into the railing, an outdoor carpet, small dining table and bistro chairs, and a few plants. Now the buyers will see that this formerly sterile space as an additional living room. Bonus.
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
10. White is fine. When in doubt, use white at the bathroom. It spells CLEAN, and that’s what buyers want in a toilet. Plus, it matches the bathroom. (Notice the lack of bath rugs, toothbrushes, and blurry bathroom covers).
Eva Stoyanov – Real Estate Broker
11. Decorative hiding. It is what Grandma does: throw a cushion above a wine stain, a rug in which the cat coughed up a hairball, furniture in the front of this crayon mural. It is called decorative hiding. Within this upper-floor condo, I coated the fire escape railings with bamboo sheeting and placed an elegant lemon tree in front of it. It looked so far better and it hid the neighbor’s horrible garden from view. Bear in mind, though, this is only for staging functions; you’ll have to disclose big flaws to the purchaser eventually.
Try out these strategies and let me know how it ends up. Cheers to the future purchase of your house.
Pictures by Eva Stoyanov