When it comes to buying a new home, many house hunters think they can look past dated décor, clutter or empty rooms and see “potential” — but they usually just get distracted and think they don't like the home. That’s why many successful new home builders use show homes to sell their communities. Through these professionally designed and accessorized spaces they make it easier for potential buyers to imagine how they could fit their individual lifestyles into the home.
Many smart home sellers have observed that the same principle can apply to them. By engaging professional home stagers and de-cluttering experts, you are often able to realize a quicker sale at top dollar. The reason for this: many real estate shoppers start house hunting with checklist of criteria but end up buying a home because it just feels right.
The main purpose of home staging is to allow potential buyers to walk into a home and immediately experience that intangible “this is home” feeling. Once a potential buyer can imagine themselves in your home, they are often willing to look past some of the criteria they had on their “must have” checklist before they walked in the door. That’s why it so important to pay attention to even the smallest detail when staging a home to sell.
Little things like dirty floors, rooms filled with personal memorabilia, clutter, dripping taps or even household smells, can all make the buyer disengage from the house. This is where the staging company comes in, they handle all the details in order to make your house “show home ready”. Falling in love with your home and the fear of losing it to someone else is what motivates buyers to make an offer on your property.
Another often overlooked aspect of the benefit of home staging is that house hunting often starts online, before a realtor is even contacted. A beautifully staged home that is photographed well will showcase your home to online house hunters and put your home on their \"must see\" list.
Although a worth-while investment, if you can’t afford to hire a professional stager, find out more online or ask your realtor. In fact, many local realtors now work with stagers and offer it as part of their service to you as a seller. Of course, you can also visit any new home display suite to get some great ideas too. In the end, staging will help you sell your home faster and may get you a stronger offer – all making the selling process easy so you can concentrate on buying a new home that “just feels right” for you.
