How to Stage a Home for Immediate Sale

Staging, like the term in theater, involves setting the scene of a home. When you stage a home the goal is to make it look livable. It’s important for the seller to paint the picture of where the buyer can place his or her furniture. Staging is a selling tool, and it’s an art. It takes an eye for homes to be able to recognize how the floor planner intended the home to look. Good staging shows off the principles of design and makes a home look more presentable. Here are some tips to help.

Where to Start

The first thing you want to take care of are minor repairs. Begin with the kitchen, then work your way through the master bedroom and the bathrooms. Declutter the space as best you can, which is an extremely important step to complete. Sort everything using boxes and trash bags, then sell or give away everything you don’t need. This process is time-intensive, and can be emotional for some people. In the end, it’s best to ditch the clutter and sell the home. Consider swapping out your curtains for ones that are brighter, especially during summer. Apply a fresh coat of paint to the spots on your walls that need it, or re-stain a cabinet to get the colors right. These are all things you can do yourself, so try to attack the problems that cost you the least amount of money to fix.

Adding More Life

It’s important for you and your agent to be on the same page as far as how to market the property. Walk through the home and assess the strengths that potential buyers will see. In essence, try to fall in love with your home all over again and use those feelings to help stage it. Arrange for plenty of sitting space, replace light bulbs in the home and open up the windows so everything is brighter.

Final Thoughts

Life doesn’t stop while you try and sell your home. You still have to manage the rest of your personal life in addition to managing the sale. An agent will help handle the day to day marketing, but the closer you can get to staging a home for sale the faster you can expect it to sell. Just like the buyer must seek pre-qualification to remain competitive in the buying process, it’s up to the seller to be efficient in the sales process as well.

Bio: Realty ONE Group is a results oriented brokerage firm serving the Nevada area. To learn more about how technology helps sell homes, connect with Kuba Jewgieniew and his team at Realty ONE Group.