top fixes when selling: Preparing Your Home for Today’s Market: Do's & Don’ts From a Morris County Stager
- 09/29/11 09:58 PM
Preparing Your Home for Today’s Market: Do's & Don’ts From a Morris County Stager Don’t: 1. Not listen to your Realtor, and list your home above fair market value – today’s fair market value, not 6 years ago when homes were selling like hotcakes - face it, those day are over…....for now! 2. Clean your home by cramming all your junk into every conceivable storage space. Buyers look in closets and cabinets – it’s a given! If your closets are crammed with “stuff”, your sending a flag that their “stuff” won’t fit either. 3. Wait until the first open (80 comments)
1. Walk through each room as if you were a buyer. Can you move freely about? If not, open up the space by eliminating excess furniture, creating easy traffic flow throughout your home. When selling - less is always better! 2. If possible, use a short-term rental company and store personal items, excess furniture and personal collections – anything that takes away focus from the home’s architectural features and causes distractions – remember you are selling your home, not your lifestyle. (This will also eliminate stress (77 comments)