Spring – Garage Sale Season

If you are planning to put your house up for sale.  Plan ahead.
A great way to de-clutter is to have a garage sale. De-cluttering
is a very important part of Home Staging.

1.   Organize a Street Sale instead of just a single garage sale.
            Turn it into a neighborhood social event.
            A street sale will attract more customers and make for a fun atmosphere.
2.   For a street sale, distribute the work.  One person can be in charge of making
            the signs. Another for putting up the signs. Another in charge of balloons. Etc.
3.   Have residents park their cars on other streets during the garage sale.  This
            will make for easy parking for customers and more visibility of the street.
4.   Have some neighborhood kids set up a lemonade, coffee and sweets table.
            They can donate the proceeds to a children's charity.  Get the kids involved.
5.   Have neighborhood pre-sale scheduled for a certain time the night before the
            sale.  This is a fun time to catch up with neighbors and get the first chance
            to view and buy each others stuff and discuss any pricing challenges.
6.   Put the signs up the night before, be prepared for early visitors.       
7.   Instead of selling everything separately, consider grouping like things or sets
            together and bundling. 
8.   Instead of throwing out odds, sods, irregular or small items, you can put them
            in a box marked Free.  It might be something someone can use.
9.   Remember to get some change in advance and have bags available.
10. Anything that doesn't sell could be donated to the Salvation Army or a
            church yard sale.  Think recycle before you think land fill.

De-cluttering is a very important part of Home Staging.  Plan ahead.


Lydia Pollard
Owners Pride Home Staging & Design
Serving Mississauga, Oakville, Brampton, Milton & Etobicoke
www.ownerspride.ca
lydia@ownerspride.ca