Does my home need to be staged before selling?
Does your home need to be staged before selling, is like asking yourself do you want to get the best price for your home and do you want to sell as quickly as possible? In my mind I am convinced that UNLESS you have your home staged before selling, you will not sell quickly or for the best price!!
For occupied homes, with the help of their Realtor, most sellers have to gage their local market and get to know other homes for sale in their neighborhood. Then you can decide depending on your budget how much money you need to put into your home to make it market ready. This does not need to big money invested, start from the outside curb appeal, cleaning gardens, shrubs, topping up with new mulch, to the inside of your home, painting in warm neutral colors, decluttering, repairing any areas of the house that shows damage. Buyers will see any areas that are unkempt as a sign that the home is not well cared for. Images Staged with Flair will address those issues for you.
There is a mix idea of whether a vacant home should be staged before selling. About ten years ago my husband and I were looking for a builder in the Niagara/St.Catharines area to build our home, on a lot we had already purchased. We went to a few model homes that were not staged and were vacant. I could not believe that all we saw was the really bad workmanship of these builders. We could not get past the fact that if we could see these flaws in front of our eyes what was lurking behind the walls that would become problematic after we built? We eventually found our builder that had a model home STAGED, we hired him and voila' we were both sold!! If the home is in pristine condition then I guess you could list vacant, but remember that with STAGING,we are conveying a lifestyle, an emotion, to the potential buyer viewing that home, and sometimes a vacant home can seem cold and vast. Most traffic is received in the first few showings, so you may miss an opportunity ifthe home is not staged before listing.
Hiring a professional staging company like Images Staged with Flair, will cost you money, statistics Home Gain 2009 show that the investment in staging your vacant or occupied home will return back to you in a higher sold price. So if you are a Realtor, Homeowner or even a Home Builder selling a home.... I believe that your home will sell BECAUSE of the staging...... So ask yourself this question.... Can you afford not to STAGE your home!!
Anna Topolinsky
Images Staged with Flair
66 Facer Street
St.Catharines, Ontario
905-980-4962
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