Holiday Decorating Tips to Sell Your Home
The Christmas season is here, there will be cooking, shopping, parties and lots of family. But many families in Farmville VA, are also buying and selling homes this time of year.
People come from out of town to visit or need to make a quick move over the holiday break, so it's important for homes on the market to be ready to show throughout the holiday season.
Here are a few tips to decorate your home to sell during the holidays.
Curb Appeal: A festive wreath is very inviting to guests. A home beaming with lights can be very attractive to those driving by but they don't look nice during the day. So it's important to find a balance of greenery and lighting.
Suggestions: wreaths, candles in the windows, and potted evergreens.
Appeal to the Senses: During the winter months it's important to keep your home warm and toasty - buyers won't stay to look if they are freezing. Also, open the windows and turn on the interior lights, buyers love light. Last, Christmas is a great time fill your home with holiday scents that appeal to the masses.
Suggestions: Bake cookies before a showing, burn a few holiday scented candles, turn on the Christmas lights, play soft Christmas music and have your agent turn the gas fireplace on for an extra flare.
Deck the Halls: Holiday decorations are a great way to make you home feel warm and inviting. A few well placed items can enhance features of a home but make sure that the decorations are simple and tasteful. Remember you want them to notice your home not the decorations.
Suggestions: Choose a tree that fits your home - if you have tall ceilings and a big room large trees are great but if not don't overcrowd the room. Swags and candles are also great accents.
Hang Your Stockings With Care: Stockings and greenery can be great decorations for your mantels and stair rails but be sure to use caution when hanging them. Nails can leave the wrong impression. Also, people will be moving around the house so keep their safety in mind whiile decorating and don't leave gifts out in the open.
Remember nothing says "home" like the holidays, so embrace the season and start decorating....someone is looking for their next home.
Agents, please feel to share your holiday decorations experiences. What have seen that has impressed or distressed you?
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