Clutter, Typical? (Perspectives on Real Estate and More from a Home Staging Pro)

 

         So I ran across this article on Yahoo about how clutter dominates the typical American home and I had to share.  I’m not exactly sure why they needed Anthropologists to determine that most of us have clutter.  All anyone has to do is ask any Home Stager or Real Estate Agent. 

Nursery Before

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Nursery After

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         Clutter isn’t necessarily a bad thing.  Sometimes clutter is a room crowded with furniture.  Now and again, it is a collection.  Other times it is an office full of paper, but you know where everything is right?  I know there are people out there with the organizing gene, but for the rest of us we have clutter and you know what, it’s okay.  It is okay that is unless you are selling your house.

 Study BeforeBefore


Study Staged

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         Once you make the decision to put your house on the market, it becomes a commodity.  It is most likely your most costly investment and ignoring clutter could cost you money when you sell.  Would you consider selling your car with discarded paper littering the floors and dry cleaning hanging from the back hook?  Probably not.  Most people know that a clean and uncluttered car will garner a higher price.  Your house is no different.

         If you are living with clutter, the good news is you are pretty typical.  If you are attempting to sell your house with clutter, it’s like throwing money out the window.    

Wishing you a quick sale!

 

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 Kathy Strader, ASP

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Posted by Kathy Strader, ASP on 07/18/2012 05:11 AM   Comments (5)   Seller Tips in the Home Selling Channel   home staging  
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5 Comments on Clutter, Typical? (Perspectives on Real Estate and More from a Home Staging Pro)

JUL
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I just think that people overall have too much stuff, not enough time to enjoy it - or move it - or clean it.
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Kathy - I love these pictures!! I was actually reading an article late last night about de-cluttering and look forward to  facing the challenge.  :-)
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I am one of the rare people who doesn't have a lot of clutter. I go to the mail box and go straight to the trash can while I sort. The kids bring home 100's of drawings, we pick one to go on the frige and either throw the old one away if it isn't THAT special, or we file it in a binder for later memories. Now, my husband is another story. He leaves things everywhere and then can't find them...then I get the "have you seen X,X,X" Argh!
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Lyn, yes many of us have too much stuff.  What do you do when you've inherited so many beautiful things?  It is hard to let any piece of history go!

 

Thank you Brenda!  All this talk of clutter is giving me the itch to clean out my office.  You wouldn't believe!

 

Shannon, I admire and curse you at the same time!

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JUL
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Comparing the sale of a vehicle to a house is a great visual. Good article.

 

 
Gail Bevill, Broker and Owner, Green Apple Real Estate, League C
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