NH Home Staging Tip - Home Buyers Want Sweet Dreams, Not Nightmares

What a way to market your client's property -- geesh!  When will agents like this one learn that photos are going to be one of the main marketing tools to help sell the house?  It makes you wonder if this one was trying NOT to sell it! 

Not only does the home need to look good but it needs to be represented properly with great photos.

Oh yes some houses are a nightmare and buyers do want a sweet home.  One pet peeve I have in photos...in the bathrooms, the toilet seat is up...and just this morning saw a new listing and yes the toilet seat was up...no big deal for agents to close it before taking photos.

What a great tip Sharon... and I totally agree with you when you say that this is one of the biggest mistakes a seller can make... and what about the agents that posts these things... it's makes me crazy... where are their brokers... Yikes... Great post... Happy Day...

I just sold a house with poor photos. I cannot understand why an agent would not put their best foot forward.

Sharon-Agreed that bad photos are like starting the race with a twenty pound weight on your back. 

Amen Sharon! I discuss MLS photos in every consult I do and explain why they shouldn't have their trash cans out, towels hanging on the stove, valances on the windows, etc. 

Dark, dingy and unprofessional photography without the benefit of clutter free staging is not likely to catch the eye of the potential buyer.

Sharon, bad interior photos, or no interior photos at all, which always tells you to expect a mess! 

When I get a call from a listed potential client I look at photos while we talk and yes it amazing how such a few common sense fixes escape people like the shoes, fridge art and toilet seats, Craazzy...

You're so correct Sharon! The listing pictures are the homes first impression to buyers.  I've seen too many poor quality, bad angles, blurry, dimly lit and unkempt homes in our MLS.