THE INTERNET
It is easy to see a list of what one must do in order to prepare one’s home for sale in today’s market place. Just take a look at any number of real estate oriented websites and the generic list of “home staging tips” generally pops up somewhere.
Then of course you can also choose to bypass the hair dresser and cut your own hair. Look, I found this entire description for self cutting the tresses.
There are two things to be said about cutting your own hair as opposed to staging your own home:
- It will grow back
- Your head is NOT for sale for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Ah, let’s just skip the hair cutting idea and move on.
THE BOOK
Another way to find home staging advice is to purchase a book directed at preparing a house for sale in today’s market. There are many to choose from and some are quite good at giving much needed advice.
Yet, if I were to choose the best engine repair book on the market, there isn’t much way I could accomplish any of the suggested tasks. I simply don’t understand the language or the skills involved. What the heck is a stubby air ratchet or an alternator pulley?
Similarly, if you were to find the best home staging book; would you truly understand the discussion of proportion, scale, and balance? Would you have the skill necessary to highlight the phenomenal portions of the house while continuously directing the eye to the next great feature? Would you understand how to achieve the best overall marketing of the property while still allowing your family members a place to live?
THE TELEVISION
Even the HGTV network and other networks have gotten into the melee of providing information to home owners concerning ways to prepare properties for sale.
Remember that just like much of “reality” TV today, these shows are lacking in depth. When what takes weeks to accomplish is packed into thirty minutes or an hour it is easy to see that something BIG is missing – and it isn’t only Time – it is also Information. What was really happening during all those hours? There is no way to find out. This doesn’t even take into account the twisted sense of reality when the cost of labor is not figured into the final numbers which flash across the screen. Apparently, all those carpenters, plumbers, electricians, laborers and stagers are independently wealthy and have no need to charge for their services. You think?
If you are considering selling your home then you have probably thought of the different ways you can prepare your home for sale. You may have seen some of the internet, book or TV information. It is possible that your real estate agent has given you a generic list of tasks to complete. She may have even walked through the property and given you further suggestions.
THE JOB INTERVIEW
So, now your house is going to have an opportunity for a job interview. Every prospective buyer across the curb and in the door will be conducting the interview. If you are the adventurous type and if the job interview of your dreams would have you sitting in front of the mirror with scissors in hand; if you can read a book and figure out how to repair your car engine and get to the interview on time; if you have a sixth sense for figuring out what really happens behind the cameras then get those scissors out and start cutting.
If, on the other hand, it is important that your house is hired by one of those interviewers this is probably the time to put down those scissors, set aside the book, turn off the TV and call a professional home stager.
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Information provided by Yvonne Root of rooms b.y. root. The team at rooms b.y. root can be found staging homes all over northern central Arizona. Look for them in Prescott, Prescott Valley, Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Chino Valley, Cornville, Dewey-Humboldt, Mayer, Cordes Lakes, Black Canyon City, New River, Anthem and all places between.
Yvonne Root Northern Arizona Home Stager
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Thank you for the tips and good luck with your home staging business.