I took a client to see a beautiful home that was priced at right around $700,000. The house had a great layout and was beautifully landscaped and decorated. The buyer was not interested.
What was the problem? The buyer couldn’t see the house because there was too much stuff in the way. Granted there may have been other factors, but the buyer repeatedly mentioned how distracting all the “stuff” was and that it made the house feel small.
I am not talking about a bunch of junk piled up, that is a whole other blog post, I am talking about tchotchkes, plates hanging on the wall, statues, every inch of the house was covered. I am sure the home owner loved this stuff and enjoyed living with it, and it was actually very pretty, but there was so much that it detracted from the buyers view of the home.
So, I have a word of advice for buyers and sellers.
Buyers: remember you are not buying the stuff in the house, so try to focus on room sizes and layout, not how much you love that cool painting over the fireplace.
Sellers: You want buyers to notice the fireplace, not the cool painting over it. The best idea is to have a stager come in and stage your home using your current items. You must be willing to pack some stuff away. If you are serious about selling, you need to take the way your home looks to a buyer seriously.
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