Most Popular Home-Staging Suggestions
In a slow market, it's particularly important to get a house ready to sell quickly.
Here are some of my most frequently made suggestions:
- Fix any visible problems that might be a red flag for potential buyers, including repainting walls.
- Cover damaged kitchen or bathroom floors with inexpensive peel-and-stick vinyl floor tiles - if a more expensive change seems out of the question.
- Repaint public rooms that will garner a lot of a buyer's attention, including the kitchen, dining room, and living room.
- Clean up the exterior of the house, add potted plants, repair damaged walkways, and put a fresh coat of paint on the front door.
- Rent a storage unit and get rid of about half the furniture and most of the personal items in your home.
- When showing the property, turn on every light in the house and tune radios on each floor to the same classical music station.
- Suggest that the owners refrain from doing much cooking (baking sweets is a good idea, however) and put good-smelling soaps in all the bathrooms.
About the author:
Cheryl Bowers is a Chicagoland Area Residential Real Estate Expert, who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Plainfield, Naperville, Aurora Illinois or any place in the country. Cheryl has created a team of professionals throughout the Chicago suburbs to ensure that you enjoy a smooth transition to your new area. Please visit http://www.cherylbowers.com/ for your real estate needs. Please give me a call if you have questions about the Plainfield, Naperville, and Aurora real estate market.
Cheryl Bowers, REALTOR® (630) 712-1921
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