updating for sale: What areas are most important to stage? #3 Bathrooms - 07/30/11 02:28 AM
If you are selling your Burlington home and have a tight budget for preparing it, where should you spend your staging money?
In part one I discussed Curb Appeal which draws the buyer out of the car and into the house.
In part two I talked about the kitchen. Kitchens hold many of the buyer's 'I wants'.
Now, in part three I want to look at bathrooms. Kitchens and bathrooms are big ticket items that buyers would like to see ready for them.
Today's buyers are looking for:
a home with a powder room. a home with a family bathroom. a home with an … (16 comments)

updating for sale: What areas are the most important to stage? #2 Kitchens - 07/29/11 02:55 AM
Now that your Curb Appeal has drawn the buyer into your Burlington home, you need to keep them loving what they see.
One of the important areas of a home is the kitchen. Today we spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Not only do we prepare meals there, we entertain our guests. Kitchens are now open to the other parts of the home.
Buyers have lists of 'I wants' and the kitchen contains some of them:
granite or granite look counters under mounted sink tile or hardwood flooring island with pendant lights tile or granite back splash stainless appliances … (10 comments)

updating for sale: Updating to Move -in Condition (day 30) - 12/30/10 03:17 AM
  Updating your home can bring you closer to Move -in condition. That's the 'condition' that attracts the most buyers.
Move - in condition means the buyer doesn't have to do anything to the home. It means they can move in on Friday, put their things away over the weekend and go to work settled on Monday.
By updating bathrooms and kitchens, you have taken care of the big ticket areas for the buyer. You can update to different levels according to your budget. Start with paint, taps, hardware. Move it up to cabinets, counter tops, sinks and flooring. Take it … (11 comments)

 
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Staging Professional

Burlington, ON

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Home Staging tips and advice offered to help sellers. Worked in Burlington Ont. and surrounding areas Janice Ankrett helped sellers prepare their homes for sale. Janice worked with real estate agents and owners to help the home sell as quickly as possible for the best possible price.


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