Would you sell your car without taking it to the carwash and giving it a good ‘once over'? Would you leave all your garbage in the glove box? What about all the junk your kids leave in the backseat, the gum wrappers and drink boxes? No? Of course not! Most likely you would take your car to be detailed; scrubbed and polished by professionals. At least, you would do this preparation work yourself before placing an ad to sell your car in the local paper. Why? Well you know why. Because you know that people will pay more money for it if it looks well taken care of.
Then why do you not feel it's important to do the same thing when it comes to selling your home? It's one of the largest investments you will have in your lifetime. Why not make the most of it. Show off its best attributes. Buyers will feel the same way about buying a home. If it looks like it's taken care of chances are it has been. Your home is one of your most valuable assets. It's time to rethink how we prepare our homes for sale.
The price of hiring a professional is reasonable compared to the cost of keeping your home on the market longer. This means more mortgage payments, Agents asking you to drop your price, sometimes by $5000 to $10000 on an average size home, in order for it to sell faster. Home staging is far more cost effective than dropping the price. Most homes can be staged for under 1% of the asking price. Isn't your investment worth that much? You can hire a Professional Home Stager to give you a 2/3 hour consultation for around $250.00 They can advise you on anything from colour choices and furniture placement, to hiring professional repairmen to help you out. Before you call a Real Estate Agent, call a Professional Home Stager first. Don't you owe it to yourself to get the best return on one of your biggest investments?
If you need the advice of a Professional Home Stager, Call Kathryn Somers, Creative Director of STAGE IT FIRST (905) 852-0383 or visit http://www.stageitfirst.ca/ to see how you can transform your home before selling it.
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