Boca Raton Home Staging Questions- Do I Need to Stage My Vacant Home?
This a question I’m asked all the time by sellers, Realtors and investors. All 3 want their property or listings sold, hopefully in a timely manner and as near (or above) the List Price as possible. So as in any other product for sale, knowing your competition and making sure you are as competitive as possible are crucial to the sale.
There are 5 reasons why staging your vacant home can help make your property stand out:
1. We want Buyers to be able to see the possibilities of your space. Rooms that are unusual in their shape or have an indistinct purpose can be distracting. A long and narrow room can cause the Buyer to wonder how they would furnish it. Maybe you have a taste or owner specific room that you built and serves you well but may go unnoticed by a Buyer.
Placing furniture and accessories in these rooms will help the Buyer see the possibilities. They can now focus on seeing the rest of the house.
2. Vacant homes can be cold and lacking in feeling. Have you ever walked into a setting and instantly had a good feeling about it? That’s hard to do if all you see are walls, windows and doors; and you hear the echo of your feet and voice.
While we’d like to think that we make our decisions to buy a 
home based on its proximity to work or schools, or how well the values have held, but you cannot remove “Emotion” from the decision. We want to evoke an emotion or feeling from the Buyer when they see our home.
3. You would think that a vacant room looks larger however it can actually appear smaller.
A Buyer needs to see that their Queen or King-sized bed will fit in the room. Don’t make them wonder where they would place their media center or if their sectional would fit.
4. People and rooms look better when bathed in light. Even though we’re in sunny Florida, we have our cloudy days as well. When an occupied listing is viewed, we ask that the Seller turn on all of their lights.
So many rooms have only 1 ceiling light and that is rarely enough to fill a room with light. If you have no furniture in the key areas, where would you place lamps which enhance the room with a soft warm light.
5. Without furniture and accessories on which to focus, a Buyer’s eyes will wander to the long cable cord hanging out of a wall outlet, or the carpeting that needs to be replaced.
You want a potential buyer to focus on the “liveability” of your property. Having a furnished room is not trying to hide anything. What you’re doing is giving your buyers the chance to fall in love with the property and envisionhow they could live in it.
Ask for a Staging Consultation from your local Professional Home Stager. We offer a free bid to determine just what your property will need.
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