What If You Can't Afford to Update Your Home to Sell? Home Stager Minneapolis

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Home Point Real Estate DRE # 01492725

Just another great post by Shar showing what good staging can do.  It makes me want to buy a home and it should make you do the same thing.  

Original content by Shar Sitter

What If You Can't Afford to Update Your Home to Sell?

Realtor's and Home Stagers alike will tell you to update your home whenever possible, especially in the key areas like the kitchen and bathrooms.

But what if you just can't do it? 

My recent client lived in her home 45 years and had done nothing to it. She had moved to a Senior Living Complex and needed to sell her home but had very limited resources to do any updates. 

So what should you do??

First, bring in a professional Home Stager and an Experienced Realtor to help you determine what is the best use of your funds. 

Prioritize that list, do what you can but all in all make is sizzle and make it appeal to the buyer!

In this home, the buyer was most likely going to be a first time homeowner thus someone young. If you can't do much....make the retro look hip and cool!

This 1950s rambler was tired. Very, very tired. Very few actual updates were done but they knew they needed to LET IT SING!!

Old brick, old paneling, old drapes.


LR Before


LR Before


So??


LR After

 

LR After

 

Old cabinets, yellow counter tops, old paneling.

Kitchen Before


DR before


So??

 

Kitchen after

 

DR after

 

Remember these built-in planter boxes that were sooooo cool in their day? Fake greenery stuck in there is not going to cut it for a young buyer.

 

fireplace before

 

fireplace box before

 

But hey...hip cool twigs will!! 


Fireplace after

 

fireplace after

 

Use your limited budget wisely. Do what you can but most of all..... Make Your House Sizzle, Pop and Sing!

Sounds like a group from the 50's! Perfect. 

 

Make Your House Show At It's Full Potential no matter how many updates you can afford!

 

 Originally Posted in: Rooms With Style Blog. 

Premier Home Staging and Redesign Firm Serving the Entire Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN Area

   

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Shar Sitter

Website: http://roomswithstyle.com/

Portfolio:  Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis, MN

Email: Shar@roomswithstyle.com

Although each house is unique there is one common goal...using our expertise to get your home sold as quickly as possible.

 

 

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Comments (3)

Doug Bullwinkel
Envoy Mortgage,NMLS ID 6666 - Roseville, CA
Mortgage Loan Originator NMLS #281609

I think that having a shortage of up front money to do a proper staging may be a more common problem than people realize.  Thanks for the repost Gene.

Jul 28, 2012 05:33 PM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thank you Gene for the reblog. BTW this house sold in 11 days with multiple offers!

Jul 30, 2012 12:28 PM
Charles Stallions
Charles Stallions Real Estate Services - Pensacola, FL
800-309-3414 - Pensacola, Pace or Gulf Breeze, Fl.

Home staging hasn't caught on here but I wished it would. I think the builders do real well with it.

Aug 01, 2012 10:55 AM

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