Tips For Staging Your Home to Sell Faster

Homebuyers who are looking for a turn-key home usually do not want a project. Here’s what you can do to appeal to this type of buyer, and stage your home to sell.

• Focus On Key Rooms
  Homebuyers focus on certain areas of your home: living room, kitchen, primary bedroom, and dining room.
  Make sure that you spend your time, energy, and money on these rooms.
• Clean, Clean, Clean
  If you can’t stage every room in your home, you can still clean every room. It’s essential. It signals pride of ownership and that you have cared for the house over the years. Ensure that appliances are spotless and bathrooms sparkle. You will not regret cleaning.
  If you can’t clean it yourself, hire a professional.
• Declutter Your Home
  Decluttering is something that you can do without hiring someone to come in and stage your home for you.
  Removing all the extra “Stuff” gives your home an open, airy feel, making it feel more spacious.
  An overcrowded home is distracting. There is no room for buyers to imagine. Instead of potential, they see restrictions and a shortage of space. Go room by room. Organize your items in piles: get rid of what you don’t need, or use, and put the personal items you want to keep in storage, until you’re ready to move.
• Depersonalize The Space
  While you are decluttering, be sure to remove any personal items from display. Buyers want to picture themselves in the space, and your family portraits can make it hard for them to imagine. Buyers don’t value personal items like photos, artwork and souvenirs, so remove them before selling your home. If you plan on replacing personal items with artwork, make sure the size is suitable for the room. Placing an appropriately sized piece of art in a room offers a wow factor that appeals to potential buyers.
• Add Plants
  Freshen up your space with live, thriving plants. They can do wonders to make your home feel more inviting. Do not crowd any area with plants; have them dispersed throughout the space. A bathroom always looks more inviting with a lush plant on the counter or in a window.
• Give Rooms a Purpose
  Just because you use that spare room as a gym, home office and the guest room does not mean that a potential buyer will see the practicality of it. They want each room to have a single, defined purpose. A bedroom is a bedroom. An office is an office.
  Defining the purpose of each room will maximize the appeal and contribute to that open, clutter-free feel that buyers want. Giving each room a purpose allows buyers to envision how they too can make use of the space. If you can turn an extra bedroom or unused den into an office space, do it. With so many people doing remote or hybrid work, it allows them to see themselves working in that space.
• Fresh Paint
  Did you know that 36 per cent of surveyed home buyers want a fresh coat of paint? This simple and cost-efficient update can go a long way. When you head to the paint store, opt for light, neutral colours. People’s colour preferences vary widely, and bold choices a