Wow! What a great home!

Increase the Wow-factor

If buyers say that as they enter your home, selling it will be much easier. But how do you increase the wow-factor in your home? For show homes, developers spend thousands of dollars on painting, decorating and furnishings to attract buyers. You can apply the same expertise used to set up a show home to get your home ready to sell. It is called "home staging" and home staging professionals are gaining popularity across North America.

REALTORS® regularly advise their clients to clear away clutter, clean everything to a sparkling shine and do some paint touch-ups when preparing their homes to sell. Home stagers go even further in advising you on how to display your home in its best possible light. Supporters claim it sells homes quicker and at higher prices than homes that are not staged.

Some of the steps professional home stagers will take include:

Depersonalizing your home: Buyers want to picture themselves living in your home. Home stagers will remove your family photos and personal knick knacks.
Re-organising your furnishings: Your home is set up to serve your needs and taste. But your arrangements may not be ideal for the home from a decorating perspective. A professional home stager has the expertise to arrange your furniture to help sell your home.
Eliminating clutter: Too much stuff in a room makes it look small. Buyers want to feel that the rooms in 'their' home will be spacious and welcoming.
Decorating and accessorizing: Home stagers may advise you on redecorating some of the rooms in your home. Paint is not expensive and the impact of a fresh coat of paint in just the right colour cannot be ignored. Your home stager may also recommend accessories such as throw cushions, window treatments or lighting to help pull a room together.

Talk to your REALTOR® about professional home stagers in your area. The cost of hiring a professional home stager varies with the person and the number of services they will provide. You may want to hire a home stager merely to look at your home and offer some tips. Or, you may want to hire someone to oversee the entire project from planning to shopping to implementation.

If your home staging is effective, the costs involved will be more than offset by the increased selling price of your home and the relief of selling your home quickly.

Source: REBGV

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Wow! What a great home!

Increase the Wow-factor