Make Staging a Successful Event

Published by julia | Filed under Buyer / Seller Tips, Market Trends, Pinellas County Homes, Real Estate

Staging a house is the processes of making a home appear beautiful, open, warm, and appealing.  This process is done through the repainting, repairing, and redecorating of a house to fit the needs and the expectations of those who are looking to buy a house.  A professional is most often contacted to help find problem areas in a house.  The same professional can help to correct these problem areas or find people who are better equipped to correct problem areas in a house.  The home owner can also partake in the correction of problems in order to give the house the best chance of selling on the real estate market.

One of the biggest things that professional stagers suggest is to repaint.  This is because fresh paint looks significantly better than old paint.  This suggestion can also mean that a bold paint color should be covered with a more neutral paint pallet.  Dark colors should be replaced with lighter colors, since dark colors tend to close off a room, rather than open it up like light colors do.  Bold and daring colors may look good, but do not necessarily make it easy for an individual to match furniture to.

Updating fittings and fixtures may also be suggested by a professional real estate stager.  Simply changing the handles on a drawer or cabinet can make the piece appear more modern.  This modern look can help to make the home appear to be newer than it actually is or more recently renovated.  This can be a major factor when people look to purchase the home.  While one cannot lie about the age of the home, most people do fail to ask this question and simply notice the appearance of the home.

Cleaning and de-cluttering a home can make a vast difference in the may make a huge difference in the way that potential buyers view the home.  If the home appears dirty, the buyer may assume the home is not properly cared for.  If the home appears cluttered, the potential buyer may assume that there is not enough storage space in the home.

Even hiding dirty laundry in closets can pose problems since people tend to open closets and the hiding of dirty laundry can cause them to speculate about what else may be hidden.  It may be a good idea to hire a professional maid to clean the home before an open house to get the cleanest appearance possible.

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