Room by Room Home Staging Tips by Estate Agents

Majority of home sellers are reluctant about paying home staging companies to assist them showcase their homes considering such expenses unwanted; hence real estate agents with a flair for interior decoration offer advice to their clients for staging homes without involving professional stagers. These include home improvement suggestions for each room as buyers inspect every nook and corner of the house before reaching a decision.  

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Entrance Way:

After the outside the front door entrance is the one of the most important places you should transform into a warm and welcoming area according to real estate agents.  Do away with all the clutter and family pictures on the table, decorate it with fresh flowers and put a lamp in a strategic location in the entry way to create a look of natural glow when buyers enter the house. 

Living Room:

The living room is one of the most crucial places for all families as they spend most of their time with friends and other family members in this area. Creating a cozy atmosphere which is inviting and relaxing at the same time is an important aspect of staging your living room. Estate agents suggest getting rid of excessive furniture and giving it a floating arrangement instead of pushing the furniture against the walls. Use neutral paints for the room and brighten the room by fresh bright flowers and cushions. If you have a wooden floor replace broken boards and get it polished after a good sanding. In case of tiles replace broken tiles and make sure your floor tiles sparkle.

Dining Room:

Keep your dining room simple and elegant. Make room for moving around and if your dining table is not up to par cover it with a pretty table cloth with a nice floral arrangement in the middle. Put away all your personal items with a beautiful wall painting or decoration item adorning the room.

Bedrooms: 

Declutter your bedroom and organize it by removing all picture frames and other personal belongings. Paint it in a colour which is unisex including the colour of the bed sheets and pillows.  Remove any excessive furniture, paying attention to the bed which is the focal point of a bedroom.

Kitchen:

Being one of the most visited and used area, most home buyers are eager to see the kitchen. A spotless and well organized kitchen with clear counter tops, neat cabinets and drawers, fresh paint and well maintained appliances is essential to impress buyers. Put in a big bowl with bright coloured fresh fruit to complete the look.

Bathrooms:

Start by depresonalising your bathroom and move on to its lighting placement, make sure your bathroom tiles are spick and span without any grime or broken tiles. Same goes for the shower doors, curtains and walls. If your bathroom tiles are old either replace them or have them painted by a professional.  Put neatly folded clean towels in the rack and place a few scented candles on the bathtub to give an appealing look.

By following these simple home staging tips by expert estate agents you can very well stage your own home without having to pay for it. For further information about home staging you it would be a good idea to ask your real estate agent to give suggestions according to your home style and the neighboring homes in your area.

I am a property investor who loves dabbling in home designing to help sellers get a good value for their home. Home staging isn’t difficult and I love watching homes I have advised about staging sell at a good market price within days.

 

Home Staging 101 by Real Estate Agents

Home staging is one of the most highlighted events by real estate agents these days when it comes to attracting buyers. Rapidly gaining popularity among home sellers home staging is the process through which sellers use a number of tactics to transform their home making it appealing to potential buyers. 

Real estate agents are increasingly using home staging techniques to sell homes at a higher market value in a shorter time span. Home staging might sound overwhelming to most home sellers who do not have a clue about setting their home up to enable buyers to visualise themselves living in it comfortably. However, this is not as challenging as it seems. The best real estate agents have a checklist to ensure home staging takes place without any glitches and being a seasoned realtor who has helped organise numerous home stagings I am going to share this checklist with you today.

• Get rid of all the clutter. This is the basic of home staging. Your home should be immaculate and spotless without any clutter lying around the corners. This includes cleaning your counter tops, stowing away all extra items, making sure your table tops, side tables and chairs are not strewn with papers, magazines, bills and discs. Put away your laundry and your garbage bins should also be out of sight. Making your home clutter free includes the outside of your home in addition to the inside area. 

• Remove all personal items. Packing away the family pictures, toys displayed on shelves and even removing tooth brushes, toothpaste, other toiletries from the bathroom is a good way to impersonalise your home. 

• Do not clutter your closets with all your extra items. Remember the buyers will inspect the closets to assess their size; therefore you should remove half the items in your closet to give an impression of spaciousness.

• Invest in a storage unit, putting away all your extra furniture, deco’ and other personal belongings in it to make space in your home.

• Rearrange your furniture and repair all broken knobs, cabinets, windows, doors including all major appliances.

• Mow your lawn, trim the hedges and tidy up your outdoor area placing some colourful potted plants to jazz it up. 

• Hire the services of professional cleaners to give your home a good scrub. This should include the carpets, rugs, curtains, windows, doors, tiles, kitchen counters and pressure washing the exterior of your home.

If your home looks worn, a fresh coat of paint in neutral colours is what you need to freshen it up.

For home sellers, staging their home and removing all their personal items can be a bitter pill to swallow, however this is a good time to impersonalise yourself from a home you will be leaving soon. At this time your real estate agent will be your best support as great real estate agents make the process of staging a breeze for their clients providing ample moral support.