Want to sell your home in this wicked market? You better start with home staging. In this market, you need to do everything you possibly can to give your home an advantage when it comes to selling because of the huge supply of homes on the market.
Home staging the outside of your home increases curb appeal. Here are three easy things you can do to make the outside of your home look better for potential buyers:
1. Drive up to your house to see what prospects see when they drive up to your house. Notice if any paint is peeling or the landscaping looks terrible. Remember, any negative impression they have of the outside of the house is going to make them think the house was not taken care of. Many prospects will drive by your house and look before even calling your agent so make sure they get a good first impression of the outside of your house.
2. Next, step outside your front door and close the door; then stand on the stoop and look around for 5 minutes. While the Realtor fumbles for keys and tries to figure out how to open the door, the clients are standing behind and looking around. So what are they seeing? Dead plants, old Halloween decorations in the middle of January, cobwebs? Again, not a good first impression!
I can not stress enough how important it is that you clean these things up. In fact, in this wicked market I think you should go a step further by applying a fresh coat of paint over the entire outside of your house.
3. Remember the backyard! The backyard is not as big a deal as the front yard but that does not mean you should neglect it! Make sure you keep the grass green and all the weeds out. I also recommend that if you have plants in pots that you buy all new pots. If you have a patio cover make sure it is in good condition and clean.
And the biggest tip of all? Imagine yourself as a potential buyer looking at your property for the very first time. What impressions are you getting? Would YOU buy your house? What would you like to see changed before you put an offer on your house?
And do not worry about spending several thousand dollars to get your house ready to sell ” you will get it all back when your house sells. Proper staging helps you sell your house in a shorter time and at the price you want.
