| The process of staging your home for sale is | | | | only does this actively get your house in tip top |
| very much like preparing the set of what will be | | | | shape for the market, but you can use the |
| an Award winning movie. You must set the scene | | | | money from the garage sale to buy things for |
| and atmosphere with the props and lighting before | | | | your new home.De-cluttering can pose special |
| you begin filming. When you have attended to the | | | | issues for children. Children may find it difficult to |
| behind the scene details you can then call for | | | | part with toys or clothing. Everything is special |
| Lights, Camera and Action! A properly staged | | | | even if they have not used or worn it in a long |
| home can maximize your selling price and minimize | | | | time. Step 2: De-PersonalizeThis part of prepping |
| time on the market by standing apart from the | | | | your home for sale can turn into a special trip |
| competition. Potential home buyers need to see | | | | down memory lane. All those pictures and |
| your home as a place where they could live. | | | | memorabilia are always in view, but people seldom |
| Home staging facilitates this by creating a mood in | | | | take time to reconnect with their meaning. This is |
| which the buyer can envision living in your space | | | | one of life's opportunities to smell the roses, so |
| by removing clutter, dirt and over-personalization. | | | | go ahead, and take a few moments to enjoy! But |
| Professional home stagers live by the motto of | | | | make sure in the end that you do pack your |
| de-clutter, de-personalize and clean, clean, | | | | personal mementos, family pictures and |
| clean!Home staging taps into the proven | | | | miscellaneous memorabilia. Generally, it's an |
| psychology of selling. Car dealers allow you to | | | | excellent rule of thumb to pack religious items, |
| test drive a car so that you can experience what | | | | knick knacks, and small to medium pictures and |
| it would be like to own and drive the car daily. | | | | items. Larger accessories and art work should be |
| Clothing manufacturers allow you try on clothes | | | | placed to one side for consideration when the |
| so that you can see yourself in the garments. | | | | home is later staged. Remember that you are |
| These experiences create an emotional | | | | showcasing your home as a canvas to which the |
| connection with the product and set the stage for | | | | buyer can insert their own style.Step 3: Clean, |
| a sale. While potential home buyers cannot take | | | | Clean, CleanUnfortunately for most home sellers, |
| your house for a test drive, or try it on (move in | | | | cleanliness is a major factor for buyers since |
| for a day), you can engage their emotions by | | | | other people's dirt registers much higher on their |
| properly staging your home so that they can | | | | ick radar. There's really no way around it, to sell |
| visualize what it would be like to call your house | | | | your home quicker and for the best possible |
| "home".Step 1: De-clutter We never seem to | | | | price, it needs to sparkle. Buyers will pay special |
| realize how much we have accumulated until it is | | | | attention to the kitchen, bathrooms and windows. |
| time to move. The good news about de-cluttering | | | | The following guidelines are recommended to get |
| your home is that you can begin to sort through | | | | your home thoroughly clean.- Start at the top of |
| what you truly need and want to move to your | | | | your home and work down- Clean bedrooms, |
| new location. The bad news is that you have to | | | | studies, and seldom used rooms first, the |
| be the one to sort through it! People that are | | | | bathrooms, kitchen and utility rooms next. Save |
| buying a home are typically looking for more | | | | the porch, garage, shed, and attic for last. - Pull all |
| space. Clutter eats space and can make rooms | | | | furniture and appliances into the middle of the |
| feel cramped and small. Remove excess furniture, | | | | rooms that you can clean behind and underneath - |
| knick knacks and items that are not being used. | | | | Clean each room starting at the top and working |
| Remember to ensure that the cupboards and | | | | down (ceiling, walls, trim and floor)- Do the wet |
| closets only house the essentials. Sort everything | | | | work first - Washing paintwork, windows, |
| into three piles, garbage, good will or garage sale, | | | | laundering and shampooing- Do the dry work next |
| and those items to be packed and stored ready | | | | - dusting, polishing, waxing - Save the vacuuming |
| for the move into your new home. If you're not | | | | until last - this step removes all traces of dust and |
| sure what to pack, ask yourself this simple | | | | debrisOnce your home has been thoroughly |
| question. Am I going to use this in the next 1 -2 | | | | cleaned, set a cleaning schedule that will allow you |
| months? If no, package it up for the move. Not | | | | to maintain the look on an ongoing basis. |