Staging to Sell

Professional home staging is a proven tactic used to sell a home here in Fresno, California. Some positive aspects of home staging include fewer days on the market and more offers. If your goal is to sell your house quickly, choose a thoroughly thought out approach to home staging.

Look at staging your home as creating a "style" for your property similar to what a PR firm would do for a well-known celebrity. Just like creating a style attracts more popularity for a public figure, staging makes your home more inviting on the market.

Prepping your house to sell doesn't have to be an annoying experience. At times, it's a fun and creative task. Together, we'll work to get a premium offer for your house. Use these home staging tips to get you going:

Curb Appeal Checklist

Start with the exterior of your home, better known as your curb appeal. Inspect the exterior of your home from a quick glance from the street. What jumps out at you? What unique features seem waiting to be noticed?Knowing this helps us to choose what we can do to attract buyers from the street and into your home. If your home's exterior isn't inviting with refreshed paint and colorful garden plants we'll need to address those issues. Follow the Curb Appeal Checklist and increase your home's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Could a buyer see themselves watching a movie in your living space, relaxing in your master bedroom or studying in your home office? I want your home to welcome buyers and give them a sense of ease. I'll help you accomplish this by suggesting changes that enhance your house's features. I'll suggest that you eliminate anything that gives the impression of clutter. Counter tops should be free and clear. Knickknacks, souvenirs, family photos, and kids' works of art should get moved out of sight. You need to "generalize" the home so buyers can picture it as their new home.

I'll review each room of your home. Improvements that directly impact your dollars include fixable like furniture pieces that should get rearranged, rooms that need fresh paint, carpet that needs steaming, fixtures that need polishing, and windows that need cleaning.

I'll ensure your home is neutral and that it's welcoming, steering clear of "offensive" or "can't-work-with" hues on the walls and furniture. And if none of your belongings are there, you can think about renting furnishings. You want your home to look lived in as opposed to vacated.

Setting the Stage

In the short time that your house will be on the market, we're doing well if we're engaging the buyer's senses. Brightening up your interior is of major importance, so we'll do things like open curtains and create light where needed to welcome the buyer. Together we'll enhance the ambiance with enjoyable music to listen to while guests tour your home and assure a delightful fragrance circulates from every area. We'll add cozy-looking throws, and place pillows on your love seat and bed. We want buyers to feel like your current house is their future home.