All you need to know about staging properties to sell on the market
Simple, easy changes that can transform your property to make it more appealing to potential buyers.
- Tidy up the front Garden
- Make sure every room has a clear purpose
- Play to all the senses
- Clear clutter and nick-nacks
- Uses throws and cushions to revive old furnishings
- Add mirrors to reflect light
- Put fresh linen on beds and in bathrooms
- Dress the dining table
- Add life with flowers and plants
- Hide cables and extension leads
- Clean windows
Curb appeal pretty much sells your property in the first instance, this is the first impressions a potential buyer makes when viewing your property. Remove any dead plants, cut the grass and a general Sprouse up just to give that clean, tidy look. Ensuring every room has a clear purpose is a vital part of staging, this will give viewers an idea on how to use that space, for example; ensuring in all bedrooms there are beds, or a dressing table to show that the space is versatile and can be used as a dressing room perhaps. This ties in with clearing clutter and making all rooms seamless, pop things away in the drawers and make the space shine to its true potential.
Playing to the senses is something vital but small. The scent of fresh baking or flowers, lighting to give ambience to a room, maybe a subtle background music such as a radio on, just to give the viewer that real sense of homely comfort.
Cushions and throws are a great way to revive old, dull furnishings. Bright and comforting colours can really add personality to a room and hide any unappealing items of furniture. Mirrors are a great way of reflecting light and making the room look spacious, again another simple but affective measure!
Flowers are key, dress your dining table as if the viewer could imagine sitting here for dinner with the lovely aroma of fresh flowers. Likewise in bedrooms and bathrooms the fresh scent of clean linen, fluffy towels or nice cushions on the bed just give that added little touch.
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