Toronto Real Estate with Mulholland | Ross

Appealing to a Home Buyer’s Senses

We are always asked ‘is it worth it to stage and/or paint and clean before listing my house?’

While it might seem logical that buyers would generally see all the great things in your home regardless of paint and organizing,  the reality is that many home and condo buyers cannot see past paint colours or wall paper designs. Yes, it’s true that most buyers will repaint the home once they take possession but that doesn’t mean that you should assume they can envision your living room without the dark green border trim or chipped corners and baseboards.

The same goes for your puffy balloon window treatments and piled high furnace room. While we know it doesn’t take much money to take down dated accessories the buyers have difficulty seeing through this stuff.  It doesn’t have to be too stressful…

Clean lines around windows and a tidy furnace room with a freshly painted floor helps the buyer realize that your home does not need loads of upgrades or endless renovations.

Before and After Powder Room

We tell our sellers ”how we live and how we sell our homes are two very different things”.

The Reality is Staging Does Work. And if your a home buyer, ’seeing past the paint will always help you find the best deal’. Read more about Eli and Enis who found the perfect ‘un-staged’ home and turned it into a show piece!

Homes that show well simply sell for more money.  I can’t say any more about this because it’s just the way it is.

Don’t panic or get overwhelmed – just be sure to call us before you start hiring stagers and spending money. Staging and preparing a home for the market does not have to cost much money.  In fact, we find most of our Sellers already have most of the elements to properly prepare their home – they just need a little help and our ideas and expertise.

We also have access to painters, handymen and cleaning personal, if required, to make your entire process a little easier to manage.

Do you have a home staging story you’d like to share?  Leave a comment or ask a questions.

If you enjoyed reading this article why not subscribe to be notified of the next one?

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 8th, 2010 at 3:17 am and is filed under SELLING INFORMATION. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply