Stage Your Home for Sale.

As you evaluate each room, think about how buyers are going to feel about what they see. Potential buyers and their agents do not have warm memories and familiarity with your home. They will look at your home with a critical eye.

• Buyers respond emotionally. We want their gut response to be positive and excited.
• Our job is to package your home so that everyone who looks at it will like it.
• A few small clues, such as smudges on the walls, will bring an attitude that your house is not well cared for.
• Once they have spotted a few defects, they are on the lookout for more.
• When a house needs obvious repairs, buyers always assume there are more problems here than meet the eye.
• It is in your best interest to get minor repairs fixed.
• Consider the builder's model - simply and beautifully decorated, and smells nice, too.
• You may look at the leaky faucet and think of a $10 item at Home Depot. The buyer thinks of a $100 plumbing bill.
• Of course there are handy buyers out there who are not afraid of repairs, but they expect to be compensated for this in the price.
• Some clients choose to market their house as a "fixer upper." These houses sell too, but at a lower range.
• Consider having a professional inspection done. The inspector will help find repairs that are not apparent to us. Later, when the buyer gets an inspection, there are fewer surprises.
• Make a complete list of small repairs. We can supply a handyman, if you need one, to fix the items in a few days. It will be more efficient to have them all done at once.
• Consider having a professional stager give you a consultation. See our list: Home Stagers