Spend Less Time on the Market With an Open House and Home Staging Tips

Professional home staging is an established method applied to sell a house here in Dallas, Texas. Home staging benefits include fewer days on the market and higher offers. If your goal is to sell your home quickly, choose a well thought out approach to home staging.

Think of staging your house as creating a "style" for your house the same way a publicist would do for a popular entertainer. Just like creating a style attracts more positive publicity to a public figure, staging makes your house a more desirable listing on the market.

Staging your house to sell shouldn't be thought of as a problem. Instead it can be a fun and creative activity. Together, we'll strive for a high bid for your home. To see fewer weeks on the market in Dallas, Texas, try these house staging tips:

Curb Appeal Checklist

First, look at the outside of your house, better known as your curb appeal. Inspect the exterior of your home from the view of a passerby. What do you notice first? What dollar-earning characteristics seem to fade into the background?Understanding this helps us to decide what we can do to invite buyers from the street and into your home. If your home isn't pretty on the outside with retouched paint and colorful greenery it's time to get those things done. Refer to the Curb Appeal Checklist and boost your house's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Does your house seem to say, "Hello From Your New Welcome Home" to a buyer? Examining your home with a buyer's eye, I'll advise you of arrangements that enhance sales appeal. I'll help you put out of sight anything that gives the illusion of clutter. Surface areas like tables, desks and counters should be free and clear. Knickknacks, sentimental items, family photos, and refrigerator artwork should get moved out of sight. I can help you simplify the decor of house. Unsightly or cluttered spots make your home feel less spacious and buyers have a harder time picturing themselves calling your property "home".

Every area gets a once-over. I'll point out the pieces of furniture that should be rearranged, rooms that need new paint, rugs needing to get changed, fixtures that could use brightening, and any other improvement that can inexpensively be made to positively influence the sale.

Buyers' agents know that their clients want to see a property that charms them. Everything that could be uninviting should get moved out in order for your home to impress buyers during any visit.

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. Dark rooms can really dampen a buyer's spirits, so we'll do things like draw back curtains and reduce shadows where needed to show off your house. Together we'll enhance the mood of the house with enjoyable music to listen to while guests take a walk-through of your home and make sure a pleasing scent circulates from every area. We'll add cozy-looking bedspreads, and pillows on your sofa and bedding. We want buyers to feel like your current house is their future home.