Platinum Author
Have you been disturbed by the fact that even after putting up a 'for sale' board and advertising it in various media, you have hardly got any favourable responses? Maybe it's time you make a few changes to both your homes and the ads.
The first impression is always the best impression. The outside look is what will impress or discourage the prospective buyer. No points for guessing, therefore, that you have to work maximum on the outside. Clean it up using the services of a few people. Apply a fresh coat of paint. Tend to the garden and make sure the plants are watered, fresh and tidy.
The colour, greenness, uncluttered look and the neat driveway add points to the statement your house is making. The buyer may decide to move around outside the house a bit before he decides to examine the inside. He will check the surroundings, see if there are water taps outside, inspect whether he can have a garden of his own and will also check to see how much shade or sunlight the garden gets.
However, understand that this is just the beginning. Increasing the outside appeal does not seal the deal for you. You have to clean up the inside. If you have already shifted out of the house, then it is easy to clean it up. If you are planning to sell a furnished house, then it is important to make the furniture appealing too.
Polish the wooden furniture and replace the broken ones. Change the curtains and linen. When there is a potential buyer visiting, make sure the washrooms and kitchens are sprayed with disinfectants and pest control measures should be taken.
You can either do the work yourselves or you can hire a home staging service provider. At negotiable rates, they will do a good job of sprucing up your home to appeal to any buyer. Home stagers are usually experienced in decorating all types of homes. So, it is easy for them to identify which areas of your home need work and which places need to be enhanced.
This means that they will try to minimise the disadvantages while highlighting the advantages of your home. Instead of making it look like a house, the homeliness factor will be brought out by the home staging providers. Home staging also includes painting and they will decide colours which will look good on your home and which would have a general appeal.
Do not attempt to decorate the house with unwanted paraphernalia. Try and especially avoid wall decorations and hangings. A family moving in to a new house will their own ideas about what should be on the wall and what should not. Allow them to feel they are moving into their own house and not someone else's.
Home staging allows you to actually show the space available inside the home without making it look empty and deserted. The prospective buyer should be able to picturize his family in the house. The home should be ready for a family.
