Here is a great opportunity to hear about what you need to do to get your house ready for sale. SIMPLYSTAGING will be presenting the basics of Home Staging at Carillon of Stonegate in Aurora on Saturday, February 25.
Carillon at Stonegate
1300 Mansfield Drive, Aurora
847-984-4890
10:30 a.m – 1:00 p.m.
Getting your home ready for sale? Remember three very important C’s…Clutter Free, Clean, and Color.
Clutter Free: Turn chaos into order and peace. You want prospective buyers to walk into a space and feel good. Go through each room of the house and remove excess items. A crowded room can distract buyers from seeing the space. Replace many small pieces of art with one large piece of art. Leaving space on the wall and floor will show off the architectural features of the home. Don’t stash items in boxes if you don’t plan to move them to your new house. Throw out unused items or donate them for reuse.
Clean: Clean, Clean and then clean again. When you are selling your home make sure it is spotless. Recommend carpets and windows professionally cleaned, however if it is not in the budget do it yourself. You can rent carpet cleaning equipment from your local hardware store. Whether you hire a professional or roll up your sleeves to do it yourself, just get it done. Cleaning and de-cluttering still top the list for the best return on investment for home sellers.
Color: When selling a home, use color to lighten and brighten walls or tone down loud color schemes. A fresh coat of paint is a simple way to update and freshen up a room. Using neutral colors makes it more likely that the buyer’s furniture and décor will work in the house. Beige walls doesn’t have to be boring. You can use artwork, pillows and other decorative items to add color. Keep it simple! You want buyers to walk through the house and start to envision their furnishings in the space.
Remember when you are living in your house it is all about YOU. When you are selling your house it is all about the BUYER.
We are swiftly moving into the holiday season and if you have your home on the market it can be a challenging time. Halloween is just around the corner so should you decorate or not? Adding seasonal decor is absolutely fine while your house is on the market. General rule of thumb is to keep the decorations to a minimum. Remember we want buyers to see the house!
Keep Halloween decorations simple and tasteful. You might want to keep the skeletons and the “keep out” signs in the closet this year. A couple of pumpkins and a nice fall wreath can add warmth of the season and not scare any prospective buyers.
Enjoy the holidays!
Home Buyers only know what they see not what a room is going to be. Bedrooms should be shown as Bedrooms not a place to store the extra toys. Having a playroom is great, but not at the expense of a bedroom. Keep toys to a minimum in children’s rooms or in a space that is identified as a playroom.
Now that Fall is here and Summer flowers are no more, here is a simple Fall decoration you can do with all those empty clay pots. This clay flower pot scarecrow can weather just about anything that Fall throws at it.
The Illinois Assoication of Realtors® Convention and Expo (IAR) begins this week at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. SIMPLYSTAGING will represent the Greater Chicago Chapter of Home Staging Professionals at Booth 104 on Thursday, October 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Take a look at the two MLS pictures below. The picture on the left is the original MLS picture before Staging. The one on the right is the MLS photo after Staging. Which one would you rather go see?
If you are selling your house pay attention to the details and to the photos used to market your home. 97% of home buyers look on the Interent first so make sure the photos of your house make a great first impression.
I LOVE Fall! I love the weather, the trees changing color, the smell in the air. Even doing the Fall cleanup is kind of therapeutic. This year I am starting in the garage. If you think about it, cleaning out the garage helps set the stage for putting away all those things from the patio or backyard. For those of you getting your house ready for sale cleaning out the garage is also a great place to start. It will give you a place to store all those things you will be moving.
Here are a few tips.
When you are getting your house ready for sale it needs to be spotless. If you were selling your car you would have it washed, polished and perhaps even detailed. This is exactly what sellers need to think about when putting there house on the market.
A clean house makes a good first impression. Home buyers want to know that this is a place that is well cared for so they will feel comfortable eating, sleeping and spending time with their family.
A simple and inexpensive way to update your bedrooms when you are getting your house ready for sale is to invest in new bedding. This small change can make a huge difference in how the room looks especially in those tiny little Internet pictures.
Not sure of what to get? Try looking for a ‘bed in a bag’ with all the coordinating pieces. Remember to keep it simple.
Bedroom Before Staging lacks interest
After Staging a more eye catching Room
