Selling a home is one of the most stressful life events. It doesn’t matter if you’re selling it to move to a better place; it includes many emotions. At the same time, you’re moving out of your home, trying to go to work normally, planning to move to a new place… It’s a lot.
Also, you have to think about all the strangers that will come to your home, walking through it like they’re in a furniture store. You will definitely feel uncomfortable, but the feeling of intrusion is mutual. The trick is, the less the buyer thinks he/she is invading your space and can feel welcome in your home, it’s more likely they will make the big decision.
Of course, you should think about keeping your home clean, putting a jar of cookies on the table and using a nice air freshener. A lot of homeowners do that. What they usually forget is to remove personal items while staging.
Put away these items while staging a home family pictures. The first thing you should move away is family photos. It’s tough for a person to visualise themselves in a home that’s filled with someone else’s memories.
If you live in a small town, there’s always a chance that someone can recognise a person from the photos and get distracted. The distraction can be positive or negative, but still, you don’t need it.
If a buyer recognises your dad as his old mentor, he could feel uncomfortable buying the house. Or worse, you could have a person over who has a grudge with someone from your family. The possibilities for uncomfortable scenarios are endless.
When you’re selling a home, the one thing that matters is to get the best possible price. Your potential buyers don’t want to see your certificates on the wall. They are not interested in your membership at the local Rotary Club or the number of your tennis trophies.
You’re selling your home, which means you have to extract yourself & your family from it as much as possible. It sounds awful, but you have to hide your pet for a while when you’re staging for sale. It’s not just that some people are afraid of dogs, or they don’t like cats.
Many people are allergic to animal hair, and the constant sneezing would definitely affect their buying decision. If you have a cat, you should also take out the kitty litter box. When you box everything we suggested (don’t box your pets), don’t leave the boxes lying around the house. It’s not really attractive to see them lying around.
To handle two blows at the same time – keeping away the boxes & packing up at the same time, think of using moving house storage services. Reach out for some temporary space. Some companies like Big Yellow Self-Storage will pick up your boxed items and deliver them back wherever you want, and you don’t even have to be at the same address.
Hope we helped you with these suggestions! We wish you to sell your property as easy and smoothly as possible but feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
