Home staging is a great way to help sell your San Mateo Coastal home more quickly because it helps your home become more appealing to a wider range of possible buyers. Your goal is to impress these possible buyers, so you want your home to look neat, well maintained, spacious, and ready to move in.
Below are some of the top mistakes sellers make that you want to avoid when you are preparing your house for the market:
- Don’t be afraid to ask for help. You don’t have to go it alone, get advice from others on what looks neat and organized. Get your realtor’s advice; or if selling on your own, have a trusted third party walk the home with you and point out areas that look cluttered or cramped.
- There is no need to make extensive renovations or replace all the furniture. Keep things simple and your investments small. Updates to paint, replacing light fixtures or changing out pillows or bedcovers can all go a long way to giving your home an updated look without major expense.
- Leave out personal items and knick-knacks. Be sure to remove family photos, school projects and other personal items that might make it hard for a new family to envision themselves living in the space.
- If you need some inspiration, visit a few model homes for sale for ideas on attractive staging ideas for open spaces. Open up heavy curtains with tie backs and make sure that your furniture isn’t in the way of creating bright open spaces. If you need to take some things out, try temporary storage.
- Avoid painting with dark or intense colors. Keep your wall and flooring colors to neutral, adaptable tones. Even if bright or varied color palettes are trendy, they are too much for most prospective buyers.
- Avoid over-staging with accessories. Over the top accessories, including flowers, scents, and home décor items not only make it look like you are trying too hard, they can detract from the real form and functionality of your house.
Keeping it simple is the key to getting results from staging your home. Clean, uncluttered and neutral surroundings show off the possibilities of your home to your potential buyers.
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The hugely popular Annual Citywide Garage Sale is happening again this Saturday, September 24 from 9 am to 2 pm in Half Moon Bay! Last year, over 135 sellers throughout the city participated, so it is sure to be even bigger this year! Half Moon Bay residents can register their sales online for free at http://dpr.csgengr.com/hmbgs/public/.
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