Selling Your Home Soon?

If so, you have undoubtedly spent sleepless nights wondering how to maximize the sale price of your home. Did I choose the right agent? Is this the best time of year to sell? Should I make minor improvements before I sell? These are all excellent and necessary questions to ask before putting your home on the market. There is also a technique often underutilized that can net big returns at closing: home staging.

What Is Home Staging?

Staging a home is essentially preparing your home to appeal to the highest number of buyers. This can be achieved through various means – from the simple removal of clutter, photos, and excess furniture up to contracting a staging company that will remove all of your belongings and replace with professionally chosen furniture and décor as props that will create a highly desirable setting for potential buyers to view your home, both in person and via online photos (where 90% of homebuyers start a search).

How Much Does It Cost?

Average costs for professional staging are approximately $1800, although the range is anywhere from $1000 to over $6000. Before the sticker shock sets in, know that homes that have been staged spend about 80% less time on the market than their unstaged competition and often receive multiple offers.

Why Have Your Home Staged?

• Even well-decorated houses can benefit from professional staging. Many buyers get fixated on the “stuff” that is inside a house instead of the actual house and its features. Home staging attempts to refocus buyers on the features of the home instead of just the contents.
• Today’s home buyers are much more educated than those of the past. At any given time you can find multiple home remodeling shows on television that instruct consumers on remodeling techniques, décor ideas, and quality of construction to expect. They are not willing to look past minor flaws that might stand out quite a bit if a home is not staged.
• Home staging typically results in a sale price that is 7-10% higher than those homes that are not staged. The investment does pay off.
• A vacant house will actually appear bigger with furniture.

Home Staging Too Expensive?

Try these DIY tips to maximize your sale price even if home staging is not in your budget:

1. Try a fresh coat of neutral paint.
2. Clean, clean, clean AND de-clutter.
3. Depersonalize the space by removing photos and mementos.
4. If it’s broken-fix it! Small fixes of broken handles, drawers, etc. can go a long way.
5. Light it up! Open blinds, curtains, and turn on all lights for showings.
6. Cheap fixes such as a new shower curtain or updated kitchen cabinet hardware can make a big difference.

We Can Help!

Frog Hauling can help the process of staging a home much easier. By having one of our roll-off containers delivered to your home, you instantly have access to a disposal site for all of the clutter, old furniture, and all things unwanted in your home. We will take care of disposing of all of it properly.

The result will be a much cleaner, clutter-free home that will either be ready for the updates you will make on your own or clear the way for a professional staging company to do their thing. Either way, you can expect a higher sale price as a result.

Contact us at (614) 258-3764. Together we can make your home the most desirable home on the block!