Staging to Sell

Professional home staging is a surefire strategy utilized to sell a home here in San Jose, California. Home staging benefits include less time on the market and higher selling prices. If you want to sell your house quickly, choose a thoroughly thought out approach to home staging.

Staging your home in San Jose is all about selling a lifestyle. You want buyers to imagine themselves living and lounging in your house. You want them to see your current house as their next home.

Prepping your property for an Open House doesn't have to be another hurdle in getting your home sold. At times, it's a fun and creative project. Together, we'll work to get a premium bid for your home. Use these home staging tips to get you going:

Curb Appeal Checklist

Start with the outside of your house, better known as your curb appeal. Inspect the outside of your home from a street view. What do you notice first? What great characteristics seem to fade into the background?Acknowledging this assists us in determining what we can do to invite buyers from the street and into your home. If your home's exterior isn't as neat as possible with retouched paint and bright greenery we'll need to tackle those as well. Follow the Curb Appeal Checklist and increase your home's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Does your home seem to say, "This is Your New Home" to a buyer? Looking through your home with a buyer's eye, I'll suggest changes that build up Open House appeal. I'll advise you take away things that give the appearance of clutter. Table and counter tops should be free and clear. Kitschy sculptures, souvenirs, family photos, and play time drawings should get moved out of sight. You need to give mass appeal to the house so buyers can perceive it as their new home.

Every room gets a once-over. Enhancements that directly affect your bottom line include easy-to-fix items like furniture pieces that should get removed, rooms that need neutral paint, carpet that needs changing, fixtures that need shining, and windows that need cleaning.

I'll make sure your home has mass appeal and that it's inviting, staying away from "offensive" or "can't-work-with" colors on the walls and furniture. And if none of your belongings are there, you can think about borrowing furniture. The goal is for your house to look lived in as opposed to uninhabited.

Setting the Stage

During your Open House, we want to capture buyers' attention. Dark living areas can be a real mood killer, so we'll do things like open curtains and create light where needed to show off your property. Together we'll enhance the ambiance with enjoyable music playing softly and make sure a delightful aroma flows from every room. We'll add cozy-looking blankets, and place pillows on your chairs and bed. Buyers should feel like your current home has the potential to be.