Studies show that you increase the chances of selling your home by up to 5 percent if you stage it for potential buyers. Even if you are selling your property on your own and working with a very tight budget, you can still stage your property to make it look inviting and interesting for prospective buyers. Here are 5 budget staging tips to get you started.
Repaint with neutral colours.
If your home has rooms with loud or deep, dark colours, consider repainting them over with brighter, more neutral tones. Brighter and more neutral colours are safer compared with louder colours that may be polarising to some buyers.
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Add modern or relative lighting
Use brighter lighting fixtures, light-coloured curtains and open the windows.
All these let more light into the room and give the house and its rooms a bigger, brighter feel. Homes with ample space are always a selling point, especially for those looking for potential family homes.
Remove all personal items.
Neutral accessories make it easier for visitors to see the space as a potential home. You can help this along by removing personal items and mementos such as photos, trophies and the like. You can replace empty frames with generic prints to give living spaces a lived-in but less personal feel.
Empty storage spaces.
Storage rooms, pantries and cabinets should ideally be emptied out. You can leave a few items in there to play the image of functionality, but keep things to a minimum to showcase the amount of storage space that the property has. If you have an empty room, you can move items there and keep that room off-limits for the duration of the open house or just hire some storage space so that you can present the entire home.
Set up the dinner table.
Having a table set up gives the dining room a warm, inviting feel and plays up the idea of how it is to be living in that space. You can even go so far as having cookies baking in the oven for the full effect.
Staging your home for sale need not be a costly project, especially if you are selling a property with little to no problems. A few cosmetic changes and playing up the amount of space by removing clutter and other items can go a long way in creating a home staging that is inviting, effective, and very affordable. Try these tips out and see how your chances of selling your home improvement.
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