Whether it has been a long time since you bought a home or it’s your first time - here’s a good refresher about the process. It is a huge undertaking to buy a home & your chosen team of professionals should make it as stress-free as possible.
prepping your house to sell - staging
staging your home to sell on a small budget
consider these steps when you look to sell your home:
remove clutter & personal items - you want buyers to imagine their lives in the space, so make that easier for them to do.
do a deep clean of your home. it is truly surprising what a good cleaning can accomplish. throw on a playlist and some gloves and get to work cleaning. your home will show so much better without a layer of dust.
sell some of your items filling up your home that overcrowd and you no longer use. places like facebook marketplace and craigslist for household items and furniture. clothing can be sold on places like thredup and poshmark.
rather than spending money on a storage unit, items and boxes can be neatly moved and organized into your garage while your home is marketed and sold. buyers do not tend to be detracted from the home when the garage is used as a moving and staging area.
orient the furniture you have to make your home look spacious and walkable. if furniture is too big for the space, consider letting go of those items. the more open the pathway, the better.
consider spending money on a fresh coat of paint in a color that has mass appeal. some ideas for colors are sherwin williams colors: agreeable gray, repose gray, useful gray and gracious greige. that way the buyers can imagine their personal spin on the place without too many distracting decorating choices and funky colors.