As a seller, your goal will be to secure the best possible price for your home in the least amount of time possible. In many cases, staging is a key factor in achieving that goal. Nailing the staging process can ultimately move your sale into a higher price point by helping buyers envision themselves living in your home from the moment they walk through the door. These are the benefits of home staging.
When hired, a professional stager applies market research to bring out your home’s best features. Whether through decluttering, de-personalizing, cleaning, making repairs, painting or updating your furniture and home décor, staging helps potential buyers envision the lifestyle your home provides and the potential it offers. Having an unbiased third-party to advise you in this process can be invaluable. Think about it this way... if your family has used a room in your home for a certain purpose for years, it would be difficult to envision transforming it to fit a completely different use. However, it’s sometimes as easy as rearranging furniture and bringing in fresh accessories for your prospective buyer pool to relate to your property and make an offer.
Staging an Empty Home
Staging also has the potential to transform an empty house into a home, especially in the case of new construction or a vacant property. By adding furniture and décor to create livable spaces, a stager is able to bring warmth and charm to a space that might otherwise seem cold or unwelcoming.
The cost of staging is often miniscule compared to the increase in your home’s value on the market. If you are thinking of selling a property and are not currently working with an agent, Dickens Mitchener’s team of experienced REALTORS® can make recommendations and share staging contacts if you choose to go that route. Call Catharine Pappas, Dickens Mitchener’s VP of Relocation, at (704) 661-2402 to get started.
