Clare Freenan, certified home staging & styling professional, offers tips to boost your home sale price
When you put your property on the market to sell it is crucial that it stands out from the crowd so that you can get the highest possible price.
Home staging is preparing your home for sale or rental by making the best of its features and space. Without doubt this will ensure that your property appeals to the greatest number of buyers and sells in the least amount of time. In turn, this will allow you to act quickly on the property you want to buy; particularly essential in the fast moving property market in and around Cambridge.
• Does your house have ‘kerb appeal’? Is the garden tidy and well-kempt? Is any garden furniture that you have well placed so you can convey to potential buyers that you have useable outdoor space?
• Do you think the general appearance and ambience of your house suggests that it is a warm and welcoming home?
• Have you made the best use of all the spaces? Do you perhaps use a room as a study or storage area that should really be a dining room? If so, convert it back to a useable dining room, accessorising either with existing linen and glassware or perhaps choose some new dining room furniture and accessories that you would like to take with you to your next house.
• Would your house benefit from storing some excess furniture or personal items to create more space in the various rooms? You will need to pack up your belongings when you move anyway so this is really just part of the process, but it will really help any potential buyer to see the full potential of each room.
• Maybe you have always thought that the layout of the house would flow better if a certain wall was knocked down or a door was removed but you just haven’t got round to it? If this is the case you could undertake some relatively minor and low-cost building work which would almost certainly help to improve the value of the property.
If you are planning to sell your home and think some of these pointers may apply to you but you would like a second opinion or some help to kick-start the home staging process, please do give me a call for a no obligation chat about how I can help.
Equally if you have had numerous viewings but no offers, perhaps now is the time to seek the advice of a home staging professional who can help to make your property into a desirable home that will fly off the market.
Clare Feenan is a Certified Home Staging & Styling Professional who runs a friendly and affordable property styling company operating in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex.
