Staging a Home - The Essential First Steps

There's no doubt about it - staging a home can bringYou can start staging your home by hiring a home
more bang for your bucks. Do you know thatstaging expert or by doing-it-yourself. Needless to
investing money in your home before having it listedsay, there are several pros and cons to both choices
in the real estate marketplace can give you a highso the final decision is really up to you - the
return on your investment in a short period of time?homeowner.
Yes, it's true. In fact, according to the 2007While hiring a professional to help you with this task
HomeGain Survey, spending about two hundred tomay take a heavy load off your shoulders, you can
three hundred dollars on a simple clean and de-clutteralso do this yourself. Here's how you do it:
project can increase your property's value by about- Look at your house objectively. This may be quite
$1,500.00. That's a whooping 578% average returna challenge since you've grown accustomed to all
on your investment!your house's flaws and imperfections, but this step
You can also choose to undertake other homewill determine whether or not you'll succeed in this
staging projects such as having your damagedproject so get on with it! Arm yourself with a
floorings and plumbing repaired, updating the look ofchecklist and go through every room as well as
your kitchen and bathrooms, painting your interior andevery nook and cranny of your house to see what
exterior walls, or having your front or back yardsneeds to be improved.
landscaped. Of course, a lot of these projects will- Do some research. Since this may be your first time
depend on your budget. But don't worry, theseto undertake such a project, it may serve you well if
projects are all guaranteed to bring in someyou can go to some open House Inspections in your
impressive returns on your investment.neighborhood. Take note of what your neighbors did
Frankly speaking, there's no other legal way to earnto present their house for sale. Believe me, this
thousands of dollars from such minimal investmentpractice will help you a lot in staging your own home.
than by improving the value of your property. AndJust keep doing this until you're confident enough
the good news is you can easily recoup yourthat you know what works and what doesn't in
investment in just a few weeks!staging a home for sale.
Going Through the Notions of Staging a Home