The Benefits Of Professional Home Staging

If you’re preparing to sell your home, you may have started to go through the process of tidying, decluttering and making modest repairs, but to really make your home stand-out against the competition, have you considered property staging?

What is property staging/styling?

Professional home staging or styling is the process of using a property stylist to stage your property with furniture when preparing for sale. Generally, items are hired for a term of approximately six weeks.

What are the benefits of property staging?

• It creates emotional buyers which in turn drives the price up and helps the home to sell quickly
• It shows space and concept in photography
• A stylist will aim to highlight the best features of the property
• Staging can help distract from some negative features of the property for example; stains or scratches on floor etc.
• Most importantly it helps buyers to fall in love with the property which is exactly what you want!

A huge benefit of property staging is obviously selling the property quickly, and achieving the best possible price at the same time.

Does the property have to be vacant?

No, the property can be partially staged while you still reside at the property.

If the home is vacant, what areas are best to stage?

The rule of thumb when it comes to staging your property is to always stage the living room, dining room, kitchen, main outdoor area and master bedroom.

“Other bedrooms and secondary outdoor areas can then be looked at if your budget allows it”.

What if you just don’t have the cash available?

You don’t have to go with a whole property makeover if the budget just doesn’t allow for it.

So, what are the top tips?

• Let in as much natural light as possible and turn on all of the lights and lamps during open homes. This will make the property feel bigger, fresher and brighter.
• De-personalise your home by taking down all family photos – you don’t want the buyer to feel like they are in someone else’s home, you want them to feel like they are in their home