Home Staging for the Buyers Eye

Homes using home staging techniques are proven to sell better and faster compared to homes with empty rooms. A bare room feels cold and impersonal. This creates a challenge for any buyer to imagine themselves and their belongings filling the space.

Home staging is a tool homeowners use to highlight the homes features plus display each room at its best. Staging doesnt have to be complicated when you remember the home is being staged for the buyers eye.

The way you live in a home is different than the way you sell the home. Here are some tips to assist you with staging your home.

WHO is the most logical buyer for the type of home youre selling?

Your REALTOR® will have buyer demographics to discuss with you about who the most logical buyer could be for your home. Your selling agent will consider if youre marketing to a first-time buyer or someone who is trading-up to larger home or a family wanting to move closer to specific school district or their work location. As your Realtor, I am pleased to lend my professional staging services when listing a home.

WHAT does this buyer want in a home?

Now that the type of buyer is identified, its time to determine what needs to be done prior to listing the home for sale. Take a survey of each room to access if there are any repair projectsminor or majorthat need taken care of. Give special attention to the things which make a good first impressiongiving the home a thorough cleaning, reducing clutter, sprucing up the landscape, applying a fresh coat of paint, etc.

WHEN is the best time to begin staging your home?

The adage Theres no time like the present applies here. Resist procrastinating when it comes to staging. As soon as you decide to list your home, begin staging and heres why: when you tackle one room or project at a time you will make greater headway. Something a professional stager encourages is to reduce, declutter, and show buyers the ample space available in each room. This takes time.

WHERE should you start?

Discuss with your listing agent where to focus your attention first. Make a plan and work that plan. Having a staging plan aids you in not blowing your budget when doing repairs and home improvements. Your REALTOR® will guide you towards features, finishes, and colors that are in-demand.

WHY should you care about staging your home?

Professional staging creates noticeable differences in how well your home photographs. In todays online world, listing photos or a virtual tour to showcase your home are the two ways many buyers will first view your home. All of your staging preparation pays off when someone stops scrolling through the listings to look at the photos for your home.

More Quick Tips

To make home staging a snap,watch this series of short videosfound on my website. Youll find videos to help you with:

• Neutralizing the interior of your home.
• Quick tips that can be completed in a snap.
• Decluttering your home.
• Kitchen updates on a budget.
• Sprucing up your curb appeal.
• Lighting up your outdoor spaces.

When you decide its time to sell your home,give me a call. Im both a REALTOR® and assist with a professional stager. Together, we will get your home ready to show-off its best features.

Since 2004 Sara Lyn Nguyen continues to bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise about buying and selling real estate around the Houston area to those she serves. Sara is a multi-year award winning REALTOR® and relocation specialist where her clients trust her to have up-to-date information on the real estate market. She has been one of Gary Greenes Multi-Million Dollar Top Producers and was the #2 Top Producing agent in 2020 citywide. When its time to buy, sell, invest, or relocate speak with a trusted professional knowledgeable in thehomes and neighborhoods of Fort Bend/Sugar Land and the surrounding region.