Real estate experts agree that a home is sold faster, easier, and for a higher sale price with careful staging.  Next to a highly effective and knowledgeable real estate agent, one of the best strategies for quickly selling your Denver area home is prepping your house inside and out to appeal to the largest possible audience.  If you’ve ever walked through a model home and dreamed about making it your own, you understand the concept.  Interior designers and home stagers know that the key to making a home as desirable as possible is catering to a large number of buyers’ senses, which helps them to see themselves living in your home. 

Still not sure whether staging your home is necessary?  Consider that many buyers decide whether to buy a house or not based on their first impression - often within the first 15 seconds of walking through the front door.  Follow these tips and tricks when you put your home on the market, and you’ll likely benefit from a higher offer in less time.

1.  Eliminate clutter in every room of the house, including closets and garages.  Buyers want to see a clean house that is open and feels big enough for them and their things. 

2.  Take down family photos and anything that is personalized on the walls, so buyers can see themselves in your home.  Make sure the colors on your walls are not too taste-specific.  You want buyers to feel as though they could live there, not emphasize that someone else already does.

3.   Bring a sense of warmth and comfort to your home by adding strategically placed blankets, pillows, coffee table books and vases around the living areas.

4.  Refinish hardwood floors and replace worn carpets - this eliminates excuses for buyers not to purchase your home because it is already move-in-ready.  Buyers will feel like they will be getting more for their money if updating work is already finished.

5.  Capitalize on natural light by making sure furniture and window coverings don’t block incoming light, and use high wattage bulbs to brighten a room (which makes it appear larger).

6.  Ensure pet odors or cooking smells are not lingering in your home - buyers will be turned off right away.  Open windows for fresh air, utilize air fresheners, and clean carpets and furniture for a fresh look and scent.

For more tips and ideas, read our detailed tips on staging your home, and this helpful article on staging secrets from HGTV.  Then call us!  The Bandy Team is ready, willing, and able to help you sell your Denver home for as much money and in as little time as possible!  And, when you’re ready to purchase your next home, we are your local Denver real estate experts, with experience all across the front range - from Parker’s Stroh Ranch, to Denver’s Washington Park, and all communities in between.

Marianne Bandy
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