Staging to Sell

Expert home staging is a tried and true method used to sell a home here in Sherman Oaks. Some positive aspects of home staging include less time on the market and better offers. If your goal is to sell your house quickly, think about a well thought out home staging strategy.

Home staging is part of preparing your home for sale. Staging concentrates energy on your home's presentation to buyers while highlighting the characteristics of your home with strategically placed furniture and pictures so that your home feels more spacious and buyers can picture living in your home.

Preparing your home to sell doesn't have to be another hurdle in getting your house sold. It can actually be a blast. Together, we'll strive for a high bid for your house. Below are a few home staging pointers to get you started:

Curb Appeal Checklist

Start with the outside of your house, or your curb appeal. Take a fresh look at the exterior of your house from the view of a passerby. What jumps out at you? What wonderful features seem to fade into the background?Acknowledging this helps us to choose what steps we can take to attract buyers from the street and into your house. If your home's exterior isn't inviting with retouched paint and blooming garden plants it's time to get those things done. Follow the Curb Appeal Checklist and increase your house's final selling price.

Welcome Home Checklist

Could a buyer see themselves enjoying game night in your living space, reading a good book in your reading nook or getting work done in your home office? I want your house to welcome buyers and give them a sense of contentment. I'll help you accomplish this by recommending small improvements that enhance the features of your home. I'll tell you put in storage anything that gives the illusion of clutter. Surface areas like tables, desks and counters should be clutter-free. Kitschy sculptures, souvenirs, family photos, and kids' artwork should get moved out of sight. I can help you simplify the decor of house. Disheveled or dirty spaces make your home look smaller and buyers have a harder time imagining themselves calling your property "home".

I know instantly what a room's best characteristics are and how to show them off. I'll note the pieces of furniture that should be put in storage, rooms that need a fresh coat of paint, rugs needing to get changed, fixtures that could use brightening, and any other improvement that can inexpensively be made to positively impact the sale.

Buyers like to see a property that invites them inside. Items that could be uninviting should be removed so that your house will garner mass appeal at every showing.

Setting the Stage

In the short time that your house will be on the market, we want to capture buyers' attention. Dark rooms can really dampen a buyer's spirits, so we'll do things like draw back curtains and reduce shadows where needed to invite the buyer inside. Together we'll enhance the mood of the house with enjoyable music to listen to while guests take a walk-through of your home and assure a pleasing scent circulates from every area. We'll include cozy-looking bedspreads, and throw pillows on your chairs and bedding. We want buyers to feel like your current house has the potential to be.