Staging your home to sell in Grant Ranch/Littleton Colorado

Why Stage your home?
Research shows that well staged homes sell approximately 32% faster than non-staged homes. They also sell for 3 to 10% more. Do the math and tell me how many thousands of dollars we are talking. Homes which are properly staged; that are warm, cozy, and romantic sell fastest. As a seller, you may hire a professional home stager or stage your home yourself. Naturally, if you do it yourself, you should have a plan, some guidelines and a checklist to follow.
When staging your home you must think of it as selling a lifestyle.
To sell your home faster, you must sell more than just two bedrooms, two baths and so many square feet with a garage. You must sell a lifestyle:
Where buyers’ imagine themselves raising their families or entertaining their friends.
Where they can relax on the patio or listen to their favorite music.
Where they imagine themselves preparing gourmet meals or taking luxurious baths. Where dreams come true..
During a tough market such as the one we are in now, there are many advantages to you staging your home. Here are a few:
First, many of the people selling are mentally depressed or tired of waiting for a good offer. As time wears on, they become even more distressed. When in this mind set most people are not enthused about having their home look really spiffy, matter of fact many don’t even care after a while. This means that if their home doesn’t look great, but just ok, that you now have an advantage if you are well staged.
Second, banks and lenders are not into staging. It is not their business to stage, they handle money, loans, deposits and wire transfers - not staging. They don’t even have a staging department. Just clean the home and sell it “as is.” That’s their attitude. Thus, less great looking homes on the market.
Third, most sellers do not know the real benefit of having a home well staged. They think that if their home is clean, repaired and looks tidy, thats all that needs to be done, for the agent will handle everything else. What a mistake this is, for the agent is out looking for a buyers and new business, not doing staging their home. Matter of fact, a number of agents are not well read or educated on how to stage a home for maximum effect. The result of all of this is that fewer homes are really prepared and staged well.