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| Sensational Home Staging - What You CAN'T See |
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But sight is just one of the five (or six) senses at play here. Let's not neglect sound, touch, smell, taste and that elusive sixth sense. Sound - Road noise? Eerie silence? Both can be a distraction. Playing appropriate music during showings and open houses can help. Need ideas? Visit a Pottery Barn and view their compilation CD's. Jazz and classical are good contenders as well. Base your selection on your target buyers' demographic. Be sure to play it at a background noise level. After all, there is no need to rock the house, just sell it! Touch/Feel - Is the home too cold? Too warm? Either way the buyer will feel a negative sense about the home and not want to stay long. Keep the home at a comfortable temperature at all times. Resist the temptation to set your programmable thermostat to save on heating or cooling costs. Home showings can happen at any time! Smell - If you can smell it, you can't sell it. Be sure that animal smells do not exist. As an owner you will not smell your pet the same way tht visitors to your home will. Be sure there are no animal smells. Same goes for smells from teenagers bedrooms. Be sure there are no left over gym clothes or other dirty clothing lying about. Be sure the laundry room smells fresh and clean. Kitchen smells also need to be monitored. If you do a lot of spicy, or other smelly cooking, take steps to clear the odors after cooking each time. |
Much has been written about the power of home staging to visually present a home at its best for purpose of a quicker and more profitable sale. What a buyer sees in the first 10 seconds of their tour makes an incredible impact on the buyer's impression of the property. If their first instinct is negative, they will subconsciously look for flaws in the home to support their hypothesis. If they like what they see in the first 10 seconds, they'll look for reasons to buy the house.
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