The residential real estate market is more competitive than ever before. Standing out from the competition is the only way to sell your house for its top market value. As more and more homes are sitting on the market for months and even at times for years, it has almost become impossible to quickly sell your house.
That’s why several homeowners and real estate agents are turning to home staging – a technique that speaks to the buyer’s psychology so successfully that staged homes are selling faster and for a lot more money than the ones which are not staged. It makes homes stand out not only in the neighborhood but also online(where many potential home buyers do their research before deciding to see a home in person).
Home staging is primarily about removing all the needless distractions from your home while highlighting its strongest assets. It also serves the purpose of taking away the guesswork from buyers, so they aren’t caught into any confusion like how to arrange the furniture, how big a room really is, or how to use the space. In today’s competitive real estate market, buyers can easily pass on a home for any of these reasons.
Living Room Staging Before And After
The foundation of this family room has a lot going for it – great natural light, a fireplace, lots of windows, built-in shelves, plenty of room for the family and a view onto the pool area.
But every buyer that walked in saw that the place was a mess with blocked traffic flow and oversized furniture. All of these things made this room look a lot smaller than it really was. Many buyers felt like the room was cramped and small.
The mismatched and bulky crowded the space and made it look like there wasn’t any room for seating. The different furniture colors also crammed in that space, along with all the clutter, it broke up the room even further.
