Minor repairs are essential, leaking faucets, squeaky doors, torn screens, all add up in the buyer's head and are most likely overestimated in terms of cost. This is the basis they will use to reduce the offer.
When we prepare our staging plan, we do so with the perspective of the buyer and the seller in mind. We research current market trends, buyer and seller behavior trends and include use of the positive emotional triggers that precede a decision from the potential buyer.
Staging your home costs money. We will work with you to establish priorities and maximize your budget. There are creative ways to use your home staging dollars.
An upfront investment in home staging improves your opportunity to sell quickly. Statistics show the longer the time between listing and selling, the less likely it is you will receive your asking price. Staging your home gives you upside potential.
A Note On Buyer Behavior for Home Sellers
When you are selling your home, you want to understand and use to your advantage the psychology at work in the mind of the Buyer. So, as a Home Stager, I do that for you, using Perception and Behavior principles. As a Home Stager, who also teaches others through Home Staging Classes, I can teach you this principle too. Click Learn To Be A Stager above if you want to learn to do-it-yourself or go to my website The Real Estate Home Staging School.
Perception is how all of us see the world and our place in that world. Perception is our reality, right. So that belief of reality is shaped by our experience. The Buyer comes in with and creates "beliefs" as they look at the property. Those beliefs may not be an accurate reflection of what is real in the property. For example, a buyer walks through the front door and perception begins through the senses, smell, touch, taste, sight and sound. If they walk in and immediately they sense...this living room is too small for my family, is that reality OR is it poor room and floor space planning, flow or paint color selections? As a Home Stager I correct those perceptions for you.
