HOME STAGINGHOW TO GET A HOUSE READY TO SELL

HOME STAGING BENEFITS EVERYONE

▪ Home sellers

▪ Real estate agents

▪ Home buyers

MINDSET▪ Accumulating

celery rubber bands—which saves pennies.

▪ Prepping a car for sale—which saves hundreds.

▪ Prepping a house for sale—which saves thousands.

LIFESTYLE▪ What lifestyle will the buyer

experience by living in your house?

▪ TV stage designers choose furnishings and décor to give a certain feeling.

▪ Focus your Home Staging Plan on helping buyers experience the lifestyle.

STEP ONE: RESEARCH▪ Other houses for sale

▪ People most likely to want your house

▪ Your house’s assets

▪ Your house’s deficits

STEP TWO: PREP▪ Declutter

▪ Clean

▪ Make repairs

STEP THREE: UPDATE▪ Match materials with

your target market

▪ Lighting fixtures

▪ Paint

▪ Flooring

STEP FOUR: DECORATE▪ Lighten and brighten

▪ Arrange furniture for function

▪ Use agreeable colors and décor

▪ Emphasize the assets

▪ Evoke an emotion

STEP FIVE: SHOW▪ Clean and tidy

▪ Adjust the temperature

▪ Freshen the air

▪ Setup scenes

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

The Home Staging Handbook

The Home Staging Handbook by Shannon Mendez. http://www.thehomestaginghandbook.comAll images in this presentation were used under a Creative Commons license.

Details, checklists, and worksheets to help homeowners stage their own homes to sell.