With many buyers viewing properties online and with virtual tours being used more so than ever when selling your home – looks count!
Reaching the maximum price is vital, and some agents believe the right approach can add around 2.5 per cent to your initial valuation. If you spend $5,000 styling a $700,000 house, you can potentially add $17,500 on the sale price, giving you an additional $12,500.
Styling Advice
Attracting the right buyers is paramount and calling in a professional stylist can give you the edge. A stylist is able to assess your home and advise you on the best things you can do to be sale ready – after all, they style properties every day.
Preparation
Take into consideration your home’s era and buyer demographic, then use that to stage your home to create an emotional connection.
Take inspiration from local open homes and online, note down their colour palettes, presentations of rooms, who/where furniture is used and even little details like how the beds have been made and towels are displayed in the bathrooms.
Clean and declutter
This is probably the best piece of advice out there for anyone wanting to sell. Clutter doesn’t allow buyers to imagine living there and their own furnishings in place.
The first step is to clean your home from the inside out. Clean your carpets and windows, throw out the rubbish, repair anything broken and minimise window coverings to allow natural light to fill the home.
Kitchen
Arguably one of the most popular and important rooms in a house that buyers inspect top to bottom, is the kitchen. With them being such a big selling point, styling all aspects of them is a must.
Spaciousness and surfaces attract buyers, so create space by stowing away seldom-used appliances. Leave benches bare to increase surfaces and add a bowl of the same type of fruit, like lemons or apples – this is a fantastic tip that is both enticing and inexpensive!
Again light… light in small spaces can be transformative – open those blinds!
Final touches
The devil is in the detail, and stylish sensory touches add a vibrant, homey touch.
Stick with the motto: less is more. Fresh bath towels, plain bed linens, coloured cushions, nice arts, scented candles, and fresh flowers and greenery are inexpensive but make a home more beautiful.
