Should I stage my Western New York home?
Posted by Colleen Kulikowski, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson (716) 650-0051 on Sep 12, 2011 in Allentown, Amherst Homes (Including Williamsville & Snyder), Chautauqua Homes, East Aurora Homes, Ellicottville Homes, Home Staging, Lancaster Homes, Lewiston Homes, Warsaw Homes
Why would I need my home staged?
You have decided to sell you Western New York home. You have a beautiful home that you decorated for your need and reflect your personal tastes. And in that lies the problem. It is deeply personal and it is your home.
Buyers may have difficulty making that transition to seeing it as THEIR home.
Home Staging is Decorating for Others
That is where home staging of your Western New York home comes in. Home Staging is a set of specific and very efficient techniques that enable Western New York buyers to envision your home as their home.
So instead of personalizing, we actually depersonalize the home for sale!
And, another important point: it’s very difficult to be objective about your own home. As long as you look at it as a “home” and not as a real estate investment, you won’t be able to present it at its best FOR SALE.
A professional WNY Home Stager will evaluate your home and will provide you with recommendations to make the property irresistible to WNY buyers. The assessment may show more or less changes to be made to the property but, is there really a perfect home? But don’t think you need to hire a professional to prepare your home for sale, there are things you can do yourself!
It is all in the Presentation
If you present a vacant house, buyers are often unable to visualize the empty space as a home. Even if the empty house sells, it is often for a price far below the list price. Many times buyers think they want to take advantage of desperate sellers.
Many times a staged home assists WNY Buyers to make that personal connection and help them purchase a home rather than a house. In a 2004 survey of Realtors®, almost two-thirds estimated that a staged home kept in show-to-sell condition sells for a price that is between 10% and 20% higher.
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