Many of my "future" Marsh Oaks homeowners would be present day homeowners if they could just get their home to sell. A hot topic these days is "Staging". When a listing agent mutters these words, questions are immediately raised in the homeowners mind. What does it mean? How much will I need to spend? And finally, does my home really look THAT bad?
To answer those questions I turned to Mary Virginia Freeman. Mary Virginia recently joined the Hagood Homes staff as their design coordinator. Among other accolades, she has many years experience in the real estate field in an upscale resort area in South Carolina.
For the next several weeks we will bring you a series "Staging a Home For Sale".
Enjoy!
It's a fact: over 83% of the "stuff" in our homes is completely unnecessary for sustaining life. For those of you who are collectors of stuffed bears or ceramic giraffes or books or record albums or basseball caps or whatever your passion, your percentage is probably closer to 97%. Remember the old saying, "your collections are junk and my collections are treasures"? collections tend to make a home look cluttered and rooms appear small.
To answer those questions I turned to Mary Virginia Freeman. Mary Virginia recently joined the Hagood Homes staff as their design coordinator. Among other accolades, she has many years experience in the real estate field in an upscale resort area in South Carolina.
For the next several weeks we will bring you a series "Staging a Home For Sale".
Enjoy!
It's a fact: over 83% of the "stuff" in our homes is completely unnecessary for sustaining life. For those of you who are collectors of stuffed bears or ceramic giraffes or books or record albums or basseball caps or whatever your passion, your percentage is probably closer to 97%. Remember the old saying, "your collections are junk and my collections are treasures"? collections tend to make a home look cluttered and rooms appear small.
Tip #1: Box up those collections, books, etc and put them in a storage unit... NOT in your garage or the closet or the extra bedroom.
If you have children at home, let them choose just enough toys to fill the toy shelf, remove the rest. Put the boxes of toys at the front of the storage unit. A trip to the storage unit to "trade out" toys every few weeks can actually be a lot of fun.
If you have more than 7 pots and pans in your pantry and you are not a caterer or chef, then you have too many. See tip #1.
There is absolutely no reason to have 36 plastic cups or 25 plastic storage containers. This excess only makes your cabinets appear inadequate and yes, buyers do look inside kitchen cabinets.
Flat surfaces in the home, such as tables and counter tops need to be free of clutter. Yes, yesterday's newspaper, bulls, coupons, homework, book bags, the button that came off of your coat three months ago and that one glove to which you cannont find the mate is... clutter! And while we are at it, that adorable collection of tteapots or salt and pepper shakers is clutter as well. See tip #1.
Don't forget the yard with all those charming gnomes or the garage. The same rules apply to these areas as it does to the interior of the home. No doubt that piece of driftwood that you have been dragging around from house to house will be needed someday, but right now it has no use and it needs to GO!Selling a house takes your time and effort. You must be ruthless when it comes to paring down and throwing out. and this is ONLY STEP ONE!
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