Prepare Your Home To Sell

   Here in Mid Coast Maine we are truly in a very competitive Buyers market.  In order to stand out from the crowd not only does a home need to be priced competitively but it also has to look it's best.  It sometimes takes Buyers several visits to a home before they decide to actually buy it but they can often decide not to buy it in the first few seconds of their visit.  Almost every broker can tell you stories of people running out of homes because of cigarette smoke or cat litter odor and I know that early in my career I lost sales because Sellers just weren't astute enough to tidy up.  Now I give them a copy of our Market Preparation Guide and if they don't follow it I fire them!

    For those Sellers who really want to give their home a leg up on the market we recommend the use of a professional home stager.  We have seen homes completely transformed in the hands of a good home stager.  Here's an excellent video from Boston Home Staging to give you an idea of what can be accomplished:

 

   For a free copy of our Market Preparation Guide send me an email and I'll be glad to provide you with a PDF copy.

Jim Cosgrove

Comments

[Melbourne homes for sale]

I really believe that staging a home sells. Decluttering, taking out some of the furniture, clean coat of paint and a good cleaning. Something cooking in the overn and fresh flowers and new flowers at the entrance can just make you feel great. When you go to a new home builder the rooms look like they could be in a magazine. I find it funny how many cook cookies and place them out for the potential buyer.

[Jim]

One of my all time favorite Listings was one where the lady of the house baked fresh bread the morning of every showing! The home had a great country kitchen with a big old cast iron cook stove and the smell of fresh bread really set the tone for those showings.
Of course that's just part of what goes into preparing a home for sale, but I did enjoy that!

[cindy*staged4more]

Hello

I love this post that you wrote. Would you mind submitting this to the Blog Carnival of Real Estate Home Staging? It's http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_2606.html

Cheers,
Cindy
Organizer, Blog Carnival of Real Estate Home Staging

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