Now that you are selling your New Albany home, you’re making sure that you’re doing whatever is necessary to make it presentable to potential home buyers. You’ve given your floors a vacuuming, dusted the ceiling fans, scrubbed the kitchen counters clean, and even painted your front door a different color.
That’s it, right?
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Staging Your New Albany Home
If you want to sell your home for top dollar, home staging is absolutely essential, especially in the competitive New Albany real estate market. Since over 75% of all home buyers use the Internet to search for a home and rely on images to see what your home looks like, decluttering and depersonalizing are key to getting buyers to want to see your home in person.
Are they going to want to live in your home or want to see someone else’s? Here are five mistakes to avoid when staging your home to sell.
1. Not Creating Any Curb Appeal
First impressions are everything when you are selling your New Albany home. If buyers are not impressed with the outside of your home, they will not even make it to the front door.
Make your home look its best by:
- powerwashing the driveway
- cleaning the gutters
- trimming the bushes
- polishing the front doorknob
Make sure you take a look at our article “Creating Curb Appeal” on our website for more helpful tips.
2. Keeping Your Personal Photos on the Walls
Buyers want to envision themselves living in your home. They don’t want to feel like intruders. Remove any personal items, including family photos, from your rooms while your home is for sale so that buyers can easily picture themselves living in your home.
3. Ignoring the Minor Repairs
Finger-smudged light switches, weeds in the flower beds, and small nail holes in the walls might not seem like issues to you, but they can be huge turn-offs for a home buyer. Give your home the best first impression by taking care of all the little things. Ask a friend to act like a potential buyer and inspect your home for any minor cosmetic issues, and then fix them.
4. Not Paying Attention to the Carpets
Years of stains and treading on your carpets can cause them to look worn. You can either replace your old carpets or have them professionally deep cleaned, and this will instantly improve the look of your home during staging.
5. Not Relying On Experienced Professionals
Your Realtor should be your primary resource when you are staging your home so that you can attract buyers into your home and eventually sell your home to one. Work with them to see how you can make your home look its best on the market, or ask them for recommendations for professional home stagers.
Rely on Thomas & Company to Sell Your New Albany Home
We hope you found these home staging tips helpful! Make sure you read our articles about common mistakes to avoid when selling and ways to prepare your home for sale.
If you are planning to sell your New Albany home soon and are looking for helpful tips or even the right real estate agents, our team can give you all the resources you need to sell your home for top dollar and in a short time. Give us a call today at 614.939.1234 and let’s talk about your home selling goals.