{"id":1389,"date":"2016-03-29T15:15:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T22:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2016-03-28T09:58:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T16:58:41","slug":"staging-sprucing-up-your-home-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2016\/03\/staging-sprucing-up-your-home-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Staging & Sprucing Up Your Home for Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s more to prepping your home for sale than staging. You\u2019ve got to think of it as your home is going on its first and only date with a great mate. You can\u2019t just plop it in nice clothes; you\u2019ve got to get it prepped from head to toe. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n

Getting your apartment ready for sale involves a whole lot more than just staging. Putting your home on the market means you\u2019re going to have to create a little bit of magic \u2014 you\u2019re going to have to turn your home into a prospective buyers\u2019 dream home. You\u2019ve probably heard this advice a million times, but it\u2019s true: In order to make your home palatable to buyers, you have to erase yourself from the equation. You don\u2019t have to make the space boring, but you have to make it something that appeals to as broad a range of people as possible.<\/p>\n

Clean It!<\/strong>
\nSome people think \u201ccleaning a home for sale\u201d is giving it a simple wash-down, but no, no, no. Remember, you are creating a canvas that people are going to try and paint their lives onto. They want to imagine themselves in your bathroom and in your kitchen and sleeping in your bedrooms. The last thing you want to do is present a muddy, soiled, or shoddy canvas. Your place needs to feel sanitized and completely clean. It\u2019s basically impossible for someone to yearn to live in your home if it\u2019s covered with a layer of grime. Bathroom and kitchen grime is particularly icky. This is one of those times where hiring a cleaning service may be a great investment. Because you live in your home all the time, you may have become immune to the deep down dirt and odors that visitors would pick up on immediately. A cleaning service can come in and do a deep-down clean that you can then maintain yourself. It\u2019d be worth it to do this on a monthly until the apartment sells. Yelp has a bazillion cleaning service reviews, but one that seems to get across-the-board top ratings is Wizard of Homes! Don\u2019t forget to clean your closets; some people will look inside.<\/p>\n

Make Repairs You\u2019ve Been Putting Off<\/strong>
\nThe broken latch on the that kitchen cabinet \u2014 the one you think no one is paying attention to? Well, they are. People look at things like shoddy paint jobs, cabinets that need repairs, and leaky faucets and assume that these seemingly mundane issues hide bigger problems. If they think that\u2019s the case, they\u2019re less likely to cough up the cash. It doesn\u2019t matter if you live in a nice condo or co-op. If people think your apartment is shoddy, they may not look as favorably on the building.
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\nStaging It for Everyone<\/strong>
\nEveryone who knows you may know that you\u2019re a hardcore Brony whose home is decorated in a Twilight Sparkle-esque violet-colored theme complete with wallpaper, and by all accounts it\u2019s fierce. It may be too fierce, however, for the parents from Idaho who are buying a space for their only daughter as she moves to the city after finishing up her graduate teaching program. Tone it down; paint your walls neutral tones like grey or white. They\u2019re soothing and welcoming tones that can welcome people of all different sensibilities. A few personal touches can keep you from feeling like you\u2019re living in a hotel, but restrain the urge to go wild.<\/p>\n

Staging & Sprucing Up Your Home for Sale<\/a> by Sakai Blue | Coldwell Banker Blue Matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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