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Staging your property to sell
When deciding to sell your home, one aspect of getting the highest price the market will bear is making it have a sparkle to it none of the other homes in the market for sale have. As a seller, you can get that sparkle through hiring a home stager to completely transform your property into a model property for sale. Think about this: just about every home builder in America uses model homes to help them sell homes. They typically upgrade the homes heavily to show every option and then some to make the home have that sparkle that gets buyers to decide this is the one for them. Getting to the emotion of buyers sells properties many times. (It goes without saying that the home must be priced within reason to get anyone to want to look inside it.) Home staging gets your home in its best possible condition and presentation. The home is “staged” to enhance positives and also “staged” to distract from negatives. For instance, if the bedrooms are a little smaller then the average home in the neighborhood, a great stager will get furniture that will “fit the room” — not the other way around — making the bedrooms feel bigger. Great stagers also will make sure there is a general theme to the home that will get to buyers’ emotions. If, for example, the neighborhood is very close to schools and parks, a great stager will incorporate these into the home staging. They might decorate with small furniture (or children’s furniture) and puzzles and games on display to get children excited about the home when they go to see it with parents. On the other side of the coin, maybe your home is situated in a world class golf resort. A smart home stager would use golf themes throughout the home, playing the percentages that a golfer may be looking in that specific area. It’s all about getting potential buyers to imagine and “take ownership” of the property when viewing it. When doing all this, the benefit to the sellers — even if they happen to not have children (as in the first example, or don’t golf in the second example) — is that when it comes to the offer and the negotiations, the buyers will be much more hesitant and less likely to “lowball the offer”. If you counter, they will much more scared of losing the home. This should all result in the home selling for a higher price and also selling more quickly. From all the research I have done, I cannot find a set average that staging a property in Tucson AZ will add to the sales price, but from experience and general research, 1-5% is a very reasonable figure to use as a guide. A lot depends how well your home shows without staging and how much work the stager has to do to the home. Rates for staging in Tucson AZ vary from $250 for just a general consultation with the stager to $10,000 or more for an entire house of furniture, painting, and other home upgrades to get your home in showcase condition. If you are in need of a stager, or would like additional information about staging and getting your home in showcase condition feel free to contact me.