Preparing your house for potential buyers to view is known as staging. You want to make a good impression and show them a home where they can picture themselves living and being tidy and attractive. There are a few simple actions you can take to stage your property if you're planning to sell in Indiana.

Staging Tips To Get Higher Offers

Clean The Interior Thoroughly

While it might seem obvious, you should make sure your home's interior is clean before you show it to potential buyers. Although you could hire a cleaning service, you could be able to accomplish most of the cleaning yourself in the days leading up to your home's opening.

Your house will appear brand new if you complete simple tasks like dusting, mopping, or sweeping the floors, and wiping down kitchen surfaces. Even though the interior won't stay that way when a buyer comes in, it's important to make your home appear as attractive as possible because even a basic dirty interior might act as a turnoff.

Take Care Of The Lawn

Grooming your home's exterior will help improve its appearance, much as cleaning the interior. Potential buyers will see your house first when they pull up to the neighborhood, and you only have one chance to make a good first impression. Weed infestations and overgrown lawns turn off buyers. So, to prevent that situation, you can hire a lawn care service if your lawn is quite large, and you might also hire one if you have a lot of bushes or hedges that need to be trimmed (though you can do that yourself as well). Your home will look fantastic with a new lawn and some flower beds.

Put On A New Layer Of Paint

If a homeowner has lived in their Indiana home for a long time, painting the house's exterior and inside may be necessary to cover up chips, scuffs, and worn surfaces.

Applying a new layer of paint will enhance the impression that the house is brand-new. Repainting can also be a step toward redecorating if you wish to switch to a more complementary or neutral color scheme.

Remove Personal Items

Beyond simply making your house seem nice, the staging also includes strategies like the blank canvas to help prospective buyers picture themselves living there. It is therefore advisable to store any personal objects you may have scattered across the property or added to the décor in a closet or storage facility so they are hidden from view.

Remember, the idea is for purchasers to picture themselves living in the house, therefore even elegant personal belongings should go. Personal belongings can only work against you in that regard.

Remodel The Interior

Perhaps the greatest approach to updating your home is to redecorate or renovate it. If you want your house to look well on as many people as possible, go for straightforward styles and muted color schemes. A modern interior utilizes the newest trends in interior design and is something you should think about. In addition to using neutral hues, which are more likely to be liked by a wider range of people, it also helps your older home appear newer by incorporating the newest design trends.

Whether or not to remodel in the first place is the tricky element of this process. For example, everything within your home may be in excellent condition except for a few minor issues, like a misplaced kitchen island. For this phase, having a realtor may be quite beneficial as they will provide you with an expert set of eyes and advise you on whether or not to redesign or repaint the inside.

Make Necessary Repairs

Replace or repair any appliances that come with the residence if they need to be fixed. In addition, fix any other broken items in your house, such as drawers, cabinets, and doors. Anything that isn't working correctly will simply turn off customers.

Since purchasers account for renovation and repair expenses when placing bids, homes with these features typically have higher values. They prefer to purchase a home that is ready to move into rather than one that requires repairs or renovations, and they might give you a higher offer on the money you've saved them on improvements.

Our Team At RE/MAX Advanced Realty Is Here To Help

Over the years, we've helped home sellers stage and market their homes to get the best offers, and our goal is to help more. So whether you're planning to level up the interior and exterior of your property or want to reach more potential buyers, we're happy to guide you!

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