Thursday, February 18, 2016

What Toronto Home Staging Can Do To Help Owners Sell Their Properties

By Diane Barnes


Trying to sell a property can seem very difficult. You may worry about how you will attract buyers and how you will make your house or condominium stand out from the others that are available in your area. Toronto home staging may be just what you need in order to make sure that buyers are more interested in your home than they are in any of the others. If you have never heard of this process, here is what you need to know.

While you may think that the staging process is a very involved one, the term simply refers to the act of decorating a house, apartment or condominium. A fresh, neat interior that looks ready for buyers to move into will be more appealing to them than a property that is worn or dated or which may need expensive updates to be inhabitable. Unlike costly renovations, these changes can often be done for a reasonable amount of money.

You can always hire a professional to do the work for you although this can be expensive. Toronto area home decorators are often happy to come into a house or condominium in order to make sure it looks its best. If the cost of hiring their services is too expensive you may need to consider doing the work yourself. You may still be able to consult with a professional and then simply do the work rather than contract it out.

Budgeting is just as important with staging as it is with decorating or renovating a property. A good guideline is to set aside about ten percent of your property's value in order to make sure that you have the money to decorate your home properly. Buyers who are looking at more upscale options will naturally expect a higher level of decoration to be completed in order to make them interested in what you are offering them.

You may find that a stager will recommend that you change the wall color in the rooms of your house. Often people who are trying to purchase a house will react more favorably if they see walls painted in neutral tones. Bright colors may appeal to you or your family but a buyer may be looking for a property they can simply move into. If they think they will need to repaint they may offer you less money or even choose a different house instead.

You may look around and see a room that is full of mementos and souvenirs but a buyer may see a cluttered room that is too small for their own things. This can turn them off of buying your condo or house. Because of this stagers will usually tell you that you need to remove some of your more personal items from the walls and from furniture.

Rearranging furniture or replacing existing pieces with new items is also fairly common. Often a staging company will use a rental agency in order to get new furniture and will simply place existing items into storage. This can be helpful but storage rental fees can add up and end up blowing your budget. Make sure you consider these extra costs.

There are many companies that offer these services. If you are having a hard time finding one to help you out you might want to speak to your real estate agent. Likely they will have a professional that they tend to work with on a regular basis.




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