$40,000 Home Equity
Curb Appeal
DE-CLUTTER Guide
For Sale By Owner

FSBO How To Do It Yourself!

LIVING SPACES Home Selling ARTICLES
SELLING STATISTICS

What is Property Presentation?

Vacant Home Presentation

Hiring a Professional

Home Selling Tips

Choosing Paint

Putting a home on the market without professional adjustment gives the edge to the competition. The longer a home is on the market, the lower the price goes.

The cost of the professional touch is always far less than your first price reduction - well worth the rewards!

Statistics show in a hot market, a 3% minimum increase (the average is 6% to 10%) in the selling price. On a $300,000 home, 3% = $9,000 increase. On a $500,000 home 3% = $15,000!

Professionally adjusted homes sell on average in 13.9 days compared to average 31 days unstaged.

Is it worth it?
Can you afford it?
Can you afford not to?

Prior to Staging itself, determine what home impovements are required. Keep costs minimal, but get the quality essential repairs and checkpoints done at least.

Many repairs and adjustments can be done quickly and simply before you get to the point of staging. Simple tasks that are not commonly thought of,
without some outside help and/or consultation.

Once essential repairs and clean-up are taken care of, get on to De-Cluttering. Then have your stager do her (or his) magic!

OKANAGAN HOME STAGING - Essential to Selling

The Okanagan Real Estate market demands set a high standard With Kelowna at its hub it has reached global appeal over the past several years.

Professional property presentation has become a requirement to meet the demand not only of discerning sophisticated buyers, but the hot market is very competitive. Professional Interior Design adjustment is essential for the edge you need to put your property at the head of the pack for quicker sale & best return.

Home Stagers take the appeal beyond what most homeowners consider when they decide to sell. Specialized adjustment steps up the impact. The point is to turn ordinary into irresistible. Home staging includes moving, removing or adding furnishings for best impact.

HOME STAGING is proven to sell Homes 50% Faster, more effectively setting the tone for selling in any market. Regardless of the current market, whether it is hot or slow, the professional touch enables the edge to a sale. When competition is high, having the best 'display' is especially essential, since there are fewer shoppers.

Delicious interiors that help the client see the full potential of the structure & livability of home sell in a way that words cannot. In a slow market homes sell for between 2% and 10% more with staging. In a hot competitive market percentages climb 20% to 50%.

Staging isn't a new phenomenon, but has become a recognized & proven essential tool for marketing homes for sale.

Buyers are Looking for 'Their' Home - the one they can live in, that they can see as personally ‘theirs’, not ‘yours'. Property that is purchased as rental revenue needs also to sell on prospective livability appeal.

Get your personal details out of the way & work the enhancement of the living spaces design to get a true ‘read’ on the structure & layout without obstruction.

Your “Home”, which you likely cherish, needs now to become a “house” for sale. Selling your home is frequently emotional, so be prepared to start ‘letting it go’. Frame your mind for the sale.

Various techniques are utilized to enhance a property, making it appealing to buyers. Buying a home is also emotional, as well as rational experience.

All senses become engaged. It starts from the approach to the house – what does the prospective buyer see driving up, walking to the door? Once inside, the house must be clutter-free & immaculate. Remember smell & sounds. The more positive the experience the better.

Selling appeal goes much further Balance & harmony appeal to everyone, often at an unconscious level. These are professional design skills. You can certainly take care of some practical details, but to make the design features prominent, a professional is required.

Adjustment involves using what you already have. Many people have the furnishings required, but don’t know it! Sometimes homes may require some new accessories inside or out. Painting is a wonderful effective freshening tool. In some cases it may be required to take further measures, but this is to be avoided when possible.

The process & result can be likened to a merchandising display in a store - the more appealing, the better chance of sale - in any market!