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As buyers become more and more choosy about the homes that they view and purchase, its becoming more and more important to prepare your home for sale 

Home staging, the process improving the visual impact of a home has become more important than ever.

The first principle of preparing your home for sale is de-cluttering and cleaning which can be done easily by the home owner without the expense of a professional home stager.

Cleaning is self-explanatory. Clean your home from top to bottom, every room, every corner, every closet. Surfaces should shine like they never have before. Try to think about your home being featured in a home magazine, how would you want it to look? That is essentially what is going to happen, the only difference being is that your home will be appearing online where it is available to seen by far more than the average readership of any magazine.

Clutter is the number one enemy of good home shows. Buyers do not want to see piles of your stuff lying around. This kind of thing gets in the way of buyers getting a feel for the home. Your home should be an entity unto itself without the encumbrance of your personal clutter getting in the way.

Each room in your home likely has a few things that could get in the way of a proper showing. When preparing your home for viewing it is good to pursue a minimalist concept but not to the point of making the rooms look sparse or cold. It is a delicate balance that can be difficult to achieve but don’t let that get in the way of taking the project on yourself

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You’ve put your house on the market and you’re now sitting around waiting for a buyer to  turn up.

Hopefully, you’ve chosen a good estate agent who is actively promoting your house. (If you’re unsure, you may need a mystery visit.)

But there are plenty of things you can do yourself, without costing a fortune. Sometimes the simple things are the best things and this is true when selling a home.

Think about things this way; most people when buying a home tend to think of things in two different ways. What they like, and what they will change. You can hear this kind of thing in any house viewing anywhere. People will walk through and mentally and verbally make changes to the home. No matter what you do as the owner, buyers will want to change things so the best thing you can do is give them a clean slate to work with.

Don’t panic. You do not need to remove everything from the home! What you might consider though, is the strategic removal of clutter and extra furniture. This will clear away distractions that could interfere with buyers being able to imagine themselves in the home and the changes that they might make.

Sometimes referred to as staging, this process is basically just making the home ready for a quick sale. It takes a keen eye to do this properly however. The problem is that your home is how you like it. It has your furniture, your art, your memories so it can be difficult to remove these things as they have sentimental value.

Try to think about the kind of thing that your average buyer will be looking for. They will be looking for things that are going to cost them large amounts of money - like structural repairs or a new kitchen. Or simple ‘finishing off’ projects and the biggest ’spring clean’ your house has ever had!

If you take the time to ensure that your home presents an impressive package then you should sell your house quickly at the full market price.

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