Home Staging. I know it sounds like something that only luxury homeowners would use. When you decided to sell your Cheshire Home, staging may never have even showed up on your radar of things to do. You probably thought "too expensive," "too much investment in marketing," or "too fancy." But if you look at in terms of an investment, you could be pleasantly surprised by the outcome.

 

4 Thoughts to Make You Reconsider Staging Your Cheshire Home

1. Staging is more than just lights, flowers, and accessories.
Lighting and accessories, along with floral arrangements and plotted plants are great for showing a house, but staging is so much more than that. An accredited home stager creates a detailed action plan, capitalizing on a house's strengths and finds the best way to help buyers emotionally connect with what they see.

2. Staging costs less than a price reduction
When your Cheshire home has been on the market a little too long and it's not garnering any interest, what's the first thing you do? A Price Reduction. When you look at the hit you'll take from a price reduction, you may be kicking yourself for not putting the initial investment in staging your home. It may have been just the thing to pull in buyer interest from the get go.

3. Staging sells your home faster
95% of staged homes sell in 35 days or less versus non-staged homes that sell in 175 days or more (Source: Association of Professional Staging). This means not only does a staged home sell faster, but often for more money (because no price reduction was necessary).

4. Working with a professional
You may think decorating and staging are the same, when in fact, they are the opposite. Staging a home is designed to neutralize a home. It's so difficult for the Cheshire Home Seller to present their home in a way that is impersonal to them. That is where an accredited staging professional comes in. Their mission is to neutralize your home so it can appeal to as many Cheshire home buyers as possible. You want the buyer to see the home in their eyes, not yours.

If these points were able to open your eyes a little more to the importance of staging, I would love to help you take that next step. I highly recommend PJ & Company Home Styling, an accredited home staging professional and decorator based in Cheshire, Connecticut. Visit the pjhomestyling.com website for more info, or contact Patti Stern directly.

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If you are looking to sell your Cheshire Home, and you're not quite sure where to begin, please give me a call. I can help answer any of your questions about selling your home in Cheshire, the Cheshire real estate market, and all the step it takes to make a successful sale.

Sally Bowman
Sally Bowman Real Estate
Your Cheshire Real Estate Expert
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