How many times have you put a product back on the shelf because the box is torn or the can is dented, only to pick up the one next to it in the more perfect package? We’ve all done this.

 

Well…that’s what Home Staging is! It’s placing your home on the real estate shelf in the best package possible so that a buyer will choose your home over the competing homes.
 

Here’s how the founder of StagedHomes.com puts it:

 

When you get ready to place your home on the market for sale it becomes a product. Similar to a product on the shelf at your local store, the product has features and benefits as well as pluses and minuses, and competition. To compete with the competition in the marketplace you must be priced right and look better than the other products. Your home is no different, it is one of many homes for sale and you must present it, to the buyers, in the best possible light.

Staging is the process of preparing any home for sale, regardless of price or location. Using a proven, professional set of guidelines your house is reviewed for compliance with preset standards, and any necessary modifications are made. Once your house meets these criteria, a Staged Home Certificate will be issued and your home will be registered as a Staged Home. This entitles your home to a special marketing program developed to promote those homes which have been designated as Staged Homes.

 

This unique system has proven to help sell homes faster and/or for more money. Real estate agents will have great confidence in showing your home to potential buyers because they know it is Staged and ready to be sold.

-- Barb Schwarz