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Q & A with the real estate expert
ASK ALLISON VAN WIG

Don’t Underestimate the Benefits of Staging

Dear Allison, My of Home Staging, 44 percent items, including family arrangements. Place your first impression. So add eye-
husband and I are of buyer’s agents said that photos and keepsakes, and sofas, loveseats, and chairs catching touches that make
Q selling our home, staging a home increases completing a deep cleaning. in welcoming positions. You your home look appealing
and we want to make the dollar value offered. So A clean, tidy home is crucial want potential buyers to view and inviting. Mow the lawn,
sure that we do everything staging your home is highly because it shows that you the spaces as comfortable and pressure wash, repaint fences,
possible to attract potential beneficial—helping you sell it have meticulously cared for relaxing, so they can easily plant flowers, or update your
buyers. So we have decided to quicker and at a higher price and maintained the property. envision spending time there patio furniture.
stage our home to showcase its than a non-staged home. Once you’ve finished with their family and friends.
wonderful features and really One of the reasons why these steps, you can begin If you have any questions
make it stand out from the staging is so advantageous is incorporating creative staging Repair or update finishes. about staging your home,
other houses on the market. because it allows potential ideas that will really grab the Minor maintenance issues feel free to call me. I would
We don’t want to hire a buyers to envision the attention of potential buyers. may not seem like a deal be happy to answer any
professional home stager and space as their own. If they breaker, but potential buyers questions or schedule a
plan to complete the work feel comfortable and can The following are some of will definitely notice them. So, time to meet to discuss your
by ourselves. What DIY tips visualize themselves living the top tips I recommend to if necessary, repaint rooms, particular needs. n
can you offer to help us stage in the home, they’re much stage your home before you apply new wallpaper, or
our home and make a big more likely to make an offer. put it on the market: replace outdated hardware.
impact—with the overriding Unlike an empty house, a Place brand new towels in the
goals of selling quickly and staged home offers a better Maximize the lighting master bath. Even little touches
receiving a major return on sense of the size of the living throughout your entire make a huge difference.
our investment? spaces and may even help home. Well-lit spaces are
Amber. generate ideas about how to warm and inviting, so make Set the dining room table.
decorate them. Plus, photos sure that your home is bathed A stylish table that is adorned
A Dear Amber: Staging of staged homes look much in natural light and that there with place settings and candles
home
your
is better than those of non- is also ample artificial lighting. creates an inviting atmosphere.
definitely a wise staged homes, so you’re more
investment. According to likely to receive requests from Choose a neutral color Stage all of the rooms. If
the Real Estate Staging potential buyers to tour your scheme. While bright colors you have an empty room, be
Association (RESA), homes home. add interest and can really creative and stage it as a home
that are staged sell 73 percent Before getting started, make a space “pop,” it’s best office, a reading nook, or a
faster (on average) than non- it’s important to complete to use neutral colors that sitting area to show different Allison Van Wig
staged homes. Furthermore, a few essential tasks, such complement any décor. Plus, ways to use the space. (CA DRE #00985700) is the
based on data compiled in as decluttering all of the remember to keep all spaces Owner of Van Wig & Associates
a report by the National rooms and eliminating any gender neutral. Don’t overlook the you can call or email her at:
Association of REALTORS® “junk” you’ve accumulated, exterior. Curb appeal is the 562-882-1581 or
(NAR) entitled 2019 Profile removing any personal Create cozy furniture best way to make a great Allison@superbroker.com

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