Home Staging Mistakes You Should Avoid

Making your property more appealing to prospective buyers should be the priority of any homeowner who is looking to sell at a competitive price. Unfortunately, some homeowners make home staging mistakes that could discourage prospective buyers from writing an offer.

If you’re keen on getting your property off the market at the best price possible, then, home staging wouldn’t be an option but your main marketing strategy. This article will help you identify some home staging mistakes you should avoid, and after having a good read, you can call the experts at Starr Dumpsters for further clarification.

Overdoing the presentation

Putting extra touches while remodeling your house will give you leverage in today's competitive real estate market. But making it too personal or overdoing the presentation can be a turn off to potential buyers. As much as possible, you need to be neutral in your décor, choice of color, and design.

Personal or family photographs should be taken down, grandma’s wheelchair and everything that represents your religious beliefs, sports or political inclination in the house should also be removed. You can replace or depersonalize the house with geometric artworks.

Failing to stage a scale

Most homeowners make the mistake of trying to cut corners while scaling or analyzing the proportion of the furniture to the available space.

The solution is to be moderate and keep your proportions in check. Some buyers may like big furniture in the sitting room while others prefer smaller but smart looking furniture. Therefore, moderation is the key.

Neglecting your target audience

Some people believe that real estate is a borderless market – which anybody can buy from any location in the US. You must have a target audience and probably in the demography. When you identify the people that are most likely to buy the house, then remodel the house in a way they will get attracted easily.

If you want to sell to millennia’s or young professionals, then you should remodel in the contemporary style. But if your target audience is older and more matured men/women, your design shouldn’t be complicated, rather, try to make things simple.

Investing in costly renovations

Gone are the days you invest heavily on renovations to impress potential buyers. First, it will skyrocket the asking price and scare away some potential buyers.

The smart way is to invest wisely by changing light fixtures, upgrading the locks and security system, replacing the faucets, updating the bathroom and kitchen, work on the interiors and probably do a thorough clean up at the garage and basement.

To make the cleanup aspect stress free, you can call Starr Dumpsters, and we will deliver a dumpster at the location. Let your house be spotless, and for sure, you’ll start getting offers from potential buyers.

Overpriced property

Some homeowners make the mistake of overpricing their property, meanwhile, setting the right asking price will help your property appeal to the widest range of buyers. 

Before deciding on your asking price, you can do a comparable market analysis to determine the average price for properties around your neighborhood.

You can get your staging strategies right but overpricing the property can make it considerably harder for prospective buyers to write an offer.

The above tips will help you get the most from your staging efforts, and Starr Dumpsters has got your back if you want to rent a dumpster.