When you home is for sale on the market, it becomes a house, a product for sale and you want to do everything you can to speed up this selling process as well as get top dollar. There are many ways this can be done. One way to do this is by depersonalizing.
Potential buyers will be coming through your house to view it. You want them to feel welcome to come in and have a look around. You want them to imagine it with their belongings and their family. You do not want them to feel like they are invading your personal space which would make them feel awkward or uncomfortable in the house. This is done by depersonalizing.
If your home has numerous family photographs, portraits and pictures throughout the house, this reminds the potential buyer that this house is someone’s home, someone’s personal space. It could make them feel uncomfortable. To depersonalize your house, remove personal photos, as well as religious pictures, religious statues, religious artifacts or anything of a political or controversial nature. Clear the fridge of your children’s artwork, home work, calendars, bills, mail, shopping lists and reminders. Home Staging your house for sale, is not about your personal decorating style, it is about have your house appeal to the more mainstream tastes of the widest range of potential Buyers. Before your house goes on the market, pack all your various collections, awards and trophies, mementos and souvenirs, diplomas and certificates and knick knacks. Store them in a safe place to decorate and personalize you new home. All these treasures and keepsakes are what makes a house a home. Remember what we are trying to do when Home Staging is the opposite. Home Staging is about turning a home back into a house.
Take this train of thought throughout the whole house. In the bedroom, remove from view personal items such as cosmetics, toiletries and jewelry. Accessorize with neutral items, such as candles, vases or an attractive book.
Don’t forget the bathroom. It should be free of all personal hygiene products, toiletries and medications. This includes deodorants, shaving products, hair products and accessories. While the house in the market, each family member should have a covered container to store the products used daily. These containers could be neatly stored in the vanity out of sight.
Now potential buyers will not only find the house comfortable and inviting to view, but will not be distracted by all your stuff, and will be focused on all the great selling features your house has to offer. It is the selling features that are going to get the house sold.
