Home Staging in Charlotte...Is it Necessary?

If you are looking to sell your home and get the most amount of money out of it...having your home presented in it's best "light" is crucial for that. In a market where the buyer has a lot of choices today you want to make sure your home s presented in the most positive manner possible.

It does not mean you have to spend a lot of money; or in some cases any at all. In Charlotte a buyer usually has a choice of a few homes to pick from in a neighborhood. You need to make sure that your home stands out to potential buyers....

You want to make sure that you are making your home easily viewable and accenting it's postive features. I write this because recently I went through this with a home owner. Their home had been on the market prior with three different agents and even though they had showings never received an offer. The home was priced competitively for the market and the neighborhood it was in. It just did not show well to potential buyers.

i will send in a home stager to go through the house with the seller and make recommendations on little things the seller can do to ensure that the home shows out it's positive features... Sometimes it is just as simple as a rearrangement of furniture or the removal of unnecessary items from a room. Other times it might be putting a fresh coat of neutral paint on the wall.

I know that there is time and sometimes cost involved in this. But in such a competitive market for sellers you need every advantage you can get to make your home stand out from the other ones they are going to look at.

In my case, after the home stage presented the ideas to the sellers, they incorporated what she recommended. The home sold in 48 days after that and the seller received what htey were hoping to get out of the house. Will this work every time...probably not. But wouldn't you want to make sure you could get everything possible out of the house? With average days on the market in Charlotte area being over 150 days today; you need any and all advantages you can get. And one of the simplest and easiest things to do is rearrange furniture or throw some paint on the walls.

Dave diCecco

Realtor/Agent

www.davedicecco.com