Gary Kelley YOUR HOME SMELLS STAGING TO SELL!
Whether your home smells musty or like last night’s fish fry,
Professional fullevery timehome Realtors preparing has an know odor. The same can abehome said of for yoursale car…but is a very important partI digress! of the overall sales process. The home are buyingrange or selling home, when needs to appealWhether to theyou broadest ofabuyers. It’ssomeone a little like enters it, their senses are engaged…eyes are looking at the vanilla ice cream; you may prefer a different flavor yet most curb appeal, ears are listening for road noise, many touch like vanilla! Youa want to the help buyers themselves wall, and nose knows. envision I’ve never seen anyone take a bite of a home! living there. Odors accumulate in the walls, carpet, and furnishings of a home. Some are
On we saw a home staging the easyatorecent pinpoint tour, and eliminate – like a stinkywhere litter box. Others forgot can be more difficult to result. pinpoint. The For example, you treated for mice with desired home ifwas fairly loaded witha rodenticide kids’ toysit’swith possible there’s a dead mouse in your wall….or dead mice. While you could pictures suggesting a family of four living in the home. The punch a hole in the wall to remove the carcass identifying the location can be parents’ was typical, although thein furnishings challenging.bedroom (FYI -tThat specific odor typically dissipates a couple weeks.)were massive to the the sellers room.like The little cookies, boy’s room Odor coverups are proportions rarely effective.ofSome to bake and clientsplenty with diabetes can be offended. One client put garlic in a around shallow pan of had of video game paraphernalia strewn the water and baked to produce the smell of a cooking roast…making vegans and perimeter with a large television for gaming. The little girl’s vegetarians bristle. room had good amount Little Tikes and Everyone Step2 toys The universally acceptable odor of in alarge house is the scent of clean! likes clean. A diluted vinegar solution (1:1) can be used to clean walls and bathrooms. and….no bed. Get those carpets clean! Make everything smell fresh!
We laughed with our client. “For your home sale, we If the walls still have a scent, a fresh coat of paint should help, with the side suggested Wetocould have benefit of givingstoring a chancetoys. to update a neutral color saved if needed.time and just stored the bed!”
This recurring readers Staging doesn’tcolumn have to walks be bringing in furniture. It is arranging through the home sale process. Are what you have in the most desirable manner with subtle you interested in selling your home? decorating touches. There little call to remove the beds We can work with you to is maximize your home’s value. Give us as call… from the bedrooms!
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