Home Staging for Sale: Why It's Important to Hire a Professional

When you are going to sell your home, why not take advantage of all the marketing tools available to make the transaction as smooth and painless as possible?

Home staging is one solution that could help you attract potential buyers right away and get the most money!

What is Home Staging?

Home staging, also known as space planning, is a service offered by professional home stagers who make small (or large) changes to your home to make it look more attractive and appealing to prospective buyers.

Essentially, we create a stage for your home--a place where buyers will want to come and envision living in it. These changes could be as simple as adding a new coat of paint or the use of plants and candles, or they could involve changing the layout of your furniture and the placement of your personal items. Or – if a home is vacant, adding furniture, accessories, rugs, and textiles.

Home stagers often suggest ways to make practical changes like decluttering closets, adding storage in the kitchen, or creating a more efficient layout for your bathroom.

Home staging professionals often work with realtors to select homes that need remodeling, and they also work on individual properties with homeowners or investors.

Shamrock Hill Design provides unbiased advice about presenting your home in the best possible light, and we know what buyers are looking for in a home. If you're planning to sell your home, you'll want to do everything in your power to make it as attractive to prospective buyers as possible.

Why Hire a Home Staging Professional?

Home staging can be especially effective when used with other marketing tools like advertisements, open houses, and social media campaigns. But the fact is, over everything else, it's a very personal experience that will enhance the buyers experience when they’re IN the home!

Bring Your Home To Life

It gives the buyer a more realistic idea of what living in your home would be like, rather than just walking through an empty house. When a house is vacant the buyers have nothing else to look at other than any flaws or negatives.

In addition, the changes made to your home by a skilled stager can make it more appealing to buyers with certain tastes--they could be single or have young children. Perhaps they're downsizing from a larger home and want something smaller and easier to maintain.

Target Specific Buyers

Shamrock Hill Design can help you target potential buyers, knowing exactly what to change and in what way--as well as how to stage it. We also consider factors like the amenities of your neighborhood, any special repairs that might be needed, and how you can create an overall ambiance for your home that will appeal to buyers searching on the internet or walking through open houses.

Boost Your Home's Value

Staging is also a great way to add value to your home with little upfront investment. A recent survey by the National Association of Realtors found that staging can potentially add as much as 25% to the selling price - a significant amount in today's market.

Ready to Get Staged?

Want to learn more about the benefits of home staging for a sale? Contact Shamrock Hill Design today for a consultation. We are certified and insured home stagers who provide a professional home staging consultation for various home styles and clients.

Our home staging team is happy to come to your home and give you an honest assessment of the improvements we feel would most effectively attract buyers. To schedule your consultation with us today, contact Shamrock Hill Design to learn more! 410-474-5523