Ready for Resale

I can increase the curb appeal of your home. I can make your home look more more organized, spacious and inviting. Make that first impression count!

Real estate staging can help speed the sale and bump up the price of your home. Let me turn a “maybe” into a “YES” for an offer on your home today!

Here are some tips to get your home ready for resale:

Clear out any and all visible clutter. Clutter makes rooms feel small and look unkempt, especially kitchen and bathroom counters.
Pack away all personal items that you can. You want the prospective buyer to focus on the house, not it’s contents.
Clean each room thoroughly and then use your critical eye to look for flaws and necessary repairs.
Hang fluffy, new towels and display new soaps in the bathroom. Try to create a “spa” look.
Clear out any unhealthy plants. Consider replacing many small plants with one or two large ones.
Clean out all closets. Potential buyers will be looking inside your closets to judge their size. If closets are ½ to ¾ full, the impression is that your house has more than enough closet space.
Check your curb appeal. What do potential buyers see first? Is your entrance tidy, open and welcoming? Is your light fixture attractive? Are the bulbs in working order?
Don’t forget to tidy the basement, garage and attic. Too many items stored in these areas will leave potential buyers cold. Do what it takes to make these areas special! Consider painting the basement floor or finishing off the garage walls. A little extra attention here can make a great deal of difference in the overall impression given to prospective buyers.

If you are ready to sell your home quickly and for the highest price possible, give me a call for your complete home staging assessment!

Before: Workroom well used, has some order, but overloaded and unappealing.

After: To stage for resale the bulk of the tools were packed up and stored off sight. The walls and floor were painted for a polished look.

Before: Papers, papers everywhere, and bookshelves overloaded..

After: Papers edited and processed, many packed for moving. Books packed for moving. Room simplified.

Client Comment – “Well, Jeanine, your “magic” paid off. Last week we got 3 offers, and the 3^rd was the charm. We ended up getting an offer more than $7,000 higher than our asking price, if you can believe that. We held out for a stronger offer and in it finally came. Nearly everyone was vocal about how well the place “showed”, and you were a major part of that. We close in 5 weeks, perfect for us. Could not have done it without you. “

– Mark W. and Peggy W. – Madison

Client Comment – “ I used Jeanine’s services to help me plan repairs and improvements that would be cost-effective and that would improve the atmosphere of the home in preparation to showing my house in Shorewood. Jeanine gave me a blueprint that I worked on for several months before putting the house on the market. These improvements made an enormous difference and helped in creating a sense of warmth and comfort in my home. I really felt as if I had a partner and a coach to keep me on task throughout the process and the investment was very minor in comparison to the increase in value. The result of our work together was that the house was sold at a much higher price than I dreamed possible and it sold to one of the first viewers in a weekend. “

– Merriel K. – Madison

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