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Want to have homebuyers knocking down your door? Home Staging
For Dummies delivers all the secrets to making your home stand
out, sell faster, and bring in more money! It shows you how to make
improvements room by room and generate a higher profit in the most
cost- and time-effective way.
Featuring eight full-color pages of instructive before-and-after
photos, this completely practical guide demonstrates how and why to
eliminate clutter, make repairs, arrange furnishings, and pave the
way for buyers to make an emotional connection to your house.
You'll get a handle on what buyers want and how to show it to
them, find plenty of do-it-yourself tasks that add real value to
your home, and get tips on producing photos of your home that will
have buyers craving to see more! Discover how to:
See your home as prospective buyers will see it
Know what needs doing and what doesn't
Master the three-step home staging process
Add real value to your home without breaking the bank
Decide whether to DIY or call in the pros
Create curb appeal
Make a great first impression with a beautiful entryway
Spruce up your kitchen, bathroom, living, and dining rooms
Turn your bedrooms into a buyer's dream
Whip your mechanicals into top shape
Avoid staging nightmares
Get top dollar for your home -- all you need is a little
help from Home Staging For Dummies!
Autorentext
Christine Rae is the founder and President of Certified Staging Professionals. Jan Saunders Maresh is a nationally known television personality and journalist, specializing in sewing and design.
Zusammenfassung
Want to have homebuyers knocking down your door? Home Staging For Dummies delivers all the secrets to making your home stand out, sell faster, and bring in more money! It shows you how to make improvements room by room and generate a higher profit in the most cost- and time-effective way. Featuring eight full-color pages of instructive before-and-after photos, this completely practical guide demonstrates how and why to eliminate clutter, make repairs, arrange furnishings, and pave the way for buyers to make an emotional connection to your house. You'll get a handle on what buyers want and how to show it to them, find plenty of do-it-yourself tasks that add real value to your home, and get tips on producing photos of your home that will have buyers craving to see more! Discover how to:
Inhalt
Introduction 1
Part I: Preparing Your Property for Sale 5
Chapter 1: Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me an Offer 7
Chapter 2: Discovering What Buyers Want 23
Chapter 3: Finding the Fixes You Can't Ignore 37
Chapter 4: Color Me Sold: Using Color and Light to Sell Your House 49
Chapter 5: It's Not What You Have; It's Where You Place It 57
Part II: Three Staging Steps Toward Hitting a Home Run 73
Chapter 6: First Base: The Staging Consultation 75
Chapter 7: Second Base: Earning Equity with Elbow Grease 87
Chapter 8: Third Base: Showcasing Makes Your House Photo-Ready 105
Chapter 9: Home: Opening Your House to Buyers and Agents 125
Part III: Working Through Your House, Room by Room 135
Chapter 10: Curb Appeal: Making a Winning First Impression 137
Chapter 11: You Had Me at Hello: Entrances, Exits, and Special Places 149
Chapter 12: A Whole Lot of Living to Do: Living, Family, and Rec Rooms 161
Chapter 13: A Feast of Dining Room Staging Ideas 177
Chapter 14: Cashing In on Kitchens and Baths 191
Chapter 15: Inviting Sweet Dreams with Beautifully Staged Bedrooms 207
Chapter 16: Office Affair: Stage 'em Something to Talk About 223
Chapter 17: Behind Closed Doors: Staging Closets and Other Hidden Places 233
Part IV: Addressing Special Staging Considerations 249
Chapter 18: Dealing with Sensitive Issues 251
Chapter 19: Staging When You're Building, Rehabbing, or Flipping 261
Chapter 20: Staging Your House the Feng Shui Way 279
Chapter 21: It's Not Easy Being Green: EcoStaging 287
Part V: The Part of Tens 295
Chapter 22: (Almost) Ten Mistakes Sellers Often Make 297
Chapter 23: Ten Reasons to Hire a Staging Professional 303
Chapter 24: Ten Tricks of the Trade That Help You Sell Your House 309
Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Prepare Your House (and Yourself) for the Sale 313
Chapter 26: Ten Reasons Sellers Don't Stage Their Properties (But Should) 317
Index 323
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
How This Book Is Organized 2
Part I: Preparing Your Property for Sale 3
Part II: Three Staging Steps Toward Hitting a Home Run 3
Part III: Working Through Your House, Room by Room 3
Part IV: Addressing Special Staging Considerations 3
Part V: The Part of Tens 4
Icons Used in This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Part I: Preparing Your Property for Sale 5
Chapter 1: Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me an Offer 7
Turning Your Home Back into a House 8
Seeing the Property Through the Buyer's Eyes 9
Recognizing What Staging Is and Is Not (Hint: It's Not Decorating) 11
Running down interior designers' responsibilities 12
Defining an interior decorator's job12
Peering into the staging profession 13
Staging to make every moment count 13
Flying solo or calling on the pros? 15
Why Real Estate Pros Embrace Staging (And You Should, Too) 15
Looking into staging's benefits for sellers 16
Finding benefits for buyers 16
Highlighting benefits for real estate professionals 17
Setting the Stage: Three Steps to Sold 17
Step one: The consultation 18
Step two: Work, work, work 18
Step three: Showcasing your work19
Making Staging Happen with Minimal Stress 19
Taking a room-by-room approach 20
Reaching simple rewards 20
Remembering that the work is worth the effort 21
Treating yourself to dinner and a movie 21
Chapter 2: Discovering What Buyers Want 23
Comparison Shopping: Buyers Do It and So Should You 24 Evaluating your property 24</p>...