Planning for a Successful Home Sale
Planning for a successful home sale, Rye Brook, NY, home seller starts her house prep a year in advance and sells for over asking in a bidding war.
The reality is that if Mary had told me she needed to list the house the next day, we could have done it. Would she still have had a bidding war? We’ll never know. What Mary does know is that she wants to sell quickly and receive the most she can for her home. And since she is planning a year in advance, she would like to enjoy the changes along the way.
It takes just 4 short visits to support this seller in staging her home to sell. We begin in March with an initial 3-hour consultation, visit again in October, and wrap up with 2 short staging visits just a week before listing in late January.
Within 2 weeks of listing, this 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2,660-sqare-foot ranch home sells for just over the asking price of $959k, for $965k, in a bidding war.
I’ve got great news. We sold our home! If you recall we went on the market February 1. By February 16 we had two parties bidding on the house. That got us just over asking!! We couldn’t be happier!
A year ago, when I searched to find a home stager, one of my top priorities was to find someone who used what people already had in their home. I could see from the before-and-after photos on your website that you fit the bill. Using much of what we already had saved us money and allowed us to invest those savings into higher-return projects like painting.
We learned so much from you. You made the process fun and collaborative. Thank you! We couldn’t be more delighted with the results. It feels like a new house. As one of our neighbors said, “Why do we do this when we’re moving out, we should do it when we’re moving in.” She is so right! Can you help us move into our new home? 😉
Thank you again for helping us show our home in its best light and generating so much interest in our house.”
After our initial consultation, Mary starts by painting the yellow sunroom white. She writes to express how much she is enjoying the updated space, especially the airiness of the new shears and how well they frame and highlight the outdoors. And as a bonus, guests who have seen the updates express how much larger the room looks.
The only real negative with the house is that you have to walk through another bedroom to get to the master. There had been a door between the sunroom and master when she purchased the home. Agent and stager agree that reinstalling the door is a good investment.
After implementing the suggestion to set the patio up as two areas – one for dining and one for lounging/sitting – Mary tells me how pleased she is with the outcome and how the patio actually looks bigger just from that minor adjustment.
Beg, borrow, or steal to properly define spaces! Mary asks a neighbor and sure enough, the neighbor has both a crib and twin bed available for loan.
New carpet, new paint, and a new furniture arrangement in the master make Mary very happy!
After Mary’s neighbor sees the transformation, she texts Mary the following, “Your house looks gorgeous…like new.”
