Staging your apartment before selling it - smart tips

When you are planning to sell your apartment, you want it to look great so you can command for the best price. This is where staging of your apartment comes in. There are many ways to stage your apartment so that potential buyers will be impressed with its appearance. Walk through your apartment and make notes on what you as a buyer would see. After which, repair or replace those items if needed. Experts recommend to get rid of clutter first, hide family photos, clean out the closets, remove excess or oversized furniture and clean your apartment. The objective is to make the buyers purchase your apartment with the price that is competent enough. Staging your apartment is just like going on a first date with a person you really like. You place your best foot forward so that the other person will truly like you. In no time, your date will go out with you again, and so on.

Smart tips to successfully sell your apartment

Here are some of the smart tips to prepare your apartment for a sale:

1. Clean your apartment. Dust on the top of cabinetry, shelves, fan blades are eye sore. Polish the appliances and faucets and give the windows a washing. You may also want to consider hiring a cleaner to maintain your apartment from time to time.

2. Do not disregard the smells. Real estate agents recommend not to cook strong smelling food in your apartment the day a potential buyer will visit your place. The smell may linger for a long time and you do not want your apartment to smell like a fast food restaurant.

3. Remove all the clutter. You want your potential buyers to be impressed with your place and not how messy it looks. Get rid of the piles of shoes from the entry, stack of paper and mail from the kitchen and dining table. In general, remove all the clutter that detracts from the amazing features of your apartment.

4. Repaint the walls with neutral colors. While a wallpaper does make a wall interesting, remember that you and your future buyers may not have the same preference, and it may hurt rather than help your chance of selling your apartment. Bold colors may also not be that appealing for the buyers. It is therefore recommended to repaint the rooms in neutral tones such as tans, whites that will allow buyers to focus on the spaces themselves and not with the color of the walls.

5. Maintain a simple decorations. Get rid of any art or décor that might turn off people with different tastes. In this way, you are helping the buyers imagine themselves in your apartment.

6. Get rid of personal items. Many buyers would like to envision themselves in your place. Therefore, remove anything that are overly personal such as family photos in the hallway or the kid’s art work on the walls.

7. Turn on the lights. Open up the windows and allow natural light to enter. Dim rooms should be added with floor or table lamps. A bright room can create a visually larger and more inviting apartment.

8. Add a touch of nature. Bring nature in your apartment with the incorporation of potted plants and flowers in a vase, or a nature canvas print if you have any. These can help bring energy into a space, fill empty corners and can also serve as the focal point of the room.

9. Get rid of oversized furniture pieces. The furniture should fit the scale of the room, so remove any extra or oversized furniture pieces that could make your apartment look smaller than it really is.

10. Organize your closets. Having enough storage space is one of the critical points in selling. Buyers usually check the closet for their own stuffs. Invest in some boxers, divider and other storage solutions that will help you make your belongings look more organized. Remove items that you do not need immediately.