5 ways to present your empty house to sell
Many buyers have difficulty imagining the potential of a space, how it can be decorated or even what the space could be used for. This is particularly so with empty houses, where the usual visual clues as to space, dimensions and functionality are missing.
When it comes to buying a home, people buy on their emotional response to a property. Empty houses naturally tend to feel empty and cold, lacking the warmth that is essential to creating the emotional response that assists buyers to begin to imagine a house as their home.
The simplest way to maximize your properties potential
Ideal for higher end properties - this one’s definitely not for the financially restricted.
The most obvious and simplest way to enhance an empty home would be to hire a decorator to oversee the purchase or hire of a furniture & accessory package to compliment your home. This would most definitely maximize the potential of any property to sell quickly and for maximum price. For top end of the market properties, companies or individuals with potential to store & use purchased items again this is a reasonable option. For most property sellers, however this is simply not a financially viable alternative.
Four more simple, inexpensive options to make your empty house a home...
1. Be sure every room in your home has an obvious function, buyers need to be able to clearly determine a purpose for a room. A room without purpose leaves an indifferent/negative impression. Remember every positive impression is one step closer to selling the home, every negative or indifferent impression is a step backwards.
2. Create a scene (vignette) to suggest the most ideal use for each room and to give buyers a visual sense of the dimensions of the space. It only takes a few pieces to achieve this. For suggestions on how to create a vignette get a copy of our FREE Property Presentation TIPS .
3. Buying a home for most people is an emotional experience. Add character & warmth to make your empty house a home by adding simple displays with soft furnishings & accessories. *Eg: Fresh flowers or a bowl of fruit in the kitchen, a rolled towel and scented soaps in the bathroom. *See FREE Property Presentation Tips .
4. Technology now allows us the opportunity to create a virtually furnished home. virtual Property Styling is an inexpensive way to give your empty home a complete makeover. By simply supplying photos, the empty property can be digitally enhanced by designers who furnish and accessorize the property, room by room using images from top furniture & home-ware suppliers. Used appropriately, there's no trickery involved just a simple, inexpensive way of showing buyers the absolute potential of your empty property. These photos can then be used in marketing and online photos and displayed during inspections to show buyers the potential of each room without the expense of having to buy or hire expensive décor & furniture packages.
The best part is you don't have to live on the Sunshine Coast, to have your empty property presented through virtual Property Styling... No matter where you are. We've managed to source the most amazing people who contract Interior Designers & Photo Technicians from all over the world to virtually present our properties. To find out more about this amazing service please click on this link .
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