In today’s market it is helpful to understand the benefits of staging before allowing any potential buyers to walk through the door.

We have found a few key cosmetic improvements a homeowner can make to prepare a property for sale, and keeping a property immaculately clean is paramount.

Start with minimizing clutter, an activity which will also make your packing easier when it comes time to move to your new place. Before you even put your place on the market, take this time to make a trip to your local charity, throwing out any thing you have not used in a year. Once you have more room in your closets, you can further reduce the clutter around the property, putting away the things that are precious to you but which will distract the prospective buyer.

You want people to see the “bones” of the property. We will suggest some furniture to be moved and accents placed to give a room a more warmth and openness. Sprucing up the place and making a few small changes like repainting a wall, adding a few new pieces of greenery or one big floral arrangement can be all you need to give a space that unique touch. When less is more, details are important. In many cases this can be enough to get your property to sell and a big investment in remodeling won’t be what your potential buyers want. “What a seller might choose as stylish and expensive is often ripped out and redone by new buyers.

Last but not least, Landscape must be in order, because buyers often make their decision in the first few minutes of seeing a property. When a potential buyer drives up to your property and cannot see the house due to over grown shrubbery, buyers can not see the way it is going to be. You should trim shrubbery, and remove any dead plants.

Cost of Staging
Cost of staging very depending on the level of service required. Some home sellers simply pay for a consultation. Other sellers and realtor’s prefer to have Madison Avenue do all the work and arrange for all the necessary furniture rental and decoration and services. Staging on this scale can run from $300 to over $25,000 depending on the size, condition, the asking price for the home and the time it is on the market.