“I Can Stage my Own House”
January 1, 2010
Some sellers think staging is just decluttering, missing that its goal is to foster a potential buyer’s emotional connection to the house.
A problem that sellers usually have in staging their own houses is that all the experiences that have gone into making their house a home can interfere with the objectivity needed for staging. Sellers are often emotionally attached to their homes, and this attachment will make it difficult for them to make the changes needed to seduce a buyer into seeing the house as his home. You may not want to pack up a favorite collection or change a favorite room’s color or remove a wallpaper border that matches your favorite comforter. The result: houses that you are competing with get sold ahead of yours (or instead of yours).
Professional home stagers are objective. They are specially trained to help homeowners sell their houses by making them attractive to unknown buyers. Visit The Staging Prince’s website for information on the benefits of professional home staging.