The top 10 reasons to professionally present your property for sale:
There is no doubt a better presented property attracts more buyers. Don’t miss out on your property standing out at sale time. Consider a property review to see what great features you can unlock in your home to give home buyers that positive first impression.
Why run the risk of underselling your home when for a simple investment in your sale price you make simple changes that have big impacts? If your home is not presented well, yet the house up the road is, which will be likely to sell quicker and for more? Presenting a home is not expensive, it just makes good sense.
A property that is move in ready attracts less negative feedback from buyers. Presenting your property for sale is vital to ensure that all the positives in your home are showcased and the negatives are dealt with leaving buyers little to negotiate price over.
Why settle for photos, video and ads that don’t represent the way the property could be lived in. The buyer will have a different perspective on your property and how it will suit their needs, and independent property review will help determine what to look for and where to start, reducing the pressure on you at sale time. Buyers want aspirational living, so ensure your property creates an emotional connection for the buyer.
People are time poor and will only attend an open home or arrange a private inspection if the property meets certain criteria. The better presented your property, the better it will appear in advertising and the more interest it will generate.
As a picture says 1000 words, you need to make sure those words are all good, not negative, so that the buyer puts your property high on their must see list.
It’s a scary figure, but imagine you have 10 parties through your open home, on the statistic above only one party can see past your collections and your possessions gathered over your life time. Imagine the difference it would make if all parties inspecting your home could see themselves living in your home? That’s emotional connection and that’s what sells houses.
The longer your home sits on the market, the lower the selling price will be. People are wary of homes that sit on the market too long so doing everything you can to sell the property makes sense. If your property is listed and has not sold in two months yet you’ve had plenty of people through, you’ve lost the opportunity to “wow” these buyers. Presenting your home from the start means all buyers get to see your property in the best state it can be.
Most clients find that the small cost they put into correcting issues or reviewing elements in the home is covered by the quicker selling time or better price achieved. Even if presenting your property saves you a price reduction the investment has been worth it. Most homes need bits and pieces completed to get them sale ready and Shift by Design helps determine the priorities to complete and finish.
What are the things that put buyers off? Shift by Design know. Our job is to work through your home with you to determine what opportunities exist to enhance the visual space in your home. We are not going to tell you that the way you live is wrong, but now you have made the decision to sell your house, you have to think about how others see it.
There are three key factors to selling a house; the right agent, the right price and the right presentation. With these three elements ticked off the list you are well and truly on the way to a successful sale. Shift by Design are passionate about our part in this process, presenting property is our business but seeing happy clients who have sold their homes is our passion.
Selling a home is a stressful process so having someone to talk to about how to make your home looks it’s best can help. You might know of a few things that need to be done, you might want to discuss ideas to determine whether it is worth investing in certain things or you might just want someone to confirm your thoughts on what to address first. At Shift by Design we are all these things and many more. We can help you determine a strategy for getting your home sale ready.
Home staging consultation
Shift by Design’s home staging package is designed to be affordable and give you additional selling power when listing your home for sale, giving you the best chance of selling your home faster and for more.
Our packages offer a wide selection of services to tailor your property size, your time and more importantly, your budget.
Shift by Design’s home based consultation package includes:
- an on site review the property (1 hour to 2 hours depending on package).
- tips for staging your open home successfully.
- creative and money saving ideas to help you stage your home within your chosen budget.
- recommendations for re-arranging existing furniture and accessories.
- de-cluttering advice.
- identification of repair opportunities.
- determining priorities list on how to transform your home or property.
- recommodations for replacement fittings and accessories in the home
Priced from as low as $145.00, a home staging property review can be an investment in the sale of your homel. Why risk a price reduction or buyer’s negotiating selling price on the fact that an odd tile needs replacing or the cornice is loose??
Most importantly, spending a few hundred dollars in home staging could earn you a significant profit into the thousands of dollars for your effort when selling your home, a worthwhile investment in the selling potential of your home.
Property styling and home staging packages:
1. Express package
Perfect for a lunchtime consultation or for those short on time In this one hour package we will review of the core rooms of your property and prioritise the top 5 tasks to help you prepare your home for sale quickly and effectively. You’ll also receive:
- Shift by Design’s open home checklist guide
- Shift by Design’s top 10 buyer put-offs checklist
$145.00 inc GST
2. Comprehensive package
Ideal for the family home, this 1.5 hour service allows time to review each room in your property and provide suggestions to create a home selling action plan that works. We’ll prioritise the top 10 tasks to be completed, discuss cost effective solutions and help you get on your way to impressing home buyers. You’ll also receive:
- Additional 10 minutes of phone/email support as required after the review
- Shift by Design’s open home checklist guide
- Shift by Design’s top 10 buyer put-offs checklist
$195.00 inc GST
3. Premium package
In this two hour service, we provide you more time to thoroughly review your home and provide recommendations to improve the value of your property to buyers. We spend more time reviewing furniture layout options, traffic zones and options to improve colour and lighting in the home. We’ll also look at street appeal and how you can improve the first impression from the curb to take advantage of the drive by inspections. You’ll also receive:
- Additional 20 minutes of phone/email support as required
- Shift by Design’s open home checklist guide
- Shift by Design’s top 10 buyer put-offs checklist
- Shift by Design’s decluttering tips guide; the best way to attack
- Shift by Design’s cleaning tips for preparing your home
$275.00 inc GST
Having lived in a home for any length of time means you quite often don’t see your home the way someone seeing it for the first time does. This is where the real value of engaging Shift by Design to help you prepare your home for sale comes to the fore.
Home staging creates an emotional link between your property and the buyer that can mean the difference between a sale or a buyer walking away. A property that has been home staged will appear fresher, cleaner and better maintained to the buyer immediately improving the property’s value.
Whatever your budget, the amount of money you spend in styling and home staging your property to sell will be a small proportion of the actual selling price of your property. Your returns on investing in home staging are likely to be significant and dramatically improve the way home buyers see your property.
A home staging consultation is designed to review your property from the all important buyer perspective and provide creative solutions to issues identified within your home. They could be as simple as furniture layout or be more complex issues that require a trade professional.
Either way, addressing these issues now gives the prospective buyer less opportunity to haggle on the sale price and presents a property that looks great.
Optional extras in addition to the home staging package include:
- project management for additional services such as cleaning, gardening, painting and general home maintenance services by qualified and reputable providers.
- general accessory selection and installation.
- furniture rental (where appropriate – vacant properties only)
- accessory rental (artwork, floor rugs, lamps, designer accessories – vacant properties only)
Email Shift by Design home staging now to discuss your project so that we can assist you create greater value in your property.
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