READY, SET, SELL!

Today’s buyer wants to be able to MOVE RIGHT IN.  At JRE we offer you, the seller, a chance to Set the Stage prior to listing your house.  Consult with our expert stagers to ready your home to be in move-in condition.

We will go through your house with a “Buyers Eye.”  Often you don’t see what needs to be changed, fixed or neutralized.  Let us advise you to condition your home to be Buyer Ready.

The following is a Staging checklist for you to consider:

•    CLEAN! CLEAN: Have the carpet shampooed; wax the floors, wash the walls, windows, blinds, drapes, and light fixtures.  Consider engaging a cleaning service, recognizing that it is a moving expense.

•    KITCHEN AND BATHROOM: Clear off countertops.  Leave your canisters and little else.  Maximize the available counter space.  These rooms should be gleaming.  If unsightly, have the tub re-caulked and remove mineral deposits and grime from the shower walls.  Clean the stove, microwave and refrigerator.

•    CLOSETS: Remove the seasonal clothing.  Organize your clothing and the shoes on the floor.  Remove all clutter from cabinets and closets.

•    FURNITURE: The less furniture, the larger a rooms appears to be.

•    A LIGHT APPEARANCE: As a rule, do everything to lighten the appearance of the home.  Raise the blinds, open the drapes, and use light colors. 

•    Repaint any room beginning to look shabby.

•    OUTSIDE:  Take a close look as you walk the property.  Clean anything that looks unkempt or dirty; repair or replace anything that looks loose, dingy, rusted or broken.  Make sure the doorbell works.  Replace a tired looking mail box, clean the exterior light fixtures and wash the windows.  Try to spot hanging or rusty gutters, crooked antenna, loose shingles or shutters.


•    THE YARD:  Turn and weed the flowers beds; trim the trees and shrubs.  Mend the fence, fix the gate latch.  Pick up litter.

•    OUTDOOR FURNITURE:  Examine and spot paint your outdoor furniture.  If it is rusty or un-repairable consider disposing of the pieces.

•    FRONT ENTRY: It is the first thing your buyers see as they stand and wait to enter your house.  It is worth the extra effort to spruce it up.

•    THE GARAGE:  The time has come.  Discard virtually everything in the garage that has not been used for a year.  Wash it down. 

Put yourself in the buyer’s shoes...take a walk through your home as if you were considering buying it.