Alix's Real Estate Ramblings & Resources: Staging your home

Welcome!

I am an Atlanta native and made the decision in 2007 to leave my job as an architect/urban planner to get my real estate license. This was a difficult decision but has been great since my very first day in my new career and I am really enjoying it! It is so rewarding helping people find that perfect home, and it allows me to continue to satiate my love of good architecture and great neighborhoods!

I attended Georgia Tech (GO JACKETS!!!!) which is where I met my husband. For almost a decade we lived in one of Atlanta's fabulous in-town neighborhoods in a great 1920's Craftsman bungalow with our two dogs and two cats. Following the birth of our first child, we bought a foreclosure in the west Buckhead area and fully renovated it using an FHA 203k loan, which was a fun and sometimes daunting process. And just prior to the birth of our second child, we purchased and renovated a home in downtown Historic Roswell, completing our personal tour of some of Atlanta's best neighborhoods to live in!

I decided to create this blog in order to share useful information and resources about the real estate market and home buying process, as well as hopefully bring some humor and levity to what is often a complex and intimidating process. Enjoy!!!

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Staging your home

At the end of the day, there are a few key things that sell a home. First of course is price. Nothing is more critical than pricing it correctly. However, a close second is staging it correctly. A properly staged home - which highlights all your homes pluses and distracts from its negatives - will help you to sell faster and for more money. A service I provide is doing a walk-thru with clients prior to listing their home where we go room by room to assess what needs to be done to get the home ready to sell. This includes staging advice, minor repairs, and any other changes I think might help. I want the home to look as perfect as possible before the first potential buyer ever walks through the front door. First impressions are everything!

Click here for an excellent article which gives great tips for properly staging your home, which I encourage all homeowners to read prior to listing.

These pictures are examples from my listings where I helped my clients to stage their home (while they were still living in it, with their own belongings) and you can see what a difference it makes!