Home staging do-it-yourself costs
Home staging is the practice of making a home presentable to a prospective buyer. Anything done to a home or the land being sold that will help get a quicker sale or a better price is considered staging.
The internet is full of free guides to the do-it-yourselfer. You can also hire a Professional Home Stager, or hire a real estate agent to spend some time making suggestions. An agent may charge between $50 and $250 to come investigate your home and make a report.
Most real estate agents have training and experience in staging, and if they're working to sell your home, will advise you as part of their cost.
Giving a fresh coat of paint, removing furniture and personal items from the home, landscaping, cleaning, renovations, and repairing defects in the home before it's presented are all included in staging.
Fixing or replacing floor coverings, removing bugs from the home, and making it smell good, (or not smell bad) are also included.
The real art of home staging is making sure the cost of the improvements you are making is profitable. Replacing a bathroom for $9,000 to get $5,000 extra is not going to work. Cutting your grass before showing your house could cost you $50 and get you a sale this week, instead of next month.
We can't tell you all the costs involved in this article, but look through Jolemon to find the relevant prices.
