Houses To Go

House Staging 3rd Edition

September 20, 2007 on 1:22 am | In Houses To Go General |

Well,  hope all have had enough time to try the few things I suggested.  We left everyone in their kitchens and looking around.  The counters need to be cleared off.  Only keep a few items on the counter.  This will give the appearance of more space and open the area up.  People want to see where their coffee maker is going to go.  Make sure the area is very clean and open,  not having the breakfast plates with egg stuck all over is not a great selling option.  Now,  if your was being viewed at mid morning the smell of fresh coffee and bacon could be very appealing to a person.

Don’t have a personal collect of Elvis plates covering 80% of the wall space.  Get these all down and packed away.  Which leads me to nail holes.  Make sure the room is free of holes and has a fresh coat of paint.  Neutral colors only, you can live without your plum crazy custom kitchen color for at least a little while. You need to have every item in its place and the place clean and new looking.  This is a very popular room for most people so they look at it harder then others.  I am not saying you need to go out and buy all new cabinets and counter tops as you would have to spend more money then needed.  You also cannot have cabinets falling off the walls either.  They most be clean and functional.  Make sure the faucet is not leaking or broken in any way.  Same goes for any drain leaks or broken or poor running garbage disposals. These are very important items.  If the counter tops are so bad have someone come in a just replace the counter with a inexpensive new one.  Make sure all lights are working and no bulbs need to be replaced.

These above items are not done so many times.  People just think there not important or over look things since they have lived with the counter top corners half broken off for 5 years any way.  So, you can see where I am coming from on these items.

The items above are a few more things to move on in the right direction.  Keep going,  you will get it done if you just keep doing it in smaller sections.

 

Remember, safety first. 

 

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