My street. Three houses for row for sale and the house across the street from them is for sale as well.Final Thoughts…
Over the past few weeks Remodeling Guy and I have discussed all sorts of ideas for staging your home for sale. We’ve barely scratched the surface. I could write for hours on the importance of the drive by {keep your porch and interior lights on in the evening please!} and optimal furniture placement and the importance of decluttering.
I could remind you that if you have pets of any kind make sure you invite your most honest, out spoken, gifted-smeller friend over and force her to tell you the cold hard truth about how your house smells.
Remodeling Guy could preach for hours on maintenance and upkeep for the paint, pluming and other man related stuff. He would surely remind you that changing out an old fixture could instantly update a room. He could tell you what is and isn’t worth spending your time and money on. And he has. And he has another message as well.
We could go on forever and the information would all be great and worth while and you should obey us because your house will have a better chance of selling if that’s what you need to do.
Waiting for the Sale…
But there are some of you out there I want to talk to. You know who you are. You desperately want your house to sell. Or maybe, you desperately need your house to sell.
Even if you follow every jot and tittle that we write your house may just sit. Because house selling is something that you have little control over.
To all of you right now who feel like the world will end if your house doesn’t sell, let me tell you, it will not. I promise. So please don’t do what I did 10 years ago when our house sat on the market for 2 and a half years. Don’t fret, worry, cry and try to control your situation. You can have a great life even if that house is sitting there empty. You can have a great life if you cannot afford to pay your mortgage. You can even have a great life if you are facing foreclosure.
Related Posts:
Staging: Intro
Staging: The Exterior
Staging: Stepping Inside
Staging: Remodeling Guy’s Perspective
Love this post! I needed to read this today! Many thanks! We are going on 5 months of our house sitting on the market. Thanks for yout tips! I am going to get started painting trip and baseboards this weekend!!
Thanks for the post! I have had my townhome on the market for a year and a half. We don’t have to move, but when we built the place it was my husband and myself, now 5.5 years later, we have a dog, a cat and 2 small boys. We are busting at the seams. I am very organized, everything has a place, but we just need more house. I have had a stager come in a look at it and everyone that sees it loves it and says it shows very well. Alas, still no offers. Not sure what I can do any differently. The house is as neat as a pin when it shows, the toys are all hidden away. I have talked about building another room over the 22 foot living room to solve our problem, but I really want a single family home and not a townhome with a large level yard, so I am not sure if we should just wait it out or expand. Any advice?
I think I read this series back when you published it, but I didn’t need it then. My husband and I are getting ready to sell the house we built in 2006 and I thought to myself today “I think the nester has a series on home staging, I should read it!” I’m so glad I did. I love your attitude, your wisdom. I’m definitely going to use some of the practical tips from this series…but this last part in this last post about waiting, and praying, and keeping the house cleaning during diaper changes and spaghetti sauce…it made me cry. I am NOT looking forward to keeping this house clean for last minute showings with 5 kids and homeschooling and a blog and life going on. I’m stressed and the house isn’t even on the market yet. Thank you so much for the reminder that it will sell in God’s time, that it’s HIS will we want, not ours… That God will care for us just as he always has. Wow….my comment is practically a novel…lol! Thanks for the encouragement, Nester :)