Home Staging for Top-Dollar Sales
Home Selling Advice
Smell to Sell: Home Staging Tips
By Jeanette
Fisher
I love stinky houses! When ever I preview a stinky
house, I know other home shoppers will be turned off
by the odors. This opens the possibility for investors
like my family to pick up a bargain house. But if
you're selling your home, you want to sell to a buyer
who wants to LIVE in your home so you get full market
value.
One big mistake home sellers make, keeping pets inside
during the time it takes to sell, requires you to give
serious thought to your pets. I love my dogs and cat,
so I understand how hard it is to send your pets away.
If you can't part with your friends, ask a neighbor to
honestly tell you if your home smells like pets. Just
because your pets are housebroken doesn't mean your
carpets don't emit offensive odors. We get accustomed
to the smells in our personal space. If you need to
rid your home of doggy odors, get your carpets deep
cleaned by a professional.
Of course, you've heard that baking cookies or bread
adds fantastic scents to the air, but your first task
is to remove the underlying musty odors, and then you
can bring in pleasant scents with home staging
techniques.
Home Selling Advice to Make Your Home Smell Great
1. Take out the trash before showing. That simple.
2. Tell the children to keep stinky shoes in the
garage.
3. Sprinkle baking powder on the carpet before
vacuuming.
4. Vinegar - your new best friend. Use vinegar to
clean floors, countertops, and bathrooms. (1/2 cup to
one gallon of hot water.) A stronger vinegar mix
dissolves hard-water scum on shower tile and glass
enclosures.
5. Add essential oil drops to final rinse for floors.
6. Use essential oils in a diffuser instead of
artificial sprays that some home shoppers may find
offensive; they may think you're trying to mask a
bigger problem like mildew, or even worse, they may be
allergic to the artificial product and think your
house makes them teary-eyed and sneezy.
7. Keep up with the laundry. Wash sneakers with a
half-cup of added vinegar.
8. Wash all bed linens, even blankets, which hold
odors. Use non-allergic scented fabric softener.
9. Check window coverings for musty smells.
10. Run a grapefruit or orange skin through your
garbage disposal for a refreshing clean smell a few
minutes before showing.
You don't want to attract low offers from real estate
investors. Prepare your home for sale by ridding the
house of offensive odors and then add fresh scents
like gardenias to stage the perfect setting - one that
feels like home to buyers.
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