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Personality
Another
thing you want to do is de-personalize your property before showings
begin. It makes it easier for the prospective buyers to
visualize their
possessions and living there if your decorating is
more neutral. Some people have a very hard time looking at at
what could be instead of seeing only
what is there.
One
person's art is another's junk. If prospective buyers see
family photo's all over the place, they'll have a hard time
mentally
replacing them with their own and visualizing their
family in your home.
BUT I'm
not
saying
remove
absolutely
everything.
You want
to show
your
pride
and how
happy
you've
been
living
there.
Remove
anything
with a
strong
"message"
or what
might be
"questionable"
for most
people.
If
cleverly
arranged,
family
photo's
can add
immense
interest
and
appeal.
Just
don't
over do
it or
overwhelm
prospective
buyers
with
enormous
prints
or
portraits.
A half a
dozen or
so
properly
arranged
in a few
select
places
would be
appropriate
and very
appealing.
Every
photo
you own
(or
close to
it) is
way too
much and
the
buyers
will
never
get
passed
it.
Political, religious,
and some modern pop art
can cause some people to just turn away and say next. It's
happened to me personally when showing property. I brought
a young family to see a home.
When we walked into the
owners teenage sons room the buyers could leave quick enough
because of the posters hanging on his walls.
Granted you still have to
live there and you want to enjoy hopefully what will be your
last days at your current home.
However, you must tone it
down and keep it very neutral - but not white. I
learned in art class that the color white is actually the
absence of color. It is not neutral. Your best bet
is very soft hues of light, very pale colors, especially in the
earth tone colors - soft sandy beige, etc.
Right or wrong people have
sometimes very strong reactions to certain items.
One
other
thing
you
might be
interested
to know
is that
often
after we
look at
a house,
the
buyers
will
give it
a
nickname
so that
it's
easier
to
remember
their
"feelings"
and
the
impressions,
concerns
generated
when the
property
was
viewed.
(i.e.
the cat
house,
the
garden
house,
the zoo,
the
country
kitchen,
fresh
baths,
wow!)
When we
arrive
at the
office
and
we're
discussing
properties
and we
are
counseling
the
buyers
toward
their
purchase
decision,
they'll
use the
nicknames
so
easily
to help
with the
process.
So
you want
to make
sure
they'll
come up
with the
perfect
"nickname"
for your
property.
One that
will
motivate
them
toward
buying!
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