It is sometimes difficult for homeowners to understand the purpose of home staging. Home buyers make their decisions as much through emotion as they do reason. Consequently, it is critical to understand the buyer’s perspective and the psychology of home staging. Home staging is a method for optimizing buyer appeal. This is what will help sell the home faster and for more money.
Home staging is sometimes described as decor enhancement. However, the aim is not really to produce the perfect home. Every home buyer has their own unique tastes and preferences. A buyer will often start their process with a clear vision of their ideal home already formed. They want their dream home, and buying a house is as much an emotional investment as it is a financial one. So, the ultimate goal of a professional stager is to create an environment in which the buyer can visualize how they will personalize and design the house.
As an example, when selling your house, the arrangement of furniture is not about the what will provide the best function and comfort. Of course, the room size does not change because of what is in it or how the furniture is placed. Nevertheless, it does impact the perception of space. You want to strengthen the positives and lessen the negative. Moreover, symmetrically arranged and centered rooms will help ensure that special features are not bypassed or overlooked.
Ultimately, a professional home stager will know how to accentuate your home’s best characteristics and features. As we have often stated, when you place your home on the market, it stops being your house and becomes a product for sale. In order to create the emotional buy-in that brings an offer, a home buyer must be able to see themselves already living in the home. Without the proper staging, a home’s decor can become a distraction.
Do you have questions? What haven’t we covered yet that is important to you? If you wold like to talk more about why home buyers can’t look past decor, or a related topic, please contact us.
Diane Holm
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