Essential Home Staging Tips to Pass On to Your Clients

Not all homeowners have the means to hire a professional interior decorator to stage their homes. While that’s totally understandable, you can help them out by offering a few insider tips they can implement to help their homes sell faster—and closer to their asking prices.

Home Staging Checklist- Benchmark Realty — Home Staging Photo by The Decorologist

Clear the Clutter

As Realtors®, we know that potential buyers want to envision a space as their own; seeing other people’s mail on the counter, jackets hung on coat racks and shoes lined up in the foyer can be deal-breakers. Make sure your clients know that, too. Have them go through the home and:

Arrange bookshelves neatly
Close dresser drawers and closet doors (unless it’s a walk-in; then leave it wide open)
Pick up yard debris and tuck away the trash cans

Removing personal effects wherever possible lets buyers use their imaginations, so if your clients make a special effort to take down family photos, eclectic décor and all of the things that give their home a “lived-in” look, they’ll likely see better results.

A Clean Home is a Happy Home

Naturally, your clients will keep the house clean when they know potential buyers are coming. Don’t let them overlook these sale-killers, though:

Shower doors and bathroom walls (scour and scrub!)
Gender-specific room décor
Hardware holes that take just minutes to repair

Benchmark Realty’s Home Staging Checklist

Giving your clients an easy-to-use home staging checklist like this one can save them money on hiring a professional. While Benchmark Realty is a paperless office, we understand that your clients will likely appreciate having a hard copy handy when they’re getting ready for showings—so feel free to download our Benchmark Realty’s Home Staging Checklist to share with them.