How to Stage Your Home's Exterior

by Yvonne and Scott Vance- The Vance Team @ Realty World 01/15/2018

Although a home seller might commit significant time and resources to stage the interior of his or her home, it also is important to remember that homebuyers will want to check out your residence's exterior. As a result, you may want to consider staging your home's exterior in addition to your residence's interior. Staging your home's exterior can be simple – here are three tips for home sellers to stage a house's exterior effectively: 1. Spruce Up Your Front Lawn. A front lawn that is loaded with crabgrass and weeds is unlikely to help your house garner attention from homebuyers. Fortunately, there are many fast, efficient ways to spruce up your front lawn's appearance. For instance, mowing and watering your front lawn regularly is sure to help improve its appearance. Don't forget to use fertilizer and weed control products to further enhance your front lawn's appearance, either. When in doubt, hire professional landscapers to help you spruce up your front lawn. These landscaping experts will be able to bolster your front lawn's appearance instantly, and ultimately, boost your chances of generating substantial interest in your residence. 2. Improve Your Exterior Lighting. Ideally, you'll want to make your front entrance warm and inviting. And with the right lighting, you'll be able to impress homebuyers any time they check out your house. Pendant lighting, for example, can be hung with ease and will help you boost your home's curb appeal. This lighting will allow you to illuminate the front of your residence at night, ensuring homebuyers who drive by will be able to get a good look at your home. Furthermore, wall lighting can be placed near exterior doorways and will look and perform great day after day. Like pendant lighting, wall lighting often is easy to install and can make a world of difference in the eyes of homebuyers. 3. Clean Up Your Driveway. A driveway that is filled with chips and cracks may do more harm than good, particularly for a home seller who wants to generate plenty of interest in his or her residence. However, a home seller who spends some time improving the appearance of his or her house's driveway is sure to transform the driveway from a home selling liability into an asset. Repaving your driveway always represents a valuable option, as this will enable you to enhance your driveway's appearance immediately. Also, installing interlocking stones or stamped concrete may prove to be a viable option, especially if you want your driveway to stand out to homebuyers. Staging your house's exterior is worthwhile, and a home seller who devotes the time and resources to improve his or her home's exterior may be able to reap the benefits of a quick sale. Do what it takes to transform your home's ordinary exterior into one that will sparkle consistently. By doing so, you can boost your house's curb appeal and differentiate your residence in a highly competitive real estate market.
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Yvonne and Scott Vance- The Vance Team @ Realty World

As a Realtor I understand the value of having a broad understanding of what makes our communities so unique! Years of working in healthcare and community programs has prepared me to serve all facets of our community. Years of buying and selling in the Florida market, has given me experience and expertise to better serve my clientele's real estate needs.