Selling a home in Virginia Beach.
IF you are thinking about Selling a home in Virginia Beach then you have come to the right place. Selling homes in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach is my specialty. Following is some very important information that every seller of Virginia Beach properties should be very aware of.
We all hope when it comes time to sell our home, that the transaction can be completed in short order. However in only rare instances will a quick sale will actually occur. In most cases, and especially with this terrible economy, the sale will be a long drawn out procedure full of pitfalls and disappointment.
However in Virginia Beach and with the right realtor on your side, much of the aggravation can be lessened and in some cases completely eliminated from the process. This may then allow a sale can be made in a more reasonable period of time even if it is not a quick sale that is hoped for. For this reason, be sure to choose your realtor carefully and ask a lot of questions to make sure that he will be looking out for your interest over his. Believe it or not, some realtors actually do put the buyer first and that is as it should be.
In addition to making sure that the home owner stays out of trouble, its very important that the one of your agents main goals, is to accomplish whatever it requires to attract as many customers to your home in the shortest amount of time.
Be careful with this as attracting tons of customers does not simply mean parading a long line of folks thru you home day after day. It is crucial that these customers be qualified to buy your home. Generally a realtor will not waste time bringing a client to your home if the client is not qualified to purchase since that would simply be a waste of both the agent and his clients time. If the buyer is not qualified, he certaninly cannot buy the home.
In my opinion, one of the most effective ways to get qualified buyers into home with OOOh’s and Ahhh’s is to make sure you stage the home as beautifully as possible. The home must be presented in such a way that it is so very pleasing to any potential buyers that are visiting your home. Without very careful staging, the home will be slow to sell or may not sell at all.
It is imperative that any required maintenance be done before the home is placed on the market. The more attractive and carefully maintained the home, the faster it will sell. The house must be cleaned to a tee and must be organized so that it attracts even the casual buyer. IF the home has a crowded look due to excessive furniture and boxes, its very important to move some of the items to storage. A home that has too much furniture will give a cluttered look and makes it actually appear smaller than it truly is.
When we spruce up a home it take on a clean and orderly look and in the real estate world we refer to this as staging the home. Careful staging will be very effective in drawing attention to the finer points of the home, and making the unattractive and poor features less noticable to the visitors.
I cannot over emphasize the importance of a thoroughly clean home with a pine sol oder with soft music playing in the background. Additionally make sure that shades and lights are positioned to make sure the home is very well lit and no dark corners are left anywhere in the home.
When staging is done properly, it automatically attracts even casual buyers eyes at every turn and in almost every case ensures a higher sale price for the property.
This staging process is done especially in vacant homes as it is easier to accomplish than with a lived in home. However when the home is vacant it is important that all the furniture is not removed form the premisis, as the empty look will hurt the sale. It makes it harder for the new home owner to imagine it as their home. The have more difficulty placing the furniture in their mind and they will not feel as good about the home as when it looks all cozy with nice furnishings through the home.
It has been proven by experiment that when a vacant home has nice furnishing placed in the home it sells faster than other homes that are completely empty of any furniture.
In many cases, real estate agents have rented furniture and set the home up to look comfortable and homey, giving it a more orderly look. Additionally when a home has been over crowded with too much furniture the home has in most cases sold quicker when some of the furniture has been removed to storage.
Bringing in furniture to a vacant house, at one time was viewed as an extra and unnecessary expense, but has since been embraced as a great way to go and an effective way to spend money. Generally the higher sale price far exceeds any cost of doing the necessary staging of the home.
A recent addition to almost any interior decorating class, now includes the preparation of a home for sale.
Tom Chambers is a Top agent with a real estate company that specializes in staging homes in the best possible light to get the very highest sale price and they have been very successful with this process. IF you have an interest in selling your Virginia Beach Home, be sure to contact Tom Chambers at Resh Realty Group or stop by my website at vahud.com and sign up to receive thousands of color photos in your email on a daily basis.