Should You Hire Professional Home Staging or DIY
Selling your home can be a tricky business! Especially if you are unfamiliar with the selling process and all of the little details that help you sell your home faster, to the best buyers, and for a price that is closest to your initial asking price. Fortunately for you, that’s where home staging professionals, like us at HR Staging & Design, excel. We understand what homebuyers look for in a home and we can help you decorate and stage your home so that it has the greatest appeal to would-be buyers! But home staging doesn’t always require the help of a professional. Should you hire professional home staging experts or do it yourself? Both have their pros and cons.
Staging for Your Taste vs. Staging for the Average Homebuyer
One thing to consider when deciding whether or not you should hire professional home staging or to do it yourself is if you understand the difference between staging for your own taste and recognizing how to stage for mass appeal.
When it comes to decorating a home’s interior, you may not be a fan of beige and greys because they are too neutral. Yet even though you don’t love those colors, you must recognize that neutral colors help homes sell faster because it happens to cast the widest net. As long as you can separate your own personal taste from having generally good taste, you may be able to successfully stage your home for sale.
Get an Expert Opinion on Home Staging
If you do decide to attempt a DIY home staging, you can always ask for an expert opinion when it comes to home staging. While many home staging professionals may not be willing to divulge all of their secrets, there is still a good amount of information that they will be happy to share with you either on their blog or in person.
Asking a professional for their opinion on home staging can help you avoid expensive home staging errors that will turn home buyers away, like these here.
Check out Your Competition
When it comes to doing anything life, whether it’s home staging related or not, it’s always a good idea to check out the competition. In this case, your competition would be other homes and apartments that are on the market.
Try to keep an eye out for color palettes, which plants make the best decorations, and how other sellers are staging bedrooms, common areas, and children’s rooms. You may find some ideas that you love and quite a few that you will now know to avoid.
Weigh the Cost of Doing It Yourself or Hiring a Company
Finally, when deciding whether or not to stage a home yourself or whether to hire a company, you want to weight the costs of doing it yourself. How many hours will you dedicate to home staging? Will you be repairing and repainting anything within the home? Will you be purchasing furniture or renting it?
If you can save a substantial amount of money by taking on the home staging process as a DIY project, and you think that you can pull it off, it may be your best option! But on the other hand, you may realize that you will spend more time than a professional home staging company would. These are all things that you should consider before deciding to do a DIY home staging.
