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Spend a little extra time on the details and you'll likely net a faster sale
A sparkling kitchen gives a good first impression to a potential buyer
Zigzagging through the residential streets near my home the other day while on a family bike ride, I noticed something I hadn’t seen in awhile: houses for sale. There is definitely more inventory in the Vancouver housing sales market, if the open house signs and for sale signs staked on the front laws across my neighbourhood are any indication.
Several friends see this surplus in inventory as an opportunity to move homes or test the market. My friends Rob and Sarah have recently placed their westside Vancouver home up for sale. Serial renovators, the couple is keen to move neighbourhoods to a slightly more urban setting and try their hand at renovating again.
I was surprised when Sarah mentioned that she was styling her house for sale. From her all-white garden to her hand towels, I couldn’t imagine what else she possibly could need to stage her home.
Shannon Vrlak, a real estate agent with WESTSIDE Tom Gradecak Realty, confirms that there is more product on the market and buyers are taking their time. She added that staging a home can help sellers see results faster.
“Pricing your home right in addition to minimizing the clutter of your daily life in your home is key,” said Vrlak.
Sarah spent a weekend blitzing through the house, decluttering closets, hiding excess junk in the garage, popping in annuals throughout the garden and retouching walls and baseboards with paint to cover chips.
Her focus was on paring down and sprucing up, rather than buying lots of new furnishings. She bought flowers and orchids for the house and that was it. I peeked in on a recent open house and was impressed with the results.