Why Stage Your House?

Series Summary

Selling your house can be quite a chore, what with strangers stopping by at all hours and having to keep the place in tip top shape all the time-from mowing the grass every week to cleaning every last window. Of course you want to sell your house as soon as possible so you don't have to endure this tribulation any longer than absolutely necessary. One way to shorten the process is to hire a home stager, a trained professional who helps you to maximize the appeal of your house to potential buyers.

Our professional home stager is an expert interior designer and an experienced realtor. In this series of free home sales videos, she shares secrets of home stagers, such as how to depersonalize your home and create a welcoming atmosphere. But she also explains how a certified home stager can help with issues that you may still be unsure about, especially if you are not selling through a realtor. How much should you charge for your home? When should you have an open house? And do you need to hire your own home stager?

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Kelley Johnson with K. Nichole Redesign for Expert Village. A home stager works with sellers and real estate agents to market the home. Today is a very tough real estate market and homes are lingering on the market much longer. Staged homes sell faster and typically for more money so you are actually staging to maximize your sell price. Once you decided you want to sell your home, it is important to research and identify the certified stager that can help you sell your home. A certified stager has gone through training and can be very professional in their approach to help you in saving your home. Some things to keep in mind when selecting the right stager is to identify what type of training the stager has completed."