Selling your home? Let's put on a show!

You know that spring is in the air when you wake up and look outside and say “wow, the weather is beautiful!”. Immediately you begin to plan your camping trip for the coming May 24th weekend, begin to think about taking the kids to Canada’s Wonderland (if you have any kids yet), maybe even plan to work on your tan in the backyard!
What if you’re planning to move closer to work, or upgrade your home by the fall? Then selling your home is on your mind as well. And I’m sure that you don’t want this project to take away much of your time this summer in order for you to make memories with your family and friends.
Before you think about having your Realtor’s (Kris Abouzeki, Realtor) “For Sale” sign go up in the front yard, you need to seriously consider staging you home. Home staging is a proven successful marketing tool when it comes to sell a house on the open market. Are you still thinking about working on that tan?
AHA...the backyard it is. Let’s start there, in the backyard. Take out the rake, collect all the winter debris from the lawn, work your way around to the front yard, this will help control thatch build-up and dead grass blades (which eventually turn into thatch). Raking will get your lawn to look clean, and now you might want to consider liming, aerating if there are signs of compaction, overseeding, fertilizing (I like mulching lawn mowers as they leave behind a natural fertilizer), pulling weeds (remember pesticides are banned in Toronto! Or pay a $250 fine and develop Parkinson’s disease down the road :( ). Next, plant flowers, prune those shrubs and rose bushes, and sweep the driveway (or power wash, my favorite).
Your hard work pays off as the yard is taken care of, and you’ve covered the basics of creating curb appeal while getting a tan!
You have a tan, the house looks good from the curb, but you still want to sell it as quickly as possible and maximize the price it sells for. Now is the time to have a staging professional pop by for a visit.
Find a Canadian Staging Professional™ in your area by visiting the Canadian Staging Professionals website. Click here!