One of the top 3 interior selling features of any property is SPACE with 86% of buyers confirming that storage is important when purchasing a property alongside freshly painted walls and updated flooring (1). Effective staging will ensure that all clutter is dealt with and that the properties space is maximised. Even if you are not selling a property, there's no reason to be surrounded by things that don't work, that you don't need, never use or that you don't even like.
A fantastic phrase which is so true is that of ‘Your home is not a museum’. You don’t have to feel obligated in keeping items or gifts that were given to you. Items don’t necessarily need to be owned by you simply because a relative gave it to you. It takes a lifetime to build up clutter.
REMAGINATION can help you get more out of life (whether you are selling or not) by helping you remove clutter and create efficient ways that work for you, your family and your lifestyle. It’s a simple process of identifying what you need, what you love and what you use.
In doing so we also identify (and deal with) the ‘incase clutter’ which you keep just in case you might need it ONEDAY. How about the ‘spur of the moment’ purchase clutter, that you have never used.....yet you keep it in case you need it ONEDAY. And of course the treasured collections, trophies from school days all bagged up and stuffed in a cupboard somewhere, but left in case you need it ONEDAY.
A detox of a different kind! Decluttering (also referred to as editing, purging, thinning out) is one of the simplest ways to shift energy in a home or space and help contribute toward a property spending less time on the market.
Decluttering...ensuring that everything you do pre-sale is an asset and not a liability.
REFERENCE:
(1) 2005 and 2006 Maritz Research staging polls
