Up here in Colorado Ski Country, the majority of the homes
on the market are second homes. While
the homeowners may use the home very frequently, they tend not to have the
normal build-up of unread mail, folded laundry waiting to be delivered to the
bedrooms, various and sundry kitchen gadgets out on the countertops, etc.
But staging a home, even in the second home/resort market
like Winter Park, Colorado, does require some time and effort. The payoff is huge. The trick is, let the buyer walk into the
home and get a warm and fuzzy feeling from the home and at the same time, give
them the space to imagine it as their own retreat.
Spend some time
walking into each room and just standing at the entrance. Take a look at the orientation of the
furniture in the room. Does it flow well
or does it stop you from stepping into the room. Look at the pictures and photos on the wall,
is it overwhelming? I understand, those
photos of everyone on vacation at the top of Winter Park Resort with James and
Perry Peaks behind them are fantastic.
But do you have one for every year for the last 15 years? Leave a few on the wall and then pack up the
rest. Box up those stacks of books
you’ve been meaning to read, leaving just a couple of them out on the coffee
table. Clear out your kitchen cabinets
and store the various appliances in an orderly fashion. A clean countertop in the kitchen allows the
potential buyer to think the entire house is clean, period.
Take a look outside the home, for curb appeal but also for
cleaning up those piles of things you may use but have never gotten around to.
In Winter Park and Fraser, we get over 500”
of snow a year, but the snow does melt and all of the sudden, here is that
ladder you’ve been looking for! Life in
the Rocky Mountains is a lot of fun, mainly because we like to play a lot up
here. With that playtime, we have a lot
of toys that need to be put away, hung on their respective hooks and just plain
cleaned up.
You have about 60 seconds to make a really good first
impression. Make those seconds count!
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