Friday, May 28, 2010

How to sell your home in a Balanced Market


In Calgary their currently is 12 000 homes for sale. How can you get your home to stand out in a crowd like that? It's simple really Home Staging!!

What is Home Staging you ask? Home Staging is proven marketing techniques that sell properties quickly and for a higher return on investment.We all like a higher return on our investments, but you can't make money unless you invest money. Home Staging is a small investment compared to the 5% more you could make on your property just from the service.

In today's balanced market sellers need the competitive edge to get their home noticed. Home Staging will help your home appeal to a wide range of potential buyers, creating more traffic to your listing.

Elysse Bulloch
Simply Stylish Staging

http://www.simplystylishstaging.com

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Staging Tips




So Your Selling Your home?

Selling your home does not have to be stressful. You just need a few helpful tips to help you through the process.

1) Crub appeal . I know its Calgary, its difficult when we have winter for 6 months of the year. Just some simple things like a new lighting fixture, mailbox and a new welcome mat.Your could even add a urn with flowers for a punch of color.

2) Paint. A fresh coat of neutral paint will create clean look and make your space appear larger.

3) Repairs. Now is the time to get the handyman's list out. Minor repairs are cost effective investments that could pay of large in the sale of your home.

4) Packing. You have to pack sooner or later so why not start before your house is sold. Go through each room in your house choose stuff to keep , donate or trash.

5) Open the windows. Spring is here open the windows and let the fresh air in.

6) Clean Clean Clean. Make it sparkle it makes quite an impression don't forget to clean the windows this will let more light in

7) Organize. Potential buyers look everywhere in your home be sure to organize your closets and cupboards.

If your thinking of selling your home call us today

http://www.simplystylishstaging.com
Simply Stylish Staging
403.710.4229

Friday, May 21, 2010

Colour Trends For 2010



The Real Estate season is almost in full swing it has many home owners wondering what color trends 2010 will bring? Brown has been the color choice for the last few years among renovated homes and newly built home, but is being replaced by charcoal the new neutral. Many show homes have already switch from the brown beige to gray charcoal. Cool gray can be combined with almost any color to pull your space together.

Blues and turquoise accessories will really make your charcoal walls pop , blue is everywhere its replacing the greens we seen in the past. Turquoise, yellow and red are also on the come back. This retro color scheme is a big hit with the younger generation of buyers but it not appealing to all demographics since older buyer grew up with these colors.