Home is where the heart is. It is a personal place and therefore your home will obviously hold pieces of your personal life. However, when inviting potential buyers in to view the space, it's better to have the home appear like a blank slate. While cleaning is an obvious must before a showing, some people don't realize how important the act of depersonalization is.
To depersonalize a home may seem like it is taking away from its character to the owner. However, it is actually allowing potential buyers to picture themselves in the area rather than feel like they're intruding. Things such as pictures, diplomas, and religious symbols are better to be taken down and stored. Bare walls invite the opportunity for a buyer to imagine their own wall hangings rather than be distracted by wedding photos of people they don't know. In addition, you will want to store things such as collections and craft / hobby supplies which may create a cluttered feel. Again-- you want the buyer to see the space as somewhere they might live, not your scrapbook room!
While depersonalizing is something often suggested, many only think to do it to the home's interior. However, depersonalizing the exterior is just as important in most cases. That 'blank slate' feel is just as valuable outside as inside after all! Things such as team flags should be rolled up, and extensive fairy garden accessories packed away for after the move. These kinds of things may be viewed as clutter as well, no matter how loved they are... and, of course, it may not be the kind of thing the buyer sees for themself and distract from the vision that will sell them on a property.
The home is the place in the world where we all can truly leave our fingerprint. It can be a place of self-expression, housing everything that makes us who we are as people: photos, collections, identifying factors from heritage to what football team our family cheers for. However, when it comes to selling your house, it is best to clean away your fingerprints-- and store them in a unit or at the new home. When you sell, you're inviting other families in to take a look around and see the space in a way that expresses who they are. To allow this fully, depersonalization must take place! It may be sad to see your pictures packed up instead of on the walls, but they'll be in their new home soon and you're letting buyers see a clean slate of what they can have.
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