How does your home look standing on the sidewalk? Is the front of your home welcoming or does it say 'No one's lived here for quite some time?'
First impressions count - make it lasting as you won't get a second chance. Great staging advice from Sharon Tara in New Hampshire.
Do you know which door is the most important door when it comes to marketing your house for sale? It's the door that potential buyers will be using to enter your house. It's the door where the infamous "first impression" is made.
Which door will potential buyers be using? I'm surprised at how many sellers have not given this question any thought. I'm even more surprised at how many Realtors are not prepared with an answer when I ask the question.
I begin all of my home staging consultations at the entryway, the door that buyers will be using. I've found that, for the most part, the decision of which door the Realtor will use has not been discussed prior to my arrival.
I find this interesting because it should be an important part of the marketing plan when selling a house.
Buyers will decide within the first ten seconds of entering the house whether they are interested in it or not. After that they are looking to validate their first impression. This means if their gut feeling upon entering is negative, they will walk room to room looking for reasons not to like the house.
If they are impressed and find it appealing immediately upon stepping inside, they will carry their excitement throughout, looking for more reasons to love the house.
As a general rule, the front door is considered the formal entry...used by most agents for showings. However, it is not always the best choice when selling. Every house is different and several factors should be considered.
Some things to consider:
Choose the entry door wisely. Start in your driveway and walk towards the door, and see what it looks like from a buyer's point of view. Prepare the area leading up to, surrounding, and inside the door as if your sale depends on it...because chances are it does.
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Lyn - An appealing and inviting front entrance is critical to that great first impression. I'll never forget selling my personal home to a buyer who had been looking for a completely different style. The agent told me that the buyer's words on entering the foyer were, "I'll buy this house."
Lyn,
I have learned like minor details as the front door, the mail box, a healthy looking exterior like for instance like a clean home that you can not spend more than $ 50 to $ 75 for clean the exterior with water pressure are important great things to say COME IN or GO AWAY ! some sellers do not listen and later on they blame realtors because the home take a little bit more in the market, great re-blog !
Lyn: you are so right, first impressions make all the difference...got to get them interested to start with !!! Great post...
Mary Lou: Thank you, I felt Sharon did an excellent job of reminding us about first impressions.
Ray: You're right just 10 minutes with a power washer can do wonders.
John: See your hard work was noticed and it does matter.