Meet Your Power Home Selling Team

You may have heard the saying, “it takes a village to raise a child.” Well, it also takes a village to sell a home. In some ways, your home is like your baby – it certainly requires a lot of care – and making the decision to sell can be a very emotional experience. Luckily, a power home selling team to sell your property includes both people with an emotional attachment to the space, and professionals who will be able to assess it objectively.

With solid team members in place, you can stand back and let them do what they do best – execute a quick and profitable sale. Let us take a look at your power home selling team.

The Home Selling Team Captain

As the seller, you are the captain of your selling team. You decide when to place the home on the market, whether to pursue a traditional sale or home auction, and the budget for pre-sale repairs. But your most important responsibility is to choose the right help. With the addition of outstanding team members, the entire process becomes streamlined and much less stressful. Look for people who connect with your description of what makes life in this particular home great, and can express a plan for minimising those elements that aren’t so great. Explains the team at the professional staging company Upstaged, “After an initial discussion either by email or phone of what is required, we visit your property and understand your objectives. Are you looking to rent a property out, or looking to sell it? If you are looking to sell it, are you looking to sell it as soon as possible, or hold out for the highest price? We also take notes and consider how the property is laid out, where it is, what features it has, and so forth.”

With the right selling team in place, and your objectives laid out, you can shift your focus to what comes next for your family.

The Real Estate Agent

It’s very difficult to sell your home successfully without the help of a real estate agent. Realtors are expert in assessing the financial position of properties, and then marketing them effectively. A large sale like this has various legal and financial elements as well, and average citizens will need guidance to understand the ramifications of different choices. Your Realtor will also be your voice in all negotiations, so you can feel comfortable that your interests are represented knowledgeably. Seek out an agent who has successfully sold homes in your neighborhood before, and can offer comprehensive marketing packages in order to reach a high number of potential buyers. Says former Gisborne resident Cedar Kennan, “Even though we knew it was the right choice to move, it was still very emotional selling our home. Our Realtor was amazing – she really listened to our needs, stayed calm in the most stressful moments, and went back to our buyers’ agent over and over again to negotiate a process that worked for everyone. I don’t know what we would have done without her.”

The Professional Home Stager

Once you are on the path to listing your property for sale, attention must be paid to preparing the space for potential buyers. That means staging the home to appeal to the widest possible range of individuals. But there’s so much to do! To properly stage a home, clutter must be removed and the property deep cleaned, repairs made, new paint applied, and furniture and decorations arranged to present the home in the best light. A professional home stager is invaluable during this process. They can help you get organized, arrange for pick-up of items to go into storage, and hire reputable people to clean and do repairs. Best of all, you can count on your professional stager to utilise their interior design expertise and provide a beautiful finished look that will have buyers lining up to make an offer. Look for a firm that has lots of experience staging for real estate purposes, is proud to show you photos of their previous work, and can connect you with other support services, such as cleaning and repairs. James, a happy customer of Upstaged, says, “The approach to home staging with them is very much focused on maximising how much the home sells for, and they really get results!”