Organization is the backbone: organizing a house for sale

A good organization system is invaluable in any home, but it can live without it in your daily life if you wish. However, when his house is for sale, it is absolutely necessary to organize all the spaces in the house. Skipping this step in staging your home for sale could cost you money by closing on a lower offer or cause buyers to forego your home altogether.

Organization can be elusive. People have the best intentions to get organized and stay organized. They go out and buy boxes and sneakers and promise themselves they’re going to wear them from now on. And sometimes they do, but most of the time, it doesn’t work that way. Most commonly, these people end up with boxes and baskets full of stuff, and more stuff everywhere. This is fine for everyday life, but when the house is for sale, it just won’t work.

One of the many reasons it’s so hard to live in a home while it’s for sale: all areas of your home simply need to be well organized while the home is for sale. Because? Because shoppers are curious (nosy) and with good reason.

When a potential buyer decides to visit your home in person, there are so many hurdles to overcome to even walk through the door. Do the photos online look great? Is the price of the house correct? Is the curb appeal great? Does something smell funky from the front walk?

When you actually get them into the house, you’re firmly in the game. You have overcome all the initial hurdles to sell your house to these particular people. These could be your buyers, so don’t ruin it with “behind the scenes” chaos.

Behind the scenes, chaos occurs when a home looks good on the surface, but underneath the clean windows, great furniture arrangement, and strategically placed lighting, there’s a disorganized space. Cabinets, drawers, built-ins and closets have a big impact on the purchase decision. If buyers can’t easily see how their things will work in the space, they’ll become emotionally disconnected from the home. You don’t want this disconnection to happen. It’s the buyer’s emotional connection to a home that brings the best deal. Disconnection from chaos makes them want to get out of the house, not buy a house.

Buyers are a nosy bunch, and with good reason. They want to inspect every space they are considering buying. You would not do that? Buying a home is often the biggest purchase people make in their lives. They need to feel safe when making an offer. They need to feel connected to a house in order to be willing to pay for it.

They need to see every inch of space that the house has to offer. This includes all drawers, cupboards and built-ins in the house. Each. One of them. Is reasonable Think buyers won’t open drawers and cabinets on furniture that won’t be included in a home sale, but don’t count on it. No real estate agent can be in every room at all times. Drawers will be opened, inspected and court. Keep this in mind.

Even the most beautiful staging in every room of a house is blown away by mess-filled cupboards or cabinets. If you have things lying around in any space, large or small, it tells the buyer that there is not enough storage space in this house to live in peace. Buyers won’t necessarily hear the chaos clearly or in those words, but they will strongly feel the discord in the space. They will “feel” a reason to pass on the property or to make a low offer because they don’t feel there is enough storage space. They may move to the next house because they think their stuff will never fit in this one.

Your cleansing process should have helped you cut down on only those things that bring you joy or that you really need. The next step is to organize the things that are left in the best possible way so that it gives you and, more importantly, your buyers a sense of peace.

Buyers are willing to pay for spaces where they can imagine a quiet and peaceful life. They want to think that if they lived in your beautiful organized house they would have the calm and peaceful life that they aspire to. They think they will be able to find the car keys, sunglasses, and cell phone at all times.

Organized spaces are the “bones” that sustain the quality seen in a staged home. Without organization, not even the best staged room will stand up to a buyer’s inspection.

When organizing your home to sell, be sure to organize each space as part of your process because you know buyers will be looking everywhere. You’ll be glad you took the time on closing day with cash in the bank!