Colorado Springs Real Estate

Staging your home can often be the difference between a successful sale and keeping your home on the market longer than you had hoped. When considering staging, you should keep in mind some of the design trends throughout the season so that your home fits in well. If you’ve never considered the benefit of staging your home, here are a few great reasons to do so, and a few trends that have hit the market this year! What Is Staging? Staging a home is taking it and making it look the best it can for the sale process. It’s important to keep in mind that there are two staging types to keep in mind though - partial and complete staging. Partial Staging:  This is most popular with sellers who will still be living in their home while it’s on the market. Stagers will make use of both your current furniture, but also supplement with pieces and designs of their own to fill in the gaps. This can be awesome if you are still living in your home but challenging because the designers are ...

Staging your Colorado Springs home can be critical if you want to sell it fast and for the price you want.  If you stage your home effectively, it can be the tipping point for a potential buyer.  Staging your home can also be easy and affordable.  Our team of Colorado Springs real estate agents  can help you with the process from start to finish.  If you don't know where to begin, here are some tips to help stage your home like a pro and stick to your budget at the same time! Get A Storage Unit You can get a storage unit for an affordable price per month.  A storage unit offers many benefits that will help during the selling process.  It will help get all the clutter out of your home, so it is less to keep up with and it starts the packing process early.  Go through each room of your home and start packing away any items you won't need until after you move.  If there is a piece of furniture that isn't essential for the room,...

It's time to welcome the cozy fall season, and all of the wonderful details that come with that, including selling your home! Have you had your home on the market for a while, and want to do a new launch? Or maybe you are just starting to get your home on the market for the first time and need some ideas. Appealing to the season when staging a Colorado Springs home is a great idea. If you don't realize the importance of staging your home, you can read several of our past blogs to learn the importance. The Mike MacGuire team takes the presentation of your home seriously because we know how important it is. Here are a few ideas you can consider as you prepare your home to go on the market, and ways to make it especially cozy and homey for the fall season! Feature Fall Curb Appeal Luckily for you, Colorado Springs has a lot of fall curb appeal just with the beautiful scenery and fall colors! Keep in mind that a little will go a long way when decorating your front porch. E...

When selling a Colorado Springs home, your curb appeal can make or break the deal before it's even been started. If you don't believe us, check your reaction next time you see a home for sale that looks like it's been abandoned or belonged to the Munsters! You will generally have formed an opinion about the home before you've even stepped inside it, and unfortunately, that can happen to your home if you don't have the front staged just like the inside. While we've talked about curb appeal before, what we really want to focus on is how bushes and shrubs can improve your space and why.  These small, dense plants can make a huge difference in the appearance of your home, and if you weren't quite convinced before, we hope this will help you see the value in having them strategically placed. Hide the Unsightly Every yard will have one aspect to it that isn't the most beautiful, but it is functional, so you have to keep it. Some homes have septic p...

Whether you are a new homeowner, or you're looking to sell a Colorado Springs home , decorating can improve the look and feel of your home. April is decorating month, and we want to show you that decorating your home can be as simple or complex as you want to make it. The Mike MacGuire team believes that when you're selling your home, a staged or decorated home can make all of the difference, and in many cases, you don't have to buy a bunch of new stuff, but just rearrange and declutter the things you have. Here are a few easy decorating tips you can utilize in your Colorado Springs home! Create a Cozy Bedroom Since the majority of your time in the bedroom is spent sleeping, don't be afraid to make your bed cozy with nice sheets, a warm blanket, and relaxing colors. In one short weekend, you can update your bed with fresh linens, embroidered pillow cases, and a new spring throw! You'll be amazed at how quickly this can transform your room and make it feel bran...

When you want to sell your home, staging could be the difference between selling it on time or not. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp did a study, and proved that staged homes stayed on the market for half the time, and were sold for 6% more than unstaged homes. The Mike MacGuire Team knows that when you're selling your home, you want to get the best price, and get it off the market as quick as possible. Over the last 10 years, 99% of our listings sold in their listing period. Compared to today's Colorado Springs Real Estate market only 53% of real estate listings sell during their listing period. We want to create an excellent experience for you, and one of the ways to achieve that is by staging your home. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you stage a Colorado Springs home . Improve Your Curb Appeal Your landscaping is one of the first things your potential buyers will see. It can be the first impression your home makes on them, so take some time and make it a...

Staging your home can make all the difference in selling your home quickly. Staging is when you set your home up for success by arranging the furniture, cleaning, and creating a space for people to easily imagine themselves living in. This step can be extremely valuable when you want to sell your home quickly. Here are a few tips to help ensure that your home staging in Colorado Springs can be successful. Deep Clean One of the best things you can do to improve your staging is to clean everything. The idea to make everything look like new, from your kitchen appliances to your bathroom fixtures. When people come to tour your home, they don't want to see last night's spaghetti sauce on the backsplash, or kids sticky finger prints on the windows. If you only have time to hit the important areas, make sure the kitchen and the bathrooms are first on the list. Making these areas spotless will help create good first impressions. Declutter Clutter will make your home loo...

Effective home staging is one of the most crucial elements to selling your home. "Home staging" refers to the process of decorating your home so that it will appeal to as many home buyers as possible. As with most things, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about staging your home. If you're trying to sell your Colorado Springs home , don't miss these expert home staging tips from The MacGuire Team . 1. Remove The Personalization When you're trying to sell your home quickly, the best thing you can do is make your home a neutral environment that every buyer could see him/herself in. You can do this by removing everything that clearly identifies the home as "yours." Family photographs and drawings/crafts your children did, for example, need to be tucked away out of sight during showings. 2. Make Any Needed Repairs In the ideal situation for most home buyers, they get to purchase a home that does not need any work. Rather than buckling dow...