Stage Your Home For The Holidays - First Up: Halloween!

Stage Your Home For The Holidays

First Up: Halloween!

Fall is upon us, and there’s no easier time to stage your home for the holidays!  If you are selling your New Braunfels home during this season, you’ll want it to look welcoming and appealing, as well as current.  Make the decision when staging your home to opt for a harvest theme, rather than the witches and goblins.  Pumpkins are plentiful and affordable, and they really pack a punch when clustered outdoors on a lawn or porch.  Mini-pumpkins are perfect for indoor decor, and dried corncobs and gourds look great in the kitchen.  Let’s take a look at how to effectively stage your home for the holidays!

Exterior

When you’re starting to stage your home for the holidays, be sure to consider the weather first.  Here in New Braunfels, October is often warm, and carved pumpkins rot immediately.  Instead, opt for weather-friendly whole pumpkins in a variety of sizes.  Place them on your porch steps to warmly guide the potential buyers to your front door.  Welcome them at the front door with a cluster of pumpkins on a decorative planter.  Spray-painting the pumpkins with gilded or glitter paint adds an elegant touch.

You’ll also want a harvest wreath on your door.  Look for a beautiful handcrafted wreath by local craftsmen at Gruene Market Days or New Braunfels Farm-to-Market, pick-up a ready-made wreath at a local craft or hobby store, or make one yourself from a simple wreath form, burlap, and lots of ribbon in the rich, warm colors of the season.  Tuck some cinnamon sticks in your wreath for a scented surprise when buyers approach the door.

Interior

Inside, staging your home for the holidays couldn’t be easier.  Your entryway is the first glimpse your potential buyers get of your New Braunfels home for sale, so make it memorable!  Whether you opt for a dried flower arrangement on a console table or a gilded pumpkin with a nearby bowl of gilded acorns, your potential buyers’ eyes will be drawn to it.  If you have a staircase immediately in front of the door, be sure to hang a small wreath from a ribbon from the finial to soften the appearance of the stairs.

In your family room, pillows in the rich colors of fall really warm up your sofa, and a bowl of sweet Texas pecans on your kitchen table (along with a nutcracker tied with a simple ribbon) is so inviting!  

When you stage your home for the holidays, you make your potential buyers feel right at home!  If you’re ready to sell your New Braunfels home, contact New Braunfels’ top realtor, Dawn Loding, at 830/481-7580.  Dawn will help you get your home on the market and sell it in record time, and she’ll even offer you the services of a professional home stager to help you show your home to its most beautiful potential!  Call soon!

When Is The Perfect Time To Sell My New Braunfels Home?

When is the perfect time to sell my New Braunfels home?

The perfect time to sell your New Braunfels home has little to do with the season. The perfect

time to sell your New Braunfels home is when you've made the decision to sell your home and

move on. Whether it is due to a divorce, downsizing for empty­-nesters, or up-sizing to

accommodate a growing family, once you make the decision to sell your New Braunfels home,

that is the perfect time for you!

Many do think that Spring is the best time to sell a home. While this can be true for those who

plan to wait for the school year to end in order to move during the summer, in reality, any time of

year can be the best time to sell a home here in New Braunfels. A move connected with a change

in employment can occur at any time, so if you want to sell your New Braunfels home in

November/December, potential buyers from that change-­in-­employment pool will be able to see

your home elegantly decorated for the holiday season.

Of course, the housing market and economics of the area also play a part in putting your New

Braunfels home on the market. New Braunfels is experiencing record growth, which means

interested buyers are continually attracted to the New Braunfels real estate market. Retail stores,

restaurants, and other businesses are rapidly expanding into the New Braunfels area, and those new

employees are finding New Braunfels the perfect place to live, which means your New Braunfels

home is in demand.

In order to prepare to sell your New Braunfels home, you should first consider if there are any

repairs that need to be done in order to make your home more attractive to a potential buyer.

Simple things like maintaining your garden (planting, or removing overgrown plants) and lawn or

pressure-­washing your driveway and home masonry make your New Braunfels home look cleaner

and more inviting instantly. Freshly-­cleaned carpets and well­-maintained flooring make a great

impression. Eliminating clutter is very important to sell your New Braunfels home, because it

makes your home appear more spacious – consider a short-­term rental at a storage facility to pack

away your sentimental items and family photographs so that buyers can imagine themselves and

their own possessions in your home. A consultation by a professional home-­stager can lead to a

big pay-­off when selling your New Braunfels home. Also, make arrangements to keep your pets

kenneled during showings so that potential buyers are not fearful and your precious pet has no risk

of getting lost.

Selling your New Braunfels home can indeed be overwhelming and stressful, and that is why it is

best to have a top New Braunfels real estate agent involved from the very beginning. Dawn

Loding with The Loding Group can answer all your questions about the best way to sell your New

Braunfels home for the best possible price. Dawn Loding, the best realtor in New Braunfels,

can provide a comparative market analysis to determine the best price at which to market your

New Braunfels home; offer a complimentary consultation by a professional home-­stager so that

your home can be shown at its very best; advise you on which renovations and repairs should be

done before putting your home on the market, as well as which ones would not provide a good rate

of return; and answer all your questions regarding the real estate market in New Braunfels and the

surrounding areas. Dawn Loding has more than a decade of experience in real estate, and her team

of real estate specialists will assist you in all aspects of selling your New Braunfels home, as well

as finding your perfect new home. Call Dawn Loding at 830/481-­7580 for more information now!