3 Tips to Staging the Outside of Your Woodbridge VA Home Like a Pro

Are you considering putting your Woodbridge VA house up for sale, but not sure where to start? Afraid it will take too long to sell, or that you won’t get the price you want? Think about “staging” your Woodbridge VA home, or in other words, setting the scene for immediate buyer interest in your Woodbridge VA property. 

To be really effective, you need to look at both the outside and the inside of your home.

Here are 3 tips to get you started with the outside of your Woodbridge VA home! Curb Appeal for your Woodbridge VA Home:

1. Go stand on the street to see what potential home buyers see when driving up to your Woodbridge VA home. Be aware that any negative impressions they get outside the house (landscaping not maintained or non-existent, peeling paint, etc.) is just going to make them think that the house itself has not been well taken care of. So even if you have spent the time and money to fix up the interior, it would all be wasted if the prospective home buyers get a bad first impression as they drive up to your Woodbridge VA house.

2. Next, step outside your front door and close the door; then stand on the stoop and look around for 5 minutes. While a buyers agent fumbles for keys and tries to figure out how to open the door, the prospective buyers are standing behind and looking around. So what are they seeing? Dead plants, old Halloween decorations in the middle of January, cobwebs?  Again, not a good first impression!

It’s definitely worth it to take some time and clean it up. Want to go a step further? Try a new coat of paint or some new furniture or accessories.

3. Don’t forget the backyard. While that might not be part of the potential buyers’ first impression experience, you still should make sure it’s in the best condition possible. Pull up weeds, water plants, do some sweeping (if that’s applicable in your case) and maybe even purchase new furniture or accessories (plant pots, bird houses, etc.)

And the biggest tip of all? Imagine yourself as a potential buyer looking at your property for the very first time. What impressions are you getting? Would YOU buy your Woobridge VA house? What would you like to see changed before you put an offer on your house?

If you are currently thinking about selling your Woodbridge VA Home and you are curious to know what your Woodbridge VA Home is worth in today's Woodbridge VA Real Estate Market you can find out right here.