Wall-to-wall carpeting was once a staple of the real estate industry. Homeowners covered up their bare floors with a plush surface because a house featuring wall-to-wall carpeting sold faster and for a better price. According to marketwatch.com, the majority of prospective homeowners are hunting for houses featuring hardwood floors. Still, the Carpet and Rug Institute confirms that “Carpet accounts for 51% of the total U.S. flooring market.”
Therefore, if you’re looking to stage your home in hopes of selling it, you don’t need to rip up your beloved wall-to-wall carpet and spend money on a flooring overhaul. Carpet is more than acceptable, as long as it appears well-maintained and tasteful. There are several ways you can stage your carpeted rooms in a manner that is enticing even to the most finicky home buyers. The following three tips will get your carpeted floors in ship-shape for a successful sale.
Take Advice From the Experts
Who are you going to ask for advice regarding your flooring now that it’s time to sell your home? Are you going to ask your neighbor’s? No; their preference is of no use to you. Are you going to ask the prospective buyers? No; they will likely convince you to pay out-of-pocket for a brand-new floor surface of their choice. You might assume that your best adviser is your real estate agent, yet even he is eager to spend more of your money to affirm the current hardwood flooring trend among buyers.
The people most qualified to advise you about preparing your floors are carpet repair experts. They can offer the most accurate assessment of the current state of your carpet, as well as what you should do to improve it. Carpet repair professionals like Curly’s Carpet Repair are well-versed in the quickest, most budget-friendly fixes to make your flooring look brand new.
Repair, Don’t Replace
If you aren’t going to rip up your existing carpet to install hardwood flooring when staging your home, you don’t need to do so in order to replace the carpet either. Brand-new carpeting is a waste of your resources for the following reasons:
• The buyers might dislike what you chose and replace it anyway.
• Your current carpet may be perfectly presentable with a few minor repairs.
• Your current carpet can be restored to look newer and last longer by being restretched.
• Carpet replacement is an unnecessary hassle on top of the stress of selling a home.
Cleaning Carpets Goes a Long Way
Once you’ve made any necessary repairs to the carpets throughout your home, it’s time to have them professionally cleaned. Even in the tidiest of homes, carpet flooring traps dirt more easily than any other surface. Regular maintenance might keep the fabric in decent shape, but if professional cleaning is not factored into the equation, years of dirt and toxins will be hidden within the woven pile.
A thorough cleaning of a freshly repaired carpet adds an irresistible, lustrous glow to the plush surface. Carpet cleaning and repairs do not necessarily require the room to be empty. This is a definite advantage!
With proper maintenance procedures in place, knowledgeable advisors on hand and spiffy staging techniques, your potential buyers will soak up the comfort and class your flooring provides.
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