Tips to make showing a house and moving less stressful

[Anonymous]

We got a head start on declittering and packing and boxed up a lot - out of season clothes, stuffed animals, and other items - including extra chairs from the dining chair, toys, and other things… And put them all in the garage.

we also had a couple of plastic totes by the back door. And if I got a last-minute call, I would grab everything off of the couch and the floor and put into the tote and place it right outside the back door into the garage. And once, the dishwasher was not yet emptied, and I put our breakfast dishes in a plastic bag into the tote as well.

Most people looking at houses don’t look in the garage at all. If the house is welll taken care of and the size is standard. and the ones that do, just want to stick their head in. They are not surprised that it is full of boxes and furniture, etc.

[Anonymous]

Move out before you list.

[Anonymous]

I just sold my house recently. We basically decluttered and threw away a ton of stuff, either at the county recycling center, haul junk remover or regular trash.

Then I hired movers for the big ticket items, couches, drawers, etc and we moved the rest of our stuff in our cars.

Then once everything was out, we did a deep clean of the house, replaced carpet, etc. Didn't stage it, still went over ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just sold my house recently. We basically decluttered and threw away a ton of stuff, either at the county recycling center, haul junk remover or regular trash.

Then I hired movers for the big ticket items, couches, drawers, etc and we moved the rest of our stuff in our cars.

Then once everything was out, we did a deep clean of the house, replaced carpet, etc. Didn't stage it, still went over ask.

Same poster here, it was still stressful because moving in general sucks and we didn't figure out a gameplan until late in the game and wished we had this plan hashed out beforehand but it is what it is. I wouldn't automatically stage it just b/c your agent recommends it. Ours did and we said no, let's just price it competitively, leave it empty so that people can picture what goes where and hope for the best. It's all you can do with the rates right now.

[Anonymous]

Let the realtor stage it

[Anonymous]

Get rid of everything you can.

Hire people to pack and move everything. We had people come in for 2 days and they packed everything.

Stay somewhere else once it goes on the market especially if you have kids and/or pets.

[Anonymous]

Get an AirBNB for 4-5 days. A Thu-Mon situation. Those are your showings.