Selling Your Property: How To Avoid Over-Staging Your Home In 10 Steps

When you’re looking around for a new home, there’s nothing worse than seeing a property that seems to be trying too hard, are we right? When you over-stage your home, you run the risk of it not appearing genuine, or even worse - it could look too good, and therefore when potential buyers view your property, they could leave feeling disappointed.

If you are conducting mainly virtual viewings, then a picture really does speak a thousand words. Our associate agents in The Guild share their stories of homes they have seen that have been over-staged and exactly what you can do to draw the line and prevent this problem from occurring.

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