Comments on: How to Stage a House for Sale While Living There with Kids

By: Ticia

Ticia — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 16:32:25 +0000

I can’t even imagine staging my house right now, every now and then Jeff and I talk about moving into a smaller house or a house with land, but then we think about moving and it doesn’t happen.

By: Mia Wenjen

Mia Wenjen — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:37:35 +0000

It’s so hard to keep the house clean when you are trying to show it! Great tips! Also, purge, purge, purge!! We rented a huge dumpster six months before selling in order to clean out the house. It still wasn’t enough. We moved, and then found we had about the same amount of stuff we still got rid off that we should have dumped before moving!

By: Elisa | blissful E

Elisa | blissful E — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:12:53 +0000

Terrific tips! Yes, I have staged a home while living there with six kids recently. My best advice is to use magic eraser sponges, get a really enthusiastic agent, follow her decluttering/decorating advice to the letter, get the kids to help with cleaning (so they are more mindful of the work involved and less likely to want to undo it all), and sell/get rid of everything possible. My 900-square-foot home sold with all the stuff our family of eight owned still in it! Clearly I own less stuff than ever, and I am so much happier. We threw things people touring the home don’t want to see, like toilet brushes and the baby’s diapering essentials, in the van, along with all the kids, and went to a nearby park while the home was being shown. We were so thankful it sold in just one weekend!!!