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SELLING YOUR EAST BAY HOME

Selling your East Bay Home in the East Bay Real Estate Market can lead to multiple lucrative offers if you stage your East bay Home in an appealing way to the East Bay Real Estate Buyer. Any time or money invested in the staging of your East Bay home will pay back tenfold! Here are some tips on successfully staging your East Bay Home (Inside your East Bay Home & Outside Your East Bay Home) to get the most offers for your East Bay home:

INSIDE

• DECLUTTER – Remove all unnecessary objects and keep decorative objects to a minimum. In the kitchen of your East bay home, rid it of objects & appliances that you do not use clear fronts of messages, pictures, etc. In the bathroom of your East Bay home also remove any unnecessary items from countertops, tubs, shower stalls and commode tops - keep only your most needed items in one small group on the counter. Coordinate towels to one or two colors only.
• DOWNSIZE FURNITURE – Rearrange or remove some of your furniture from your East Bay home into a storage unit. It is imperative that you pare down as much as possible to make rooms appear larger.
• PAINT WALLS – Patch and paint walls in a neutral color in your East Bay home. Refrain from painting everything white - white walls have that sanitarium ambiance that is no longer the rage. Take down or rearrange personal pictures or objects on walls. Buyers need to be able to envision themselves in the house, this is hard when there is a picture of your Aunt Lois and Uncle Mel displayed above the fireplace!
• REFINISH THE FLOORS – East Bay Real Estate Buyers will be impressed to walk into an Oakland home or Berkeley home with floors that pop. Buyers like that new home feel. Remove carpet that is covering hardwood, no matter what the condition of the wood. Carpet is just not fashionable. Have the wood floors refinished before painting the house, the dust from sanding will ruin a fresh paint job.
• UPDATE – Replace outdated fixtures. Mini blinds should be updated by being replaced with sheer drapery panels that allow light in and soften rooms. Where ever there is Formica in your East Bay home, replace it with stone, stay away from any stone with pink veins.
• CLEAN – Steam Clean carpets or drapes in your East Bay Home. It is also a good idea to clean all your windows in your East Bay Home. There are cleaning professionals who exclusively provide pre-sale cleanings. They are expensive and worth every penny.
• CREATE ATMOSPHERE – Leave on certain lights during the day. During East Bay home previews turn on all lights and lamps. Strategically place fresh flowers and plants and plants throughout the house and have light music on during viewings. This creates a positive atmosphere for the Buyer and they will leave your house with an optimistic feeling about your Oakland home, Berkeley home, or other area East Bay home.

OUTSIDE

• CLEAN – Move all garbage cans, discarded wood scraps, extra building materials, etc., into the garage or rented storage unit.
• MAINTENANCE – Check gutters for roof moss and dry rot and make sure they are swept and cleaned on your East Bay home.
• GARDENING – Prune bushes and trees and remove any foliage that is blocking windows. Weed and then mulch all planting areas or shrubs. Have your yard spruced up and stage it too. Create space outside that extend the living space of your East Bay home. Create a dining area, a reading nook, and fill the yard with colorful plants.
• DECLUTTER – Just like you did inside your East Bay home, declutter the outside of your East Bay home by clearing patios or decks of all small items (such as small planters, flower pots, charcoal, barbeques, toys, etc). Rent a small storage unit for these items.
• PAINT – At a minimum, paint the front door and trim. This is the first thing a potential buyer will see. You want to make a good first impression with an East Bay home that has amazing curb appeal.

Finally and most importantly, hire an East Bay real estate agent that knows the Oakland California Real Estate and Berkeley California Real Estate market AND make sure you don't overpay on real estate commissions. Be sure your agent will spend a healthy portion of the commission on marketing and is willing to roll up their sleeves and work for you. There is no point in going the extra mile on the work suggested above if you don't have professional representation and exceptional advertising for your homes in East Bay, homes in Oakland, and homes in Berkeley. A good place to start is Maison Nouveau – an East Bay Real Estate Agency with superior professional service.

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Maison Nouveau is the obvious choice as your East Bay Real Estate Agency. We will ensure that your East Bay home reaches the maximum number of potential East Bay Real Estate buyers through our compelling Marketing Program.

Step by Step Marketing Program

• Staging your East Bay home.
• Showcasing your East Bay home on the Brokers' Tour and Sunday East Bay Open Houses.
• Prepare full-color flyers with professional photographs of your East Bay home for handouts.
• Run display ads featuring your East bay home in local papers.
• Feature your East Bay home online at Maison Nouveau.com, Realtor.com, Craigslist.org, SFGate.com and other sites.

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We are a East Bay Real Estate Agency who also serve the San Francisco and Sonoma Napa Valley as well. We are a "better different" kind of San Francisco Real Estate Agency because we pass the money down to our clients while supplying top notch service!Our clients save BIG two different ways using Maison Nouveau Real Estate. How can you save anything in the competitive expensive San Francisco Real Estate market you may ask – well, here is how you can:

• We are ONE Team working for you – Our real estate office is comprised of professional real estate agents that know the Berkeley Real Estate, Berkeley Hills Real Estate, Oakland County Real Estate, and East Bay Real Estate. Our agents work together in an efficient and effective method of buying or selling a home by pooling commissions and working as one to buy and sell your home.

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