When you’re selling your home, you want to get out every dollar of your home’s value that you can. After all, the price you sell your home for is your return on investment for what is probably the biggest purchase of your life. There are strategies you can use to maximize your home’s value and make it enticing to potential buyers. One of those strategies is utilising self-storage.

“How can self-storage possibly increase your home’s value?”  The answer is that self-storage can help you stage your home better, which makes all the difference.

Self Storage is a worthwhile investment when you’re trying to sell your home for the following reasons:

1) Self-Storage Declutters Your Home

One of the cardinal rules of home selling is no clutter. Clutter is an immediate turnoff to prospective buyers. It sends a number of messages. The potential buyer will be asking themselves such things as how well has this home been maintained throughout the years if the seller can’t be bothered to tidy up properly? Is there not enough space in the house? Is there something they’re trying to hide?

Clutter also hides the selling features of your home, such as hardwood floors or beautiful detailing. You’ll get more money for your home by showcasing these features effectively. A self-storage unit makes it incredibly easy to declutter. You can stow away anything that is not absolutely necessary in a storage unit. The best way to declutter is to simply have fewer things. A self-storage unit lets you hide everything that is not flattering to buyers and keeps it available until you move into your next home.

2) Self-Storage Helps Give Your Home An Open Plan Concept

Open plan homes are most definitely “in”. They’re modern, minimal, and give the illusion of more space. Deep-pocketed buyers are looking for homes that will stand the test of time in regards to style. Open plan homes are an obvious choice for these types of buyers.

You can’t have an open plan home with stuff everywhere. Even if your home is not technically an open plan concept, having a neat and tidy space will give the illusion of such. Putting as many of your belongings as possible in a self-storage unit will optimise your floor space, make your ceilings look higher, and generally give your home a more appealing aesthetic. Buyers will enter into bidding wars for homes like that.

3) Self-Storage Is A Great Preemptive Move

This tip may not raise your home’s value, but it will help expedite your move and save you time and money on moving day. Putting as many of your items as possible in a self-storage unit makes the actual job of moving so much easier. You can hire a moving company to come and take your major pieces of furniture to your new home without having to worry about packing up odds and ends. You’ll enlist the moving company for fewer trips, which will save you a lot of money.

Packing up your belongings beforehand and moving them to a self-storage unit takes a lot of pressure off your shoulders. Moving is one of the most stressful life events you’ll go through, so anything to make it easier is well worthwhile.

4) Self-Storage Can Help De-Personalize Your Home

Pictures of your children, your dog, or your parents might make a house a home, but they’re not appealing to buyers. Buyers want to see a blank canvas when they walk into a home. Specifically, they want to see a canvas that’s begging to be painted on, by them. Having personal items around the home shatters that illusion.

You’ll get more money for your home by removing all personal items from the space. Of course, you don’t want to get rid of these items. Storing them at home makes it hard to cut down on clutter. The solution? Renting a self-storage unit to store all your sentimental belongings, helping you stage your home for its optimum selling price.

5) Decluttering Puts You In A Better Head-space

A clean, clutter-free environment reduces stress, improves mood, and helps with focus. All of these points are essential when maintaining the energy and enthusiasm to effectively sell your home.

A good salesperson always has a great attitude and is able to listen attentively without minor issues distracting them. You may have a real estate agent attracting buyers for you, but sometimes you have to do the home showings. With people coming at all hours of the day and night, it can be hard to maintain a good mental outlook to do the job. Your attitude, however, is instrumental in getting the best price for your home. If you can relate to the buyers and show enthusiasm for their house search, they’ll be much more likely to express interest in your home.

Renting a self storage unit is a powerful tool for decluttering and, in turn, helping you mentally push through the long and difficult task of selling your home.

If you’re thinking of selling your home, renting a self-storage space is one of the best things you can do to improve your home’s value. It’s a little-known technique of making your home seem neater, bigger, and more primed for buyers to move in. A self-storage unit will also make your life much easier before, during, and after your own move. No one wants to deal with clutter, odds and ends, and personal items when they’re trying to move. A self-storage unit makes everything simple and leaves you free to negotiate the best price for your home.

Waikato Storage provide some of the best and most cost effective Self-storage units in the Waikato.