Make Love to Your Bedroom
As a full time Westchester realtor, I have probably seen over 500 master bedrooms this year alone. I keep asking myself the same question. Are couples really making love here? Don’t get me wrong. To each his own, I always say. But I know some of these bedrooms aren’t seeing any action. Plus the state of some bedrooms is hurting the sale of the house. So I put together some helpful hints to increase the probability of selling your home by making love to your bedroom.
1. Make your bed. The simple most effective way to keep a master bedroom looking good is to make the bed every day. Your bed is the centerpiece of the room and visually takes up two thirds of the view. Sheets, comforter, pillows, bed skirt, pillow shams and euro pillows. Make it look like a 5-star hotel room. It will do wonders for presentation.
2. Take the television out of the bedroom. Are you watching TV at night instead of “entertaining” each other? Cut it out. Bedrooms are for sleeping and … you get the point. Your bedroom television isn’t helping the sale and isn’t helping your love life either. Move it to another room. If you need it to watch “videos” that’s what your laptop is for.
3. Act like an adult. How old are you? Don’t you think it’s time to dump the wonder woman bedspread? I like Spiderman too, but I don’t want him slinging webs across my comforter. All you sports fans need to tone down the bedroom shrines to Jeter and the 2004 Red Sox. If you want to sell this house, your customer may not like your team and you don’t want that to influence their decision to make an offer.
4. Music, Candles, Romantic Crap. Please excuse the testosterone but I understand the value of music, candles and that other romantic crap. I get it, and so does your buyer. They are likely a young couple looking for their dream home. So give them the vision they want. Make them fall in love again with each other in your bedroom. Cha-ching.
5. It’s a bedroom not an office. Move the office anywhere else. Move it into a closet if you have to but don’t crowd your bedroom. Today’s buyers want big bedrooms so the less crowded the better. Plus hasn’t your spouse been asking you to do this for a while?
6. It’s not your bedroom anymore. Now it’s your customers’ bedroom. So remove the chotchkies. Few photos good, many photos bad. Keep dressers and side table clear. Let them see what it would look like with their stuff.
7. Make love to your bedroom. Look around and ask yourself, would another person make love in here? If the answer is no, then they are not buying that house. Do what you must to make it inviting and romantic. It will help your love life and help sell the home.
If you need a professional opinion on your bedroom… AskRey.