Thursday, September 18, 2014

7 Staging Tips to Make Your Naperville Luxury Home Tour Memorable

7 Staging Tips to Make Your Naperville Luxury Home Tour Memorable


Make Your Naperville Luxury Home Stand Out With These Top Staging Tips From A Luxury Real Estate Expert

Make your Naperville Luxury Home tour a truly memorable experience.


Staging your Naperville luxury home for sale is essential if you want it to stand apart from the competition.

Your Naperville luxury home for sale is unique in many ways -- I don’t doubt that you would have customized, refurbished, built-in, and expanded many features throughout the home.  Staging a home such as yours requires a higher level of presentation.
Here are the top luxury home staging tips you could do for your Naperville luxury home for sale:

Glamorize your curb appeal.

As a luxury homeowner, your property is almost certainly professionally landscaped.  Still, you can add features to make it really stand out.  Whether it’s new landscaping design or just adding an interesting feature like a fountain, keeping your curb appeal fresh and well-maintained is essential to getting a buyer’s attention.
You can also add exterior landscaping lights and update your door by replacing it with a more modern one or simply replacing the handle.

Make a memorable entrance.

Luxury home buyers have specific requirements and they are spoiled for choice.  When they view your home, you have a captive audience and a perfect opportunity to highlight its beautiful features.

Present an atmosphere that will appeal to all their senses from the moment they step into your elegant foyer.

You can put an oversized mirror or dramatic piece of artwork along the entryway and spruce up the smell of your home with fresh flowers and scented candles. Add elegant soft and comforting draperies or upholstery to the rooms closest to the foyer - make it spacious and bright.  Play soothing music at a low volume to add ambiance to their experience.

In the kitchen, leave out flutes of champagne or a non-alcoholic sparkling wine, fresh fruit and a tray of hors d'oeuvres for all to enjoy.  Remember, it’s all about a feeling of elegant living with a homely touch.

All these simple tips could spell a huge difference in creating a good first impression.

Modernize your kitchen.

Update your kitchen with stainless steel appliances, which immediately add perceived value to your kitchen. Adding a glass-front wine cooler could also boost your kitchen’s appeal to luxury home buyers.

Luxury kitchen trends include indoor kitchen herb gardens, discreet hidden drawers and storage, sensory faucets, and more - all of these options are easily added to your kitchen before your next open house.

Bring luxury into your bathroom

Give your bathroom a 5-star spa look. Your average luxury home buyer has probably been to some of the best spas in the world.  Knowing that they can escape into a world of indulgence in their own home, can immediately relax even the most stressed out executives.

When staging a master bathroom, lighting and ambiance are very important.  Add luxurious thick Egyptian cotton towels in colors that compliment, a wooden tray with scented candles, and a small painting or accessory.  Remove all your personal belongings from the bathroom.

Turn your master bedroom into a peaceful sanctuary.

The master bedroom is a most personal and sacred space, it should show comfort, peace, and seclusion -- your luxury home buyer wants this room to be their sanctuary, their private space.  Is there room for a reading nook by the window?  Add a recliner, a floor lamp and a side table with a few great classics on display.

Add a full length mirror, it will enhance the space.  Leave the bed, bedside table and dresser but remove all the other furniture.  It’s also a good idea to remove personal items like photographs, jewelry, and clutter.

Dress the bed with a skirt, add plush bed linen and a beautiful cover that will compliment the color of the room.  Add a headboard to the bed, if it allows for it.  Hang up a painting or art print on a couple of walls and fresh flowers or a plant to your dresser.  Make sure all the colors complement one another with one item really popping to draw attention to a main area -- like a bedspread.

Make your home sound good.

Hook up your music player to wireless speakers placed around your Naperville luxury home for sale and play soft classics during the open house and private viewings.

Dramatize your outdoor areas.

If you have a small patio, you can put an oversized leaning mirror on the wall to add perceived space to the area. Place a small table with two chairs, two placemats and elegant napkins to give the idea of an extended outdoor dining area. You could also hang a candle-lit chandelier or outdoor light above the table. Install white sheer mesh curtains around your outdoor areas or trellises to give the billowy relaxing feel of a luxurious resort. Outdoor living and dining rooms impress buyers and add perceived value to your home.

Add more appeal to your home with these 7 simple and fast staging tips. Giving your buyers more reasons to remember their positive open house visit will definitely help your Naperville Luxury home sell faster and at a higher price. For more tips in staging your luxury home for sale, visit www.RyanHillRealty.com.



If you are ready to list your Naperville Luxury Home for Sale call me, Teresa Ryan at 630-276-7575.  As a Naperville luxury real estate expert and Broker/Owner of Ryan Hill Realty - www.RyanHillRealty.com, I have the experience and tools to help you sell your Naperville Luxury home.




Teresa Ryan
Broker/Owner, CDPE
Ryan Hill Realty
1001 E. Chicago Ave., Ste. 103
630-276-7575

Thursday, September 11, 2014

4 Future Trends That Will Add Value To Your Naperville Luxury Home

4 Future Trends That Will Add Value To Your Naperville Luxury Home



To put it in simple terms, the future of Naperville luxury homes and traditional homes will include efficiency, health and sophisticated appliances -- all elements that will evolve into standard features in every luxury home.


Increase your Naperville Luxury Home's Value


According to HouseLogic writer, Deirdre Sullivan, here are 4 emerging home trends predicted to be most valued 25 years from now:

Extreme Energy Efficiency

As we see today, utility bills, the environment, a general love of nature and a plethora of other reasons are causing a lot of people - high and low-income alike, to implement energy-efficient solutions in their homes.  I previously covered ‘green-living’ in my article about LEED certification in How to Boost Your Naperville Luxury Home's Resale Value - in it, I pointed out the many measures luxury homeowners are putting into place to ensure environment sustainability.  The trend has influenced the home appliance industry as well with many of our washers, dryers, etc. bearing the ‘Energy Star’.

In the next 25 years, utility bills are expected to drastically increase, resulting in more efforts into using sustainable or renewable energy and green households. Waterless toilets will most likely become a household standard in the future since residential water rates in the U.S. are rising and 27% of our total water use is from toilets. High tech water purification systems that can recycle waste water into drinking water will also be a big trend in the future. The orbital shower is a good example of this since it saves 90% of the water and 80% of the energy used. This saves the homeowner as much as $1,000 off their energy bills every year.

Back-up Power

A back-up power generator might seem like a trend but it is a part of life for people who live in remote areas.  A friend who lived in the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia talked about how amazing it was that power and water would fail for days in the extreme winter months but their back-up generators allowed them to keep warm, bathe, cook and help their neighbors!  With power bills increasing and extreme weather conditions causing power outages, homeowners in more central areas are adding back-up power sources like whole-house generators to supplement their needs.

Indoor Gardens

I read a report by Fortune Magazine recently stating that McDonald’s sales have dwindled worldwide. The reason behind it is because people are becoming more health-conscious.  Also, the US market is now choosing to buy organic food more because of negative impact of pesticides and genetically modified food.
The desire to eat healthier organic food will continue in the future. This will make indoor gardens a staple for most households. Hydroponic gardens allow Naperville Luxury homeowners to create a farm-to-table experience in the comfort of their own kitchens. Aside from the convenience it offers, urban farming also combats increasing food prices and reduces the carbon footprint of transporting food.
The desire to eat healthier, better-tasting food is a trend that is currently in full play and will only increase in the future.

Sophisticated Appliances and Fixtures

Today, we have technology like *XFINITY® Home, a futuristic security system that you can activate or deactivate through an app on your smartphone or tablet.
In the not too distant future, it won’t be all about smartphone app-controlled features, but appliances that work harder and smarter and make life easier. Faucets in the future may not just dispense water but also ice, other beverages, and even vitamins! Kitchen sinks can double as dishwashers. Future laundry machines will clean and fold clothing into compact-sized pellets that will allow users to carry several outfits in a single bag or purse.

If you remember a cartoon called The Jetsons, you might have an idea of what we’re talking about!

If you are planning to resell your Naperville Luxury, consider incorporating these trends to make your home more valuable in the future.


If you are ready to list your Naperville LuxuryHomes For Sale call me, Teresa Ryan at 630-276-7575.  As an owner/broker of Ryan Hill Realty - www.RyanHillRealty.com, I have the experience and tools to help you sell your Naperville Luxury home.




* DISCLAIMER: The product XFINITY® Home is a product and service of Comcast Corporation.  I am not endorsing the product in any way.  It is mentioned purely as a point of reference for the purpose of this article.




Teresa Ryan
Broker/Owner, CDPE
Ryan Hill Realty
1001 E. Chicago Ave., Ste. 103
630-276-7575

Ryan Hill Realty