Selling your house in a timely manner is all about showcasing your residence so that the potential buyer can envision what it would be like to live there easily. The following 10 steps for staging a house for sale brought to us from our friends at Charleston SC Real Estate professionals at Premier One, will help you maximize the chances of selling in a timely manner.

1. Get all that clutter out of the closets and into boxes and down to a storage facility. The less clutter, the bigger the house interior looks and the easier the buyers can see themselves putting their stuff there.

2. Hire or rent a power-washer and give the exterior of the house a good scrubbing. Make sure to scrub the sidewalks, driveway, deck, gutters, anything that looks soiled and dirty. Curb appeal is everything in getting the buyers in the house.

3. Hire a professional realtor who can run an open house and meet with all the potential buyers in your area that might be interested in your home.

4. Soon as someone is scheduled to see your home, pack up the family and allow them to see your house in peace without feeling uncomfortable with the homeowners present.

5. Clean the inside of the house to the point is looks amazing if a potential buyer calls for a showing in an hour. Have the house in show condition all the time because buyers work on their schedules, not yours.

6. Hire a professional landscaping company to trim all the trees, bushes, hedges, then plant new flowers and increase the houses appeal.

7. During the open house make sure you have cookies cooking in the oven so the realtor can give them to all the guests. The smell of cooking will allow these potential buyers to get the feel that this is the cozy house for them.

8. If you have pets, make sire they are out of the house if any potential buyers want to see the house. Cage them, send them to a neighbors, or keep them outside because many buyers are not in love with pets like you may be.

9. Take down all your family pictures, the house interior needs to be both inviting and neutral so the buyer can picture their stuff in those places.

10. Make sure the rooms are all well-lit even in the middle of the day. Turn on all lights in every room and give the buyers a chance to see the house without having to fumble for the light switch.