We have learned the benefits of staging your home when selling and there is no question is pays off. Your home will look more tidy and clean and, most important, provide the potential buyers the ability to picture themselves living there.
The reality of that task though, is that you now can't use the kitchen or the bathroom and you're sleeping on the couch because you finally got the comforter on the bed to look just right. The last thing you want to do is mess anything up for the showing coming up (in three days).
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