With Halloween right around the corner, the last thing you want is to scare away potential buyers with a spooky decorating theme. However, just because you’re in the process of getting your home ready for sale doesn’t mean you need to give up on the decorating altogether. In fact, thinking outside the box and taking advantage of a few unique decorating ideas will provide a festive feel, rather than one that keeps prospective buyers at bay.

As a seller, if you’re planning on decorating your home for Halloween, one of the best ideas is to hang orange and green exterior lights. Not only will this provide a festive feel, it’ll help your home stand out at night. Additionally, exterior lights go a long way toward creating an inviting atmosphere.

Curb appeal is still very important, so don’t overdo it when it comes to the outside of your home. A bale of hay on the porch accented with a few pumpkins can make a festive display. Or, create a little pumpkin patch in the corner of your yard with a cut-out of Snoopy and Linus. This creative touch will bring a smile to any prospective buyers who come to tour the property.

Lining your driveway or walkway with interesting carved-out pumpkins can also go a long way toward making your home memorable. Try to stay away from ghoulish images and focus more on interesting characters and shapes (like a local sports team logo), or pumpkins carved to look like famous individuals.

It’s also essential to keep in mind one of the most important rules associated with selling a home: de-cluttering as much as possible. With this in mind, you’ll want to stay away from placing Halloween-themed items all around the home. Instead, use your decorations to play up specific aspects of your home. For instance, a monster prop or hanging ghost on a window or door may bring more attention to new windows or an ornate door that the potential buyer may have missed.

In the end, it’s best to avoid really scary, gruesome decorations, especially those that are designed to give an unsuspecting person (or prospective homebuyer) a shock. That means no bloody zombies, no realistic haunted house special effects and no scary animatronics.

To learn more about attracting prospective buyers through the use of holiday decorations, contact our office today.

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