About Madera County, CA

Whether you are selling your home in Coarsegold, Bass Lake, Mariposa, Ahwahnee, Wawona, Fish Camp, North Fork or Oakhurst there are things that every seller can do to optimize the chances of making that sale.

Today's buyers want a master bedroom that is a retreat. They want comfort and style. They do not want clutter or excess.

When preparing your home For Sale, first make sure that the Master Bedroom is visually, as large as possible. This often means removing excessive furnishings and placing them in storage for an eventual move. Large scale chest of drawers and other cabinets may need to be removed to enhance the appearance of the square footage in the bedroom.

Second, make sure that every surface is white glove clean and tidy (steam iron the bedding). Third, remove your personal items, such as family photos. Buyer's do not want to move into your bedroom, they want to visualize themselves in this space. Also, the bed should always be the focal point. Placement of all items is crucial to capitalize on this element.

Dream Interior Redesign and Staging has worked with a wide variety of seller situations and budgets. Vacant or occupied, new or very used we have solutions to help you get your house SOLD.

Below are just a few examples of our staging projects and work with Master Bedrooms.

PHOTOS ABOVE: In this occupied home, the seller had a good start at preparing their master bedroom but she needed help in completing the transformation and putting on the finishing touches. This professionally staged home sold in just 2 weeks.

ABOVE PHOTOS: In this vacant home the agent (owner) kept hearing how the master bedroom was too small. It had been on the market for months and had received many showings but no offers. We staged just two areas in this house: the master bedroom en-suite and the kitchen/dining area. After we moved in our inventory and did the staging, the second prospective buyer to see the house purchased the house. Vacant homes lack personality, feel cold and often appear smaller than they do with the proper furniture placement.

The home above was a vacant property in the Bass Lake area and it had been on the market for OVER a YEAR. The third, smart and savvy agent convinced the seller's to let Dream Redesign and Staging professionally stage their home. Our first goal was to tone down the lush but overwhelming burgundy carpet throughout this awesome creekside, mountain home. We added all the furniture, artwork and accessories to this master bedroom retreat. The property was removed from the market shortly afterwards in a lease option arrangement and it is now SOLD.

Let us help you create a master bedroom retreat where potential buyers want to linger.

This is Part 1 in a series of posts about selling a home in the Oakhurst, California mountain area...check back for Part 2.

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Dream Interior Redesign & Staging by Ginger Foust is a full service Professional Staging and ReDesign company serving the California foothill and mountain communities surrounding Oakhurst, North Fork, Coarsegold, Ahwahnee, Bass Lake, Wawona and Mariposa. Click here to see a short slideshow with examples of our staging work. Also, visit our website at www.dreamredesigns.com or www.oakhurststaging.com for more information or call 559-877-2442.

I'm so proud to be a member of the Lions Club. I now have the time to devote to a service club and I began my search for the right club 4 years ago. I visited several of our local community service clubs and finally made my decision to be part of the Sierra Lions Club in Oakhurst, California

My husband has been a Lion where ever we have lived and he is a member in our small community today (but his club doesn't have any women members.). Until recently I didn't have the time for club membership, because I cannot just be a member, I need to be an active member.

If you are not familiar with Lions Club it is the largest service organization in the WORLD. The primary focus of Lions has always been vision care but each club determines their own mission, projects and fund-raisers.

This July our club participated in the annual "camperships" at Camp Pacifica just north of Oakhurst. The camp facility is a Lions facility and is supported by many regional clubs. During the week of our participation 135 deaf teens and their counselors spent time bonding and enjoying their time in our beautiful Sierra Mountains. Lions club volunteers flew in teens from across the US for this experience.

Our job was to feed the campers and counselors three times during their weeks stay, plus tranport them to and from camp from the airport.

It was a very quiet dining room at lunch and dinner until the boom box was turned up FULL blast so that they could "feel the beat". We had a great time and the teens were very respectful and appreciative.

If you are looking for a service club in your area check out LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL. You won't be sorry.

Bass Lake, California,...there's plenty of water. Cool off here.

Ignore those new reports that tell you about how little water there is at Bass Lake in the beautiful Sierra Mountain range, just outside of Oakhurst, California

If you are on your way to Yosemite, on Highway 41, take a very short side trip just north of Oakhurst. Turn right on Road 222 and in 10 minutes you will be at the lake. Take a drip in the lake, have a picnic, enjoy lunch at the soda fountain at the Forks, a shave ice at Millers or a gourmet dinner, lakefront at Duceys. Rent a ski boat, a pontoon boat or a fishing boat.

Enjoy the day or the week. Bass Lake is a great place to visit and to live.

Most of us know of the tried and true BIG 3 when it comes to selling a house, PRICE, LOCATION and CONDITION. If your house is listed or you are considering selling, have your looked seriously at these crucial issues?

Knowing the correct listing price is critical. A professional real estate agent is your best friend in determining a price that will make your home attractive to potential buyers and then actively marketing your property. The location of your house helps determine the price, as does the condition of your home. Though you cannot change the location, the price and the condition are under your control. Helping you to know how to properly prepare your house, so that you can reap the largest return on your investment in the shortest period of time is the job of a Professional Real Estate Home Stager.

Here are some examples of homes, in our area, with issues that potential sellers could not overlook. In each of these examples, Dream Interior Redesign and Staging was called in for a staging consultation. When a Professional Stager comes into your home for a consultation the following are the areas that should be addressed:

CURB APPEAL and EXTERIOR CONDITIONS:

REPAIRS:

DECLUTTERING:

DEPERSONALIZING:

NEUTRALIZING:

UPDATING:

CLEAN:

STAGING of OCCUPIED & VACANT PROPERTIES:

To the best of our knowledge, when the sellers made the recommended changes and spent some time preparing the house for the resale market, the house SOLD. When our Dream Team does the actual staging the statistics are even stronger. Professional Staging does help sell houses. Hiring a team of: a Real Estate Sales Professional and a Professional Home Stager is the best option available today for making the sale in the shortest period of time for the largest return on your investment.

The houses, from the photos above and many more, where the sellers chose to ignore the staging suggestions and did not listen to the Realtor regarding pricing, have not sold. Some of those houses have been sitting on the market for years and some have now become short sale or foreclosure properties.

Smart and savvy home sellers recognize the need for preparation. Sales price alone is rarely the answer to making the sale.

Click here to see a slideshow with a small sampling of our staging projects. IF you seriously want to sell then you need to consider AT LEAST a staging consultation.

Dream Interior Redesign & Staging by Ginger Foust is a full service Professional Staging and ReDesign company serving the California foothill and mountain communities of Oakhurst, North Fork, Coarsegold, Ahwahnee, Bass Lake, Fish Camp, Wawona and Mariposa. Also, visit our website at www.dreamredesigns.com or www.oakhurststaging.com For more information call 559-877-2442.

How many times do we (professional stagers) say it. Have you heard it: The way we dwell is NOT the way to SELL.

These photos are from an example of clients that took my staging consultation seriously and made the necessary changes even though their house was a short sale property. They knew that paint was an inexpensive investment in getting the house more attention and getting it sold.

This house had 5 bedrooms and here are four:

The DINOSAUR (boys) room before:

Boys Bedroom AFTER

The garden (girls) bedroom before:

Girls Bedroom AFTER:

The Pooh (girls) Bedroom before:

Girls Bedroom AFTER:

The "Watermelon" master bedroom before:

Master Bedroom AFTER:

EVERY listed house needs at least a staging consultation AND savvy clients that implement some needed changes.

Call Dream Interior Redesign and Stagingfor an inexpensive staging consultation. Learn the professional tips that will help get your home off the market and SOLD. Serving the California foothill and mountain communities of Coarsegold, Oakhurst, North Fork, Ahwahnee, Mariposa, Raymond, Wawona and Fish Camp. (559) 877-2442