The only one in this neighborhood.... Are you taking notes?

Grassy Creek in Mt. Pleasant is a great little neighborhood.  The homes are well built and attractive.  There is an active community association and plenty of amenities.  In September, an agent for one of sellers in this community contacted us.  The seller was moving, the home was now going to be vacant.  It had already been on the market for 3 months. 

We staged this $650,000 property on September 25, 2007.  On January 7th, the home went Active Contingent.  While this may not seem like a particularly quick sale, consider this.

On the date of contract, there were 11 active properties in Grassy Creek under $850,000

The average DOM for this neighborhood is 154 Days. 

Ours is the ONLY property, under $850,000 to go under contract in this time frame!

So, what was the cost to the client?  Less than $3000. 

Most sellers are willing to offer thousands in allowances, broker bonuses and markdowns.  Why not try staging? 

Below shows the end product of this particular staging project. 

UPDATE:  to view the stats on how much money staging saved this client, visit this blog:  Update on 'The Only One in this Neighborhood' blog.... Stats that show staging works!