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When you're selling your house you have to think of it as a "product" that buyers would want to buy. It will be a pruduct that will be competing with other houses on the market.
The way we live in our homes and the way we sell them are two different things. You prepare the home by de-personalizing it and preparing it for the unknow buyer.
Studies show that staged homes sell in the average for more money and in less time. Staging does not have to be costly and it can be done with items already in the home. If there is a cost to stage, it is always less than your first price reduction!! Staging is not really a cost, it's an investment.
Staged homes send the message of well-cared for homes. Photos are more appealing to buyers and allow them to see the potential of the home and will be more likely to want to come see the inside.
As a Staging Realtor it is one of the best tools I can recommend is ALWAYS stage BEFORE putting a house on the market if at all possible. Staging is a marketing tool every seller and agent should be using in today's market. The goal of putting photos of your home online is to ATTRACT buyers. Putting photos of a cluttered house will do the apposite!
Staging helps the buyers "picture themselves" living in the house. That's the goal......get them to mentally move in!!
Here is simple sample of what very little staging can do:
Here all personal photos on the end table, dresser ( excpet for one) & on the all were removed. Simple drapes & curtain rod added along with some greenery from the yard. A round metal grate from the garden was place on wall. On the bed some pillows and a throw were added for color. A large print to anchor the bed and a smaller lamp that's more to scale with the room. The small table by the dresser was removed and really openned up the space leading the to bathroom.
Which version looks more inviting?
BEFORE & AFTER
Any gardeners out there bugged down by the "June bug"???
This bug is something new to me. I moved to the CA Central Valley a year ago and discovered that [especially] my light colored roses were being devoured by this very hungry and most unsightly little critter of a bug!!! A friend of mine, Eleanor, who used to own a flower shop told me that the best thing to get rid of most plant bugs is to spray the plant with soapy water. Well, that sounds too easy, doesn't it!?!?
So, I am trying it to see if it works for this particular bug. I looked up info online as to how to get rid of it but didn't find any 'easy' remedies. This bug apparently is present in areas with sandy soils, which is the case here but not in all gardens for some reason. I had been visiting my parents here for the last 12+ yrs and I'd never seen this in their garden, which also has many rose bushes and it appears be a sandy-type soil.
I will keep you posted as to the progress, or lack there of! Meanwhile if you have any suggestions please do share, won't you?
GETTING YOU THE MOST for your investment when BUYING or SELLING - REOs, SHORT, OR TRADTN'L SALES. Find your DREAM home, or BEAUTIFULLY STAGE & SELL a current one with me.
My goal is to get you the most for your investment in the short amount of time.
I work hard to make sure your experience in buying or selling a home with me as your Realtor is great and everlasting! In the end I want you to be grad you had me to help you.
The use of the latest marketing tools & technology allows me to better market the sale of your home, or to help you find a new one.
As an Accredited Home Staging REALTOR®, I take pride in preparing my listings to highlight their potential, to improve your overall return. It's all the small details that make a house a home, and I take pride in bringing all those details into focus.
A staged home sends a message of a well-cared-for home that a buyer can just move into and enjoy!
I will help you STAGE your home so it will STAND OUT from other homes on the market! Staging is not a luxury, it's a must. No one can resist buying a BEAUTIFUL HOME! Photos of your home will ATTRACT more buyers, not keep them away! BEFORE & AFTER photos below show the impact of Home-Staging.
*Staging does not have to cost much, if anything! Most of what is used can be found already in the home. Most importantly, Staging costs are always less than your first price reduction!
BEFORE & AFTER...simple, simple!!!
Notes about this room: Nothing is wrong with this home. Walls are fine, color is nice, furniture looks normal. MANY homes on the market look like this. The AFTER photo, however, shows a cleaner more enjoyable and peaceful space. This room was DE-PERSONALIZED and DE-CLUTTERED. Personal photos were removed to allow the unknow buyer to see theselves in the room. Small things were changed or added to enhance the potential of the space. The only expense was the hardware for curtains on staging this room. Every thing else was already in the home.
My passion for helping people achieve the American Dream of homeownership inspired me to become a REALTOR®. My love for the pleasures and comforts of home décor and gardening, inspired me to earn my Home-Staging credentials to help my clients get top dollar on their homes by making them stand out from the competition.
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Hi Addie,
About my experience with you selling my condo....The experience was great! I still have the binder you provided as well as the e-mail of the virtual tour. How you showcased the place made it look like a model home. I'm sure this had something to do with the quick sale. And when it came to dealing with the buyers, those crazy buyers, you kept me in the loop every step of the way even though I was in AZ. Every thing progressed smoothly, like clockwork. Thanks!
Janet
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