Pat Eardley

Well, there are plenty of homes on the market today. More inventory than buyers. So, if you're one of those homeowners that's selling you are probably asking yourself....how can I make my home stand out? You've done things that you've seen on tv like decluttering and cleaning but is it enough? Statistics show that staging your property, sells your property. Staging does cost, the rates vary, I've heard some use the rule of thumb of 1% of the sale price. However, I've always come in lower. That said, 1% is a lot CHEAPER than paying the mortgage for a few extra months.

Real Estate Staging Association - Staging Statistics

Vacant Homes Unstaged and Not Sold Staged,Listed, & Sold

1/08-12/08 190 Days on Market 28 Days on Market

Occupied Homes Unstaged and Not Sold Staged,Listed, & Sold

1/08-12/08 57 Days on Market 6 Days on Market

Professional Stagers do more than declutter and tidy up. We make your property inviting. Looking at it with buyer's eyes to see what may not be obvious to you. That may entail re-working your floor plan or painting to make the space flow better and create a more cohesive look. Also, accessorizing the space to make it warm and inviting.

Staging works, call PureStyle to accentuate the positive features of your home!

PureStyle - www.purestyledesign.com

843-609-8280

As a Stager and Redesigner my friends are always looking at what I am doing to transition my home into the respective season. Have you summerized your home?

I guess it's kinda like choosing a hair dresser...you always look at their hair to see if it's nice. :-)

Ok, so a couple months ago I was watching some late night T.V. and I saw a story on Nightline about "Reverse Offers". Here's how it works, insead of waiting for a buyer to put in an offer the seller courts the potiential buyer with an offer that hopefully, they can't refuse. I found this story very interesting especially because they have already had $40,000 worth of price reductions and had not tried staging the house. I also found it interesting that the sellers were willing to throw in tons of stuff along with an additional reduction of $4,675.00 too. I know homes staging is still catching on and I don't know if it has in that area but even if staging was done at 1% of the listing price, that's a whole lot less then $44,675.00. Thanks to HGTV and TLC the benefits of staging are traveling the airways and hopefully, we as Stagers can help hard working homeowners hold on to some of the value in their homes.

Here's the Link: Nightline \"Reverse Offers\"

PureStyle Home Staging is based out of Mt. Pleasant, SC, a suburb of Charleston, SC. Pat Eardley, design consultant, has been doing home staging and interior redesign for over eight years and would like to assist you in preparing your house for sale, revitalize a room with redesign or organize your home or office with my professional organization services.

Accentuate the positive features of your home with PureStyle

Website- www.purestyledesign.com

Call - 843-609-8280

E-mail - pat@purestyledesign.com

Here is a kitchen that is dark and dated and the owner wanted to freshen up the look but really didn't have much money to work with. No problem... with a little paint and replacing the counter top, hardware, faucet and fixtures, we transformed this kitchen for around $500.00.

PureStyle can assist you in revitalizing your space so you can live comfortably and be proud of your space.

PureStyle Home Staging and Redesign www.purestyledesign.com