Posts Tagged ‘staging results’

Vacant Staging Specialist?

Monday, August 9th, 2010

People have an EXTREMELY hard time visualizing a space without furniture in it. In fact, only 10% of buyers can visualize furniture placement and the scale of a room. Vacants are cold and lack emotion, colour and style. Even if the story is a good one, say a couple that is getting married, the empty house still tells the potential buyer a sad story. Why?  Because it LOOKS sad when a house is empty or mostly empty!

I have several flippers who use me for every one of their properties. I also have a few builders/developers that stage their models while they sell the rest of the units/homes. And, of course, I have some of those happy and sad stories of homeowners who call me directly to stage their vacant/semi-vacant home.

I am, by far, staging more vacants than lived-in homes. I have staged so many lately that I feel like I have become a VACANT STAGING EXPERT!

I love staging vacants! They are fast, usually easier and always end with a dramatic result. Keep em’ coming!

Up Next?

Dangerous NOT to stage!

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

I just staged a sweet, little, old house in Hamilton that sold in 1 1/2 days at 99% of the asking price! I love it when that happens! I am so happy for the home owners (and the agent).

They spent under $1000.00 to showcase and the results were huge! When I went back to de-stage, they showed me pictures of the house they bought since they had sold theirs. They put themselves in a great position to be able to purchase firm by having the peace of mind that they already had their house sold.

I always wonder what would have happened if they didn’t showcase their house? It’s a dangerous thought…

Up next…I’m becoming a vacant staging specialist!