Benefits
One case study of many:
Monica put her house up for sale for $650,000. It sat on the market for nine months, during which time she dropped her price by $20,000. She got no offers. She then went to speak to another Real Estate Agent, whom she hadn’t used previously. He recommended a Home Stager, who then went to work on the house for two days.
With the Staging process finished the Real Estate Agent organised an Open House for that weekend, but on the Friday another Agent brought around a client, who ended up signing a contract that afternoon for the original asking price of $650,000. The other Agent still decided to go ahead with the open house on the Saturday. Another offer came in and a bidding war was on! The House sold for $673,000! (Monica spent $2,800 in Home Staging.)
And this is just one of many stories!
Why is this so?
Home Staging makes buyers want to move in, not want to move on!
Staging your home is a minimum investment for a maximum effect.
BUT MOST OF ALL THE COST OF STAGING YOUT HOME IS VERY MINIMAL IN COMPARISON TO WHAT THAT FIRST PRICE-DROP IS GOING TO COST YOU!
However for some it might be the quick sale that Staging causes, that is of the most value.
Another might need to consider the extra mortgage payments that a home that is sitting on the market for some time causes, and to some it might mean two mortgage payments at the same time.
An example would be: If your home is not Staged, and sits on the market for four months, and your mortgage is $1000 per month, that is $4,000!
The main benefit of a professional Home Stager is that we will look at your home and surrounds with experienced, tasteful, creative and OBJECTIVE eyes. We will not be attached to your grandmother's chair, or that pink bathroom that you love.
Once I tried to stage a home that I had lived in and decorated, that made me realise how important that objective eye is. Proper Staging cannot be done without that objective eye.
Everything that represents your lifestyle and character puts up a wall that 90% of buyers cannot get over in order to see their life fitting into your home! Home Staging pulls down that wall!
Putting your home on the market, and the consequent move, places a large BURDEN on any Home seller: we work to take that burden from you, and will even do your packing if required.
Even the most beautiful and lavish homes need a bit of Staging. Removing the owner's character, that we all have in our homes, de-cluttering and making an improved perceived spaciousness.
As Stagers we always take before and after photo’s of every conceivable view inside and outside the house. These are then available to the client and Agent to use for any sort of Advertising, print, media or web.
HOME STAGING IS ALL ABOUT GIVING YOU A QUICKER AND MORE PROFITABLE SALE OF YOUR HOME.
The statistics tell the story.